The passage of time is a funny thing:
Two weeks ago, when North Korea threatened to strike U.S. territory with missiles bearing nuclear warheads, the Obama administration oh so quietly affirmed the necessity of strategic missile defense. Yet for three decades the American left, from which the Obama administration springs, maligned Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) as warmongering, as lunacy, as anything but what it is for contemporary America: an absolutely vital capability we were wise enough and wealthy enough to build. Strategic defense costs lots of money. However, losing Honolulu, Los Angeles or Austin, Texas, would cost substantially more.
That deserves a trademarked "heh", eh?
