Written by Genevieve Wood

Several years before becoming president, Obama told a Chicago TV station, “I don’t agree with a missile defense system.”

That’s nice. Unfortunately, rogue states such as North Korea and Iran have a different worldview. So does Vladimir Putin.

The recent Ukraine crisis, and the question of the best United States response to it, presents a very good opportunity for President Obama to get on the right side of history, as Secretary John Kerry might say, on missile defense.

The nuclear weapons... http://blog.heritage.org/2014/03/21/russia-putin-challenges-obamas-long-...