Same old, same old

An important test of the United States' emerging missile-defense system ended in an $85 million failure early today as an interceptor rocket failed to launch as scheduled from the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon said.

More money well spent. $80 bil. since 1985 on a system we'll never use. "In December 2002, President Bush said he hoped the system would be operational by the end of 2004." Another in a series of great calls by our leader.