Like any red-blooded American, I’m deeply concerned that Iran or another Middle East nation will develop long-range missile capability and then immediately launch an attack on the Czech Republic. In such an event, it will be crucial that the Czech Republic has a ballistic missile defense system from the U.S. Navy. While such a system has never been proven to work, it could deter Iran, which, again, is likely hellbent on attacking the Czech Republic.

With these concerns in mind, I was relieved this morning to find out that, yes, the U.S. Navy will now supply the Czech Republic with ballistic missile defense. Further, as the Washington Post’s Walter Pincus reports, other NATO countries could also acquire U.S. missile defense. The Bush administration won’t go to the Senate for approval on this one. After all, the threat is too urgent.-MB

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