The Volokh Conspiracy

I'll leave the question of whether President Obama's decision to abandon a planned missile defense of Poland and the Czech Republic is good or bad policy. As a matter of timing, however, it's surely bad politics. There's surely a better day to make such an announcement than the 70th anniversary of Stalin's invasion of Poland.

UPDATE: The NYT reports on the unfortunate timing as well.

SECOND UPDATE: The NYT story linked above no longer makes reference to the timing, but this other NYT story does.

	[Jonathan Adler, September 17, 2009 at 9:10am] Trackbacks Bad Timing: I'll leave the question of whether President Obama's decision to abandon a planned missile defense of Poland and the Czech Republic is good or bad policy. As a matter of timing, however, it's surely bad politics. There's surely a better day to make such an announcement than the 70th anniversary of Stalin's invasion of Poland. UPDATE: The NYT reports on the unfortunate timing as well. SECOND UPDATE: The NYT story linked above no longer makes reference to the timing, but this other NYT story does.