Thanks guys, I'm still figuring out how this site works, and tend to give 4s to substantial comments even if I don't agree with them.  When I saw nothing happening I thought my rating privileges might have been suspended for some reason.

Jacob - I did read your diary and concluded that the military argument for the installation of anti-ballistic missiles and X-band radar in Poland and the Czech Republic was not convincingly demonstrated.  However I am not an expert on military matters and so I will leave that discussion to others.  

I did however think that the very public nature of the spat and the way it was being escalated in the political sphere might have a political logic to it, and it was on that aspect I chose to comment.

I'm afraid your privilege of being able to publish a diary here and take part in the discussion does not extend to having the right to control the direction the discussion might take.  You are privileged that others seek to read and respond at all.  Next time the might not bother.

I do hope you are not employed as a disarmament negotiator as your negotiation skills might need some updating.

Index of Frank's Diaries