White House to Scrap Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield

New York Times by Peter Baker, Nicholas Kulish | Sep. 18, 2009 (News Report)

President Obama announced on Thursday that his administration will scrap former President George W. Bush’s planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic and instead deploy a reconfigured system aimed more at intercepting shorter-range Iranian missiles. Full Story »

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Jack Dinkmeyer
3.9
 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Sep. 17, 2009

An objective news report about Obama radically changing the missile defense system; originally Reagan’s 32-carat, gift wrapped billion-dollar giveaway to defense contractors. Actually a fiasco real experts gave little chance of success. The article cites the reactions of Poland and the Czech Republic. And given the reactions of the special-interest owned Republicans, of the defense industry as well.

A new missile defense against Iran? Given the billions it will cost, does that mean we must keep Iran a permanent enemy?

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