<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b3a5c1ab-b123-4fd0-8183-60880af844ad/70E6B48A-266E-4C66-A0A1-3F8988FF73EE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps" href="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps" style="font-size: 11px;">crooksandliars.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps"><P><A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8265190.stm" linkindex="10">Thanks to the BBC</A>, the missile defense debate can be greatly simplified. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps">Here's what Bush proposed and what the neocons are hyperventilating over the ending of plans for:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/crooksandliars.com/img/99C0D0CE-C170-4A4E-AA38-446BD1442852" alt="proposed missile defense_fcd2f_0.gif" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps">And here's the coverage of the AEGIS ship-based system proposed by Obama:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/crooksandliars.com/img/FD25636A-C8B3-4A29-BD3B-DFEDB51F1E6D" alt="Aegis missile system_4a00c_0.gif" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps"><P>As you can see, coverage against actual, rather than imaginary, threats is marginal at best, and under the Bush plan was almost non-existent - unless you're worried about Russian missiles. "<A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/opinion/20gates.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss" linkindex="11">A better missile defense for a safer Europe</A>," my ass. Contrary to both Bush and Obama's statements, <A href="http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2008/10/33-minutes-of-f.html" linkindex="12">the Russians were right to be "paranoid" about missile defense all along</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps"><P>Recall, too, that Iran has no current nuclear weapons program according to both the IAEA and US intelligence. It would take at least three to five years for it to develop a nuclear-tipped missile from the day it kicks IAEA inspectors out, if it ever does. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/cernigapnimaachuda/missile-defense-debate-maps"><P>We should be asking whether we need such a multi-billion boondoggle at all.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/70E6B48A-266E-4C66-A0A1-3F8988FF73EE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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