On the Fourth of July as North Korea launched six rockets into the skies of eastern Asia American liberals at their dinner tables were still trotting out their talking points about missile defense being a waste of resources.
But really, the train has left the station. All the guff about “Star Wars” with which liberals have persuaded themselves of their superior understanding about the impossibility of missile defense is now, as the saying goes, “inoperative.” Eventually the word will get down the political food chain to the liberal dinner table.
Japan is moving as quickly as possible to join the US missile defense system and European nations like Poland and the Czech Republic are competing for the privilege of getting a missile defense radar built in their country.
As Martin Sieff writes, after participating a a missile defense war game:
The question is no longer: “Why couldn’t all this money have been spent on more bilingual education programs or deficit reduction?” It becomes: “Why do I only have 10 anti-ballistic missile interceptors deployed to face a threat of seven intercontinental ballistic missiles coming in from the Northeast Asian nation of 'Midland.'”
The answer to that question is: Democrats. It is fair to tell that to the American people? Or would it amount to questioning the Democrats’ patriotism?
Interestingly, Sieff writes, Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi is not just a fan of Elvis. He keeps a portrait of Winston Churchill in his study. Koizumi is a firm supporter of “Star Wars,” er, missile defense. Presumably his successor will be no less.
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