[Recycled from 13:01, 22 December 2005]
No, not that one, a smaller, less costly, less visible one, but possibly a more damaging one in the long run.
George W. Bush's "National Missile Defense" system, formerly known as the "Strategic Defense Initiative", has been trying to shield the United States against Soviet ICBMs since back when there still was a Soviet Union.
And it's still out there, still hemorrhaging money, and still producing . . . nothing.
We could have gone to Mars, or maybe even armored a few military vehicles, with this much money and that many years, and instead . . . .
Instead, you can click on these links and see what your money has bought you.
//The Magic 8-Ball says, "Don't throw good money after bad."\\
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