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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: philv who wrote (11285)	6/23/2006 5:49:28 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 22250

This probably is just talk because North Korea can hit back hard and effectively. But shows yet again that the war party is thoroughly bipartisan.

To: philv who wrote (11285)	6/23/2006 9:14:12 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 22250

Phil > Democrats are convinced apparently that action is the key to ending the standoff But what action? truthout.org >>For N. Korean Missile, US Defense Is Hit or Miss By Peter Spiegel The Los Angeles Times The Bush administration has spent nearly $43 billion over the last five years on missile defense systems, but with North Korea poised to launch its most advanced missile yet, U.S. government assessments and investigative reports indicate little confidence in the centerpiece portion of the program. Eleven ground-based interceptors in Alaska and at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California, the cornerstone of the administration's new system, have not undergone a successful test in nearly four years and have been beset by glitches that investigators blame, at least in part, on President Bush's order in 2002 to make the program operational even before it had been fully tested. In all, the interceptors hit dummy missiles in five out of 10 tests, but these were under controlled conditions that critics say do not reflect the challenges of an actual missile launch. A little-noticed study by the Government Accountability Office issued in March found that program officials were so concerned with potential flaws in the first nine interceptors now in operation that they considered taking them out of their silos and returning them to the manufacturer for "disassembly and remanufacture." "Quality control procedures may not have been rigorous enough to ensure that unreliable parts, or parts that were inappropriate for space applications, would be removed from the manufacturing process," the report says.<< rense.com