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To: Oorang

Yep, interesting and wondering what he brings with him up and back from Iran.


856 posted on 07/09/2007 2:12:46 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1863110/posts

A Missile Mistake
IBD Editorials ^ | 9 July 2007 | Staff

Posted on 07/09/2007 10:44:11 AM PDT by Kitten Festival

Defense: Apart from prosecuting the global war on terror, creating a comprehensive missile defense shield is the Pentagon’s most important job in the 21st century. Yet some in Congress are trying to kill it.

Why is Congress trying to defund the U.S. missile defense shield in Eastern Europe — where it will protect not just our allies but the U.S. as well?

Hard to say. Today, some 19 countries have ballistic missile capabilities. At least eight of those have nuclear weapons — and more are on the way. No doubt, most warrant watching.

In just a few years, Iran and North Korea — both on the State Department’s list of terrorist states — will have nuclear-tipped missiles. And, as Friday’s attempted assassination of Pakistan strongman Pervez Musharraf shows, that country is just a regime change away from joining Iran and North Korea as a rogue nuclear state.

These threats are real.

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857 posted on 07/09/2007 3:35:26 PM PDT by Cindy
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