The Washington Post said:Missile Defense's Shelving Reflected Military's Concerns
Cost, Speed of Response Were Issues
By R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 21, 2009
Call it another revolt of the generals. More than 13 years ago, the nation's military leaders told civilian defense officials they wanted to limit spending on missile defenses and to emphasize the protection of forces deployed overseas over defense of the American homeland against a long-range missile threat....
They cited needed budgetary savings
Vikings 'were warned to avoid Scotland'
Scotland is full of dangerous natives who speak an incomprehensible language and the is weather awful. That was the verdict of a series of 13th century Viking travel guides that warned voyagers to visit at their peril.