INCOMING MISSILES, NO DEFENSE - AT 9:26 A.M. ET:  While the liberal media shows no interest, some conservative outlets are increasingly vocal on the administration's cutbacks in missile defense, a technology just reaching fruition.  The Washington Times has an excellent editorial on the impact of the Obaman recklessness:

July 4 could be another day that will live in infamy. The Obama administration seized headlines June 18 when the Defense Department stated that the United States would deploy ground- and sea-based missile-defense assets to protect Hawaii. This was a response to North Korea's threat to launch a long-range missile on July 4 toward the islands. However, new information suggests that the administration is bluffing and our defenses are inadequate to get the job done.

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The Obama administration is stuck in the past on missile defense, repeating worn-out arguments about unproven technologies and destabilizing effects. The Defense Department's 2010 budget proposal cut missile defense by $1.2 billion, and congressional Democrats rebuffed Republican attempts to restore the funding. Justification for the cuts was led by Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher, California Democrat, who is the newly confirmed undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. Ms. Tauscher will play a major role in missile-defense policy.

That should make your day.  Ellen O. Tauscher is watching out for us.

The Obama administration also has cut funding for the European missile-defense shield, leaving our allies in Poland and the Czech Republic in the lurch after they took a major political risk to support the program.

Who cares about allies?  We have sophisticates running America now, intellectuals who go to the best parties.  They understand things that we don't.  They believe an enemy is a friend you haven't made yet.  These are the good people.  Who are we to disagree?

The Obama administration's hostility to missile defense is inexplicable. The missile threat is growing, and defensive technology is increasingly effective, yet the Obama team has dug in stubbornly behind a losing strategy that emboldens our enemies and places us in greater danger. No wonder Hawaiians are nervous.

COMMENT:  I disagree that the Obaman hostility to missile defense is inexplicable.  It's entirely explainable by the very philosophy of many in this administration.  These are people who believe the Cold War was as much our fault as that of the Soviets, that 9-11 was a reaction to our misguided policies, that national defense really exists only to help corporations, and that Vietnam is better off under the Communists.  And they think anyone who disagrees is stupid.  They don't take missile defense seriously because it just isn't part of their world.

June 29, 2009