Taylor Dinerman writes a piece at Pajamas Media telling us that we and our planet are doomed -- doomed! -- if dems make Bush stop pouring your money down the rathole that is missile defense.
Unfortunately, the argument is down soon after it's launched -- much like a North Korean missile.
Democratic leaders are poised to gut America's missile defense - at the same time North Korea and Iran are testing long-range missiles that can strike the U.S. and its allies, including Israel, Japan and Britain.
Meanwhile, sources inside the missile-defense community tell Pajamas Media that the Bush administration is planning to ask Congress to begin funding development of an "orbital battle station"
Someone needs to point out that there's a big difference between 'can strike' and 'fails to remain aloft for more than a minute.' Well, the N. Korean missile anyway, Iran's isn't as advanced.
The problem is that our missile defense system doesn't work any better. It has failed test after test, before enjoying some success with a target missile carrying a GPS beacon -- I don't think we'll be able to talk 'rogue nations' into sticking a targeting device into their missiles. At a press conference in 2002, Donald Rumsfeld was asked if deploying a missile defense system that was still being tested was a good idea. "I think that it is certainly better to have that capability than to not have it," Rumsfeld said. In other words, "It's better than nothing."
Of course, something that doesn't actually work is exactly the same as nothing. In fact, according to the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, the current system is spectacularly bad...
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