Missile Defense: Have Faith
Written by Mark Saleski
Published February 25, 2003
Published February 25, 2003
As another example of how parts of our government are completely out of control, the White House would like the initial deployment of the missile defense system to be exempted from operational testing.
Lovely.
In the future when we're dealing with enormous deficits and a stagflated economy, I will look back at this use of Sept. 11th as another excuse to line the pockets of defense contractors.
Mark Saleski is a writer and music obsessive based out of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. On his best day, he hopes to channel the ghosts of Lester Bangs and Jack Kerouac. He spends the hours of 9:32PM to 1:37AM carving out music reviews and essays for Jazz.com, Blogcritics.org and other publications.Keep reading for information and comments on this article, and add some feedback of your own!
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I have always thought the missile defense shield a quixotic goal. It is possible that it a goal worth pursuing even though it will never provide real protection for the technology it will generate, sort of like the space program. But I can't think of any reason why it should be exempt from "operational testing."