Sarkozy Questions U.S. Missile Shield Plan

NICE, France -- France's U.S.-friendly president sent a clear message to the next American administration: Plans for a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe are misguided, and won't make the continent a safer place.

Sarkozy's comments, at a summit with Medvedev, were the strongest to date by an American ally against the missile-defense plans _ and undercut the rationale behind U.S. President George W. Bush's European security strategy.

"Deployment of a missile defense system would bring nothing to security ... it would complicate things, and would make them move backward," Sarkozy said at a news conference with Medvedev.

Medvedev smiled and pointed his finger at Sarkozy in approval.

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