Under the Radar, Dems Inexplicably Block Missile Defense (Updated)
Well, this thread contains the usual anti-Obama, anti-Dem, anti-liberal rhetoric that we all know and love. None of it is sufficient to conceal the fact that Ms. Rubin did a poor job of research. Comments by Dennis (#48, 49); Daniel (#53); Demmy (#54) are much closer to reality.
One can find interesting commentary on this web site: www.cdi.org/programs. Check out the item: “Pentagon Officials Point Out Flaws in Missile Defense Programs.” Here are comments from Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly, executive director of the Missile Defense Agency.
“Thirty operational GBIs (ground based interceptors) will provide the US with a substantial inventory of operational interceptors considering the limited number of ICBM launch complexes in North Korea & Iran and the long development time required for additional launch complexes.” In short, what we already have is sufficient to counter any short term and longer term missile threats from North Korea or Iran.
Further comment from a CDI analyst: “propping up an expensive system that lacks operational viability will not counter the threat of terrorism & insurgency.” The fact that missile defense has been proposed and tested for over 25 years and still doesn’t work…..cutting it back is more than just “bean counting,” as suggested by Ms. Rubin.
#43 Roger Welcome: I voted for McCain.
#52 Patrick Keegan: “….launched from a tramp steamer in mid-Atlantic….” For that scenario, I’d rather pay a few million for good intel rather than billions for missile defense that doesn’t work. But hopefully better intel than the intel saying there were WMDs in Iraq in 2003.
