Think Progress Hopes for Failure
Charles Johnson
Tue Jun 20, 2006 at 7:48 pm PDT • Views: 330
Think Progress hopes the US missile defense system fails: Administration Responds to North Korea Missile Stunt With Missile Defense Stunt. (Hat tip: Motleygunner.)
Really. That’s what they wrote.
The North Korean test is a political stunt designed to grab some attention. The same can be said of the decision to activate the Alaska site. The North Koreans want to increase their negotiation leverage; the U.S. Missile Defense Agency wants to protect its massive $10 billion annual budget — “more than the entire U.S. Army is spending on research and development” — for a product that doesn’t work.
We have to hope that neither stunt succeeds.
Frank says: