One less psycho dictator - King Jong Il is a warm place.

[neophyte]

Missle shield? To protect ourselves against China? Is it time to dream up another cold war adversary now?How is it that everybody on the planet doesn't yet know that China has become the strongest, biggest economy in the world, and that they could bring the US to it's knees quick in a hurry with a margin call on our massive debt load, which they now own? Unlike us, they didn't bankrupt themselves by building and maintaining a mega military to go cavorting around the planet interfering with everyone elses business.

In other words, they were smart.

Meet the new boss.