Defending America: A Non-partisan Issue
Posted October 6th, 2009 at 2.00pm in Protect America.
Now that the President has abandoned the third missile defense site which was slated to be built in Poland, the question remains: what will be done with the money which was allocated in the FY 2009 defense budget for the system? Surely the funds should be used to boost the Ground-based interceptors which are already under-funded.
To be voted on as early as today, the bi-partisan Lieberman-Sessions amendment moves to allocate between $50 million and $151 million to be used for research, development and testing of the 2-stage ground based interceptor (GBI). This interceptor is needed to comply with the Administration’s intent to continue the development of the SM-3 Block IIA and IIB missile, which are the ones intended to replace the GBI in Europe. This amendment has come not a moment too soon.
The Iranians are making substantial progress in their own nuclear program. On May 20, Iran successfully test-fired the Sajjil 2 solid-fuel missile, which has a 1,200-1,500 mile range, putting Israel within Tehran’s reach. Israel’s Space Research Center also reports that Iran intends to accelerate its production of even longer-range ballistic missiles in the near future. And in April, the National Air and Space Intelligence Center stated that Iran could develop a missile capable of reaching the U.S. as early as 2015.
The Lieberman-Sessions Amendment shows that defending Americans isn’t a partisan issue- just an important one.
Even though it is obvious that the Administration is looking toward a nuclear free world, they have to admit that we aren’t there yet.
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October 26, 2009 Benjamin Marcoux writes:
I remember the movies about the Wild-Wild West when “the survival of the fittest” was the man or woman who not only wore a side arm—but was the fastest on the draw!!! a “Johny come lately” never made it to “The O-K Corral”
to see if he lived or died in the fastest gun-draw battle of the West. MUCH THE SAME SCENE TODAY ACROSS THE CONTINENT… CAN THE WEST OUT DRAW THE EAST—WHO HAS THE BEST MISSLE AND
ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM??While Our Socialist-pRESIDENT IS OUT IN THE BACK YARD OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRACTICING HIS DRAW AND SPINNING THE ONE SHELL CHAMBER AROUND FOR HIS 36 un-fetted CZARS TO observe, THE “Little Fast Draw McGaw” Iranian Prez is lining up ISRAEL in his gun sights. Meanwhile,back at the saloon, Pelosi and Hare-LIp Reid are betting on Obama to be the fastest gun in the Wild Wild West. Mean time, I hope no body in Russia “flicks their bick” !!! the ole’ man