Friday, July 03, 2009
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Will Our Fireworks Be Smarter Than North Korea's?
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Posted by:
Duane R. Patterson at
1:34 PM
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As America prepares for a weekend of watching fireworks, the Pentagon is apparently ready to shoot at least the North Korean-made one down, if necessary. Some are calling a potential missile shoot-down a bold move. I disagree. A bold move, and maybe a more proper one, would be to blow the missile up on the pad in North Korea before it gets launched.
If Kim Jung Il does fire off the rocket as expected in the general direction of Hawaii, and the military deems it to be on a trajectory that could do damage and has to shoot it down, will the media recognize and thank George W. Bush for allowing for the defensive capability to become realized? Will a reporter go visit Michigan Senator Carl Levin, who has always been the point man for the anti-missile defense crowd in Congress, and ask him if America truly would have been safer allowing the missile to hit wherever on Hawaii it was aimed?
Furthermore, will there be one question asked of Barack Obama in his next press conference about whether it's really a good idea to cut missile defense spending in the military budget precisely when it's turning out it's a really, really good idea to have that weapon in the defense arsenal?
Meanwhile, we hope that Hawaii is able to enjoy a safe and sane 4th of July, free of Taepodong-2 rockets.
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