Posted by
Rich on Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:30:15 AM
There is liberal media outrage that the United States shot down a rogue satellite using a missile from an Aegis cruiser.
In a story, "Shot in space"
a local liberal editorial board questions if, "criteria needed for
weighing risks and benefits, and determining when [space] launches are
warranted? Are adequate protocols in place for warning other nations
about well-intended shoot-downs? Is a new treaty needed to restrict the
development and use of anti-satellite weaponry? Should international
rules of space warfare be written?" They go on to state, "...neither
the United States nor the world would benefit from an arms race in
space."
The editorial quotes U.S. Representative Edward Markey,
D-Mass., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, [who] told
The New York Times: "The geopolitical fallout of this intercept could
be far greater than any chemical fallout that would have resulted from
the wayward satellite."
"The Bush administration's decision to
use a missile to destroy the satellite based on a questionable 'safety'
justification poses a great danger of signaling an 'open season' for
other nations to test weapons for use against our satellites," Markey
said. "Russia and China are sure to view this intercept as proof that
the United States is already pursuing an arms race in space, and that
they need to catch up."
It is amazing that the Democratic Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee is against a system that provides security to the homeland.
Congressman Markey, what about China's shoot down of a spy
satellite last month? Was that provocative. Is that a signal that China
is starting an arms race in space? Where are you and the New York Times on that
issue?
This is just another example of how weak the Democrats
are on national security and the liberal media fall right in line with
them.
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI or
Star Wars) was started in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. It has
been continually funded by Congress, although Bill Clinton and other
Democrats tried to kill it in the 1990s, and now has proved successful
in destroying a rogue and dangerous U.S. satellite. We have now a
proven, functional and deployed anti-missile defense system.
Russia, China, Iran, North Korea beware.
Our
anti-missile defense system was part of the reason the former Soviet
Union came to the bargaining table under President Reagan to negotiate
reducing the worlds nuclear arsenal. That was good for the world and
world peace.
We should continue to refine SDI and deploy it
globally to protect ourselves and our allies. Plans are currently
underway to deploy SDI in Europe. We hope that Congress, this and
future administrations will deploy it in the the Pacific (Japan, South
Korea or Taiwan) and the in the Middle East (Iraq, Pakistan, India).
That is what will keep the world safe from rogue nations like Syria,
Iran and North Korea or Russia and China from launching nuclear
missiles against the United States or our allies.
Democrats in
Congress and the liberal media want us and our allies defenseless,
supine and open to attack by enemy nuclear or chemical missiles. It
sounds like the Democratic position on terror before 9/11. Will they ever
learn?
Democrats and the New York Times on anti-missile defense
have the mentality of 1980 peace nicks. They need to get real and
recognize that China and Russia are threats along with their surrogates
Iran, Syria and North Korea.
Representative Markey,
Senator Barack Obama and the New York Times say we can always "hope" our
enemies will "change" and so we can all live in harmony and peace. Empty ideas
like this are dangerous and in our case can be deadly.
We believe in "Peace thru Strength".