Secretary of Defense Robert Gates yesterday, in an interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News, responded to questions about what the United States of America was prepared to do if North Korea fired a missile.

“I think if we had an aberrant missile, one that was headed for Hawaii, that looked like it was headed for Hawaii or something like that, we might consider it, [shooting it down]” Gates said. “But I don’t think we have any plans to do anything like that at this point.”

We used to be the most powerful nation on earth, one that would tell North Korea, or any other nation on earth, that if you fire a missile anywhere near us or our interests, we will blow it to hell.

My how things have changed. Oh, that’s right. Change we can believe in!

Tom Remington

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