The San Francisco Examiner published an editorial on missile defense and mentioned the Heritage Foundation’s high-definition documentary, “33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age.”
The editorial reminds us about President Ronald Reagan’s tough stance on missile defense, a stance that “encouraged” the former Soviet Union to back down. President George W. Bush continued the policies, but the Obama administration appears set to undermine what those presidents achieved by bargaining with Russia and reneging on missle defense agreements in Central Europe.
As we mentioned last week, Russia claimed it’s willing to back down if the U.S. reconsiders building missile defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. Obama may do just that in exchange for Russia helping the U.S. keep Iran under control. An excerpt of the editorial:
“Heritage defense analyst Baker Spring told The Examiner this week that extensive ‘war games’ trials have shown that missile defense is even more necessary in today’s more nuclear-proliferated world than it was during the Cold War between just two superpowers. He said the emerging Obama position is flat-out ‘dumb’ because of ‘the unpredictability in a multi-polar world that carries very profound security threats.’ He’s right: To give up on a system with demonstrated success, and even greater promise of saving innocent lives, would be folly.”