Obama Missile Plan More Expensive, Less Effective
Covering President Barack Obama’s decision to betray promises to Poland and the Czech Republic to build ground based missile defense installations on their countries, the Associated Press‘ Anne Gearan and Desmond Butler report in their September 17th lead paragraph:
President Barack Obama on Thursday shelved a Bush-era plan for an Eastern European missile defense shield that has been a major irritant in relations with Russia. He said a redesigned defensive system would be cheaper and more effective against the threat from Iranian missiles.
The rest of the Gearan Butler story is mostly fair but they never note existing independent evidence that … Continue Reading
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