I won’t have a lot to say-because I like getting paid. But suffice it to say I agree with the SECDEF:
Anticipating that reaction, Gates said that "those who say we are scrapping missile defense in Europe are either misinformed or misrepresenting the reality of what we are doing. … I believe this new approach provides a better missile defense capability for our forces in Europe, for our European allies and eventually for our homeland than the program I recommended almost three years ago. It is more adapted to the threat we see developing and takes advantage of new technical capabilities available to us today."
When one looks at the facts-all the facts-there was no other conclusion. Unless you like literally pouring money into a hole in the ground.
More info here, here, and here.
That won’t stop the sniping of course-can’t let the facts get in the way of quality tea bagging.