it's one thing to piss off other countries for a missile shield that actually works--you can argue either way whether the costs of damaging relationships with other countries is worth the benefits of whatever protection the system can give. but it makes no sense at all to pay the cost for a missile system when there are so many serious doubts about whether the system can even work.
not that it surprises me that bush is trying yet again to shove some half-baked plan down the throats of our allies. i used to think the guy was at least somewhat politically savvy; the last few year has cured me of that. i'm just surprised that there aren't more people trying to talk him out of it.
