Final Word from Monday, March 5, 2007
Debate-show host Václav Moravec of Czech TV has an uncanny ability to interrupt speakers just as they touch on the key issue. His critics say this is proof of his membership in the political establishment. He devoted 2.5 hours yesterday to missile defense but tried to steer the debate away from the question of whether the bases in Poland and the CR would be part of a U.S. nuclear first-strike capability and would not necessarily serve only a defensive purpose. To our knowledge, MP Lubomír Zaorálek of ČSSD yesterday became the first Czech politician to raise the issue in public. He cited the Foreign Affairs article that claimed the U.S. is seeking nuclear primacy allowing it to wipe out Russia's or China's arsenals in a first strike. Missile defense in Central Europe could perhaps be used to counter any warheads that escaped destruction. It's an issue that deserves uncensored debate.[Czech Republic Television supremacy United States of America radar station]