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Gates: US can shoot down any missile N. Korea launches
Jerusalem Post ^
| 6/9/09
| ap
Posted on 06/09/2009 1:30:31 PM PDT by Nachum
Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed confidence on Tuesday that the United States could shoot down any North Korean missile fired toward America.
Gates told US lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday that the US would have a "high probability of being able to defend ourselves" if the North fired a long-range missile.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: can; gates; shoot; us
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:30:31 PM PDT
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Nachum
To: SumProVita; HardStarboard; BradyLS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; dervish; Twotone; Free ThinkerNY; ...
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:30:50 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
But Obama said during the campaign that the missile defense system was “unproven” therefore it needed to be cut.
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:31:17 PM PDT
by
Boiling Pots
(Barack Obama: The final turd George W. Bush laid on America)
To: Nachum
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:31:26 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Nachum
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:31:37 PM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: Nachum
We should shoot them down IN THE SILO you freaking pantywaist.
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:31:58 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Nachum
While I would assume he’s probably correct isn’t that a little like “Red Rover, Red Rover send big bombs right over?”
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:32:09 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
("Failed Obama Administration" (TM))
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:32:16 PM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: Nachum
Well, if Bill Gates said it, I believe him. The guy knows what he is talking about.
Oh wait.
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:32:26 PM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(Obama hasn't just open Pandora's box, he has thrown us inside and closed the lid.)
To: MrB
To: Boiling Pots
Boiling Pots I like your tag line,
Good job.
Also obamma is a punk and a liar.
To: Nachum
Nukes For Everyone!
To: Nachum
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:35:28 PM PDT
by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: Nachum
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:35:37 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency - Obama)
To: Nachum
Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed confidence on Tuesday that the United States could shoot down any North Korean missile fired toward America.Gates told US lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday that the US would have a "high probability of being able to defend ourselves" if the North fired a long-range missile.
So which is it? Can we or can't we?
One miss could ruin your whole day.
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:35:45 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Obama post 09/11. The U.S. is sorry, we are a Muslim nation, and we surrender.)
To: Nachum
Gates is betting the West coast that we can shoot them down.
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:36:02 PM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Nachum
Not because of any program the Democrats supported.
ML/NJ
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:36:15 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: Nachum
“Gee, I guess Star Wars works after all. Sorry bout that”
The demonrat party
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:37:28 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
(For every clinic bombed or burned, 17 to 18 churches are burned down. MSM? MSM?)
To: Nachum
Since the current admin is obsessed with the legal aspects of military force, in view of Gates’ claim the media should ask him if the US is prepared to shoot down a Nork missile in the BOOST PHASE, since that would require a US weapon reaching into DPRK airspace.
If they answer at all, their honest answer would have to be NO.
Which would mean that they’d sit around WATCHING a weapon arc towards Japan and the US and departing DRPK airspace before attacking it.
Fanciful? Alas, no.
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:37:41 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Nachum
No thanks to any of the RATs that have fought missile defense tooth and nail since Reagan.
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posted on
06/09/2009 1:37:42 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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