Clinton derides U.S. missile shield plan (a "colossal waste of money.")

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[NormsRevenge]

YALTA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton on Friday cast doubt on the effectiveness of a planned U.S. missile shield, deriding it as a "colossal waste of money."

Clinton said the defense system, parts of which are to be deployed in Poland and the Czech Republic, had created unnecessary difficulties with Russia, which denounces the plan as an attempt to undermine its defense capabilities.

"My facts may be wrong, but my impression is that we are creating a crisis here when none is necessary," Clinton told a conference in the Ukrainian resort of Yalta on the ex-Soviet state's relationship with Europe.

"Because I don't think the missile defense system is reliable enough to create an impact."

He suggested it was more logical to return to the reasoning of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's long abandoned "star wars" projects of the 1980s intended to counter hostile missile systems.

"He wanted the Russians to have it, he wanted everyone to have it," he told the conference. "Unless they work better than I think they do, it's a colossal waste of money."

The United States says the system is intended to defend against missiles launched from "rogue states" such as Iran or North Korea.

[NormsRevenge]

Jimmy Carter had Billy for a brother..

Thanks to GHWB, GDubya has Bubba..

[hometoroost]

"My facts may be wrong"

Facts? When did Clinton let the facts interfere with anything he had to say?

[SolidWood]

What sweet irony of history.
Just as Roosevelt before him, Clinton bows to Russian tyranny in Yalta.

[A message]

Billy’s frame of reference on Missile defense is how well it worked for Monica.

[TChris]

BJ Clinton: "My facts may be wrong..."

They are.

[NormsRevenge]

Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, second from left, host to the G-7 Summit leaders, stands with U.S. President Bill Clinton, left, British Prime Minister John Major, second from right, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin on the balcony of Akasaka Palace state guesthouse in Tokyo in this July 9, 1993 file photo. Former Prime Minister Miyazawa, who ruled as the bubble economy entered a decade-long downturn, died on Thursday, June 28, 2007, an aide to his lawmaker nephew said. He was 87. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)

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Former Japanese PM Miyazawa dies at 87 AP

[reefdiver]

Its just not safe to vote Democrat

[Rummyfan]

"My facts may be wrong, but my impression is that we are creating a crisis here when none is necessary," Clinton told a conference in the Ukrainian resort of Yalta

Your facts are wrong so STFU Bubba!

[Aria]

Who knows...for once he may have a point in saying that Reagan’s plan was better than this one.

After the immigration fiasco I’m not trusting this administration.

[Red Badger]

"Unless they work better than I think they do, it's a colossal waste of money." Bubba, you ain't been president for 7 years. New technology has been produced............

[Rodm]

Old Bill would spend the money on bimbos instead. LOL!

[pissant]

Considering the dumb bastard did everything in his power to curtail missile defense and give our secrets to the communist Chinese, this is no suprise.

May this traitor get run over by a bus.

[KarlInOhio]

He suggested it was more logical to return to the reasoning of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's long abandoned "star wars" projects of the 1980s intended to counter hostile missile systems.

Long abandoned? Well, maybe during what I call the Idiot Years (1993-2001), the president didn't spend enough effort on defense.

"He wanted the Russians to have it..."

And I thought that was a dumb idea at the time. Still do.

[PCBMan]

...a “colossal waste of money.”

Of course. He’d recover the money by selling it to China.

[ex-snook]

Hey Stupid Clinton - a missile defense system is sure a lot better than ‘boots on the ground’. Defend the USA, not the world.

[beethovenfan]

Clinton is a colossal waste of skin.

[TommyDale]

Yes, Bill Clinton is pissed because he never had the chance to sell these secrets to the enemy.

[golfisnr1]

That phrase just jumped out at me also.
The fact is Bubba is a dufus.

[GretchenM]

In other words, ex-president Clinton means:

“Let the first ICBM, or its equivalent, hit me first!!!!!”