Air Force General Ronald Kadish, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, did it again. When asked about the relationship between space-based missile defenses and the “weaponization of space,” Kadish gave incorrect answers that might, as a result, appear misleading. For example, Kadish said: [R]ight now our focus in building this integrated missile defense is terrestrial …
Kadish says no space-based missile defense
by | 2004-03-24 | No Comments
“From the standpoint of the threats we face at this particular time in the evolution of the missile defense systems, we don/’t need to put weapons in space,” Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish, Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), recently told the 2nd Annual Missile Defense Conference organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and …
Seigman on Sheik Ahmed Yassin Assasination
by | 2004-03-22 | No Comments
CFR/’s Henry Siegman holds court today in the smartest moderated discussion I have ever read at WashingtonPost.com. Seigman, who has an excellent background article and exchange in the New York Review of Books, notes: The “old spiritual leader in a wheelchair” provided the religious justification for the killing of innocent Israeli civilians. He functioned not …
KMT Conspiracy Theories
by | 2004-03-22 | No Comments
My favorite Taiwan watcher, who shall remain nameless due to professional conflicts, just called me to share this little nugget: The KMT has made nine allegations of misconduct during the recent election. Nos. 1-8 are what you might expect: Specific allegations of mundane misconduct at various polling stations along the lines of 3. At a …
