How Democrats left America naked before North Korea’s nukes | New York Post

How Democrats left America naked before North Korea’s nukes | New York Post
"With last weekend’s surprise nuclear test, North Korea has reached the final stage of its crash course to develop thermonuclear weapons that can reach and destroy US cities.
So why are we not on a crash course to protect our cities from North Korean nuclear missiles?

• Answer: Because for more than three decades, Democrats have done everything in their power to prevent, obstruct or delay ballistic-missile defense.

Opposition to missile defense has been an article of faith for Democrats since President Ronald Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative in 1983.
Sen. Edward Kennedy led the early opposition to what Democrats derisively labeled “Star Wars,” denouncing missile defense as a “mirage.”
Reagan nonetheless moved forward with research and development, and his successor, George H.W. Bush, put missile defense on track for deployment with the Global Protection Against Limited Strikes program.
But as soon as President Bill Clinton took office, he terminated GPALS and cut national missile-defense funding 80 percent.
Clinton also signed an agreement to revive the moribund Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which banned deployment of missile defense..."
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