Shields Up!

The Missile Defense Shield for the Pacific region is now up and running.

After a successful test last week, the tracking radars and interceptor rockets of a new American missile defense system can be turned on at any time to respond to an emerging crisis in Asia, senior military officers said Tuesday.

General Victor Renuart Jr., the senior commander for defense of United States territory, said that the antimissile system could guard against the risk of ballistic missile attack from North Korea even while development continues on a series of radars in California and the Pacific Ocean and on interceptor missiles in Alaska and California.

"I'm so ronery."

Any of his neighbors who want in on this, however, better speak up.

I remember when Democrats went apopleptic over Bush's withdrawal from the ABM treaty (which was invalid anyway considering one of the parties involved - the Soviet Union - didn't even exist anymore). Funny how they're so eager to sink billions of dollars into a "War on Poverty" that never worked and promoted government dependency but they were adamant about not spending a single dime to protect our citizens from nuclear attack.

If SWMNBN manages to get into the White House, expect this important program to be cut immediately.