3.) Obama’s Retreat On Missile Defense

The Bush administration negotiated with allies in the Czech Republic and Poland to put American missile defense units in their countries in 2008. Russia fought this with fiery rhetoric and threats, which caused the incoming Obama administration to scrap the Bush-era plan.  This was the subject that Obama was referring to in the “hot mic” video with Medvedev in 2012. The Obama administration did eventually move forward with an installation in Romania in 2013, but not before emboldening the Russians and hampering American defensive capabilities. 

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