Satellite Shoot-Down: TOTAL SUCCESS

How awesome is this? I waited a little bit, but was amazed from the time that it occured, a ten second window of opportunity to knock down an orbiting satellite from a mobile Navy vessel? Wow, somewhere Ronald Regan is smiling ear to ear. The fuel tank? Yea, check this out:

The Pentagon said Monday it has a "high
degree of confidence" that the missile fired at a dead U.S. spy
satellite in space destroyed the satellite's fuel tank as planned.

In its most definitive statement yet on the outcome of last Wednesday's
shootdown over the Pacific, the Pentagon said that based on debris
analysis it is clear that the Navy missile destroyed the fuel tank,
"reducing, if not eliminating, the risk to people on Earth from the
hazardous chemical."

The Chinese have asked for the locations of where the possibly sensitive material gathered from the spy satellite will fall...sure, we'll get right on that China. In terms of missile defense, this is the best news possible. Mobile missile defense at that. Of course the best short-term news is that a large satellite will not be falling to the Earth causing a great deal of harm both from impact as well as the hazardous materials contained within the fuel tank. In terms of long term future, it raises great confidence in developing an international system to help protect the Earth from the impacts of celestial objects, something where the international community could actually rally around. Though I run the risk of sounding like some sort of sci-fi geek with that last sentiment, it's something that is at least rationally feasible in the long term future. Short-term, however, missile defense needs to be pushed forward for the security of the American people. We have just protected ourselves from an impact object that was projected to impact North America with an amazing display of American ingenuity and technological advancement. Though I reject Russia and China's condemnation of our missile defense program as well as the satellite shoot down, I will concede that the satellite shoot down probably did speed up the Czech Republic (one of our greatest current allies) into signing on to our missile defense program being developed in Eastern Europe. I'll leave you with the video:

-Caomhin

President Bush Further Ruins International Relations as North Korea Expresses Gratitude to US

That mean ol' Bush has sullied the United States once again in the eyes of the world, by getting an extremely rare praise from the North Korean government for the rescue of a North Korean ship attacked by pirates. How dare he denigrate the U.S. in the eyes of the world by saving the crew of the North Korean vessel. Where is the outrage among the left for the U.S. Navy using force in an effort to attack those economically depressed pirates against the imperial might of the North Korean Nation. How dare he garner an official statement from the North Koreans that reads as such:

"We feel grateful to the United States for its assistance given to our crewmen. This case serves as a symbol of the DPRK [North Korea]-U.S. cooperation in the struggle against terrorism," the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency said.

Further more, how dare our President have an official North Korean statement denounce an act of terrorism, the first time they have ever done that in cooperation with our nation. Oh howl at the moon all ye moonbats. How dare our military assist a nation that we are not on great terms with when faced with a grave threat. How dare he do the right thing for the sake of doing the right thing. Grrrr.....

-Caomhin

Al Qaeda Has a Navy

Either that or Chilly Willy has converted to Islam because that damned Walrus wouldn't share those scrumptious fish with him. Perhaps Sheik Orca al-Shamu was involved in this devastating plot as well.
-Caomhin