US missile defence shield in Lithuania?

The Estonian daily Postimees criticises the debate over the US's plans to set up its missile defence shield in Lithuania instead of Poland, as originally planned: "Apparently, the US has grown weary of the idea of building the base in a country that demands ever-increasing sums in return, and now wants to put an end to the haggling that has gone on for over a year by discussing a different option. What is worrying is that this also sends another message: one international news agency has already pointed out that establishing a defence shield on the territory of a former Soviet republic will provoke Russia. In other words, even a news agency which is obliged to remain neutral is not treating the Baltic states as equal and sovereign partners in the international community. To what extremes do these people think the major Western states should go when it comes to appeasing Russia to the detriment of the Baltic states?"

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