$10.2 billion for what?!

"Weapons experts outside the Pentagon have argued that there is no imminent threat that would justify the program's huge expenditures, up $1.2 billion from the previous year, and the deployment of a system whose capabilities are unknown. Some critics say they see only one thing on the horizon that could be driving such a breakneck schedule: a presidential election season."

Simply unbelievable. Like his tax cut created when there was a huge surplus and to which he doggedly clings to even as the economy stagnates and deficits rise, the scruffy little dog that is our president won't let go of his missile defense toy.

Forget for a moment that the want to build it, but have no idea if the system does what it's supposed to do. It becomes even more unbelievable in the wake of yesterday's attacks. The Bushies simply don't understand what we are facing. Al Qaeda isn't going to lob an ICBM launched from a cave in Afghanistan, heading for Chicago.

They are going to blow up a train. And John Kerry should ask, each and every day, what is Bush doing about real threats?

The Bush algorithm:

Surplus: Tax cut
Deficits: Tax cut
Employment stagnation: Tax cut
Declining consumer confidence: Tax cut

Terrorism: Iraq
Terrorism: Missile Defense