Response to comment [from a Christian]: "The Cuban Missile Crisis in reverse. Obama did the right thing, and has made The US, Europe, and Russia that much safer."
"President Obama is making his announcement to abandon the defense of the Czech Republic (and the rest of Europe and the U.S.) on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland.
This is a dramatic victory
for Czar Putin 
and his allies in the Kremlin who
have threatened to re-launch the nuclear arms race
if the U.S. dared defend herself and her allies from
Russia, Iranian and other missile threats..."
Full text: Kremlin
Victory: White House to Abandon Missile Defense
Shield in Europe, Despite threat from Russian & Iran
Missile
Defense