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"If they build the missile defense base here, it'll be a magnet and the first place the Russians will shoot their missiles," said Tadeusz Krajnik, a 55-year-old retired air force technician who lives in one of the brightly colored Communist-era apartment blocs next to the base.

"Let's tell the truth here: It's not aimed against Iran, or against Vietnam or whatever — it's against Russia."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080119/...e_defense_town

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"Washington says the system is needed to defend the U.S. and Europe against long-distance threats from countries such as Iran."

I wonder if this statement is factual. Would Washington be this deceptive and dishonest?