Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

Shocking! It's another failed test of missile defense. In defense of the Americans, it was their own missile, whose flight path they knew, they were trying to shoot down. Maybe when a rogue missile strikes, without warning, they'll have better luck. Heck, if they keep pumping 10 billion a year into the system, I would hope so. I do wonder if there are not better uses for that money though...anti-terrorism defense spending comes to mind. As does health, education, tax cuts, and burning 10 billion one dollar bills to provide heating for the poor.