Missile Command

So it seems that someone launched a missile about 35 miles off the coast of Los Angeles the other day.  I say "someone" because we, as in the U.S. of A., haven't admitted that it was one of ours.  They've confirmed that it wasn't an attack on Uh-mericuh, but they won't go as far as saying they know who actually did launch the summbitch.

I hear news stories like this and I often wonder if this used to happen all the time.  Before the days of the internet and video phones and traffic helicopters.  Just a missile tech on a Navy ship somewhere with an itchy trigger finger.  Or a mis-communication between ship and command.

Listen, it was probably just a test or a malfunction or something that slipped through the miles of red tape that our military is wrapped in.  So here's a new rule I'd like our government to live by in the future for shit like this:

If it doesn't appear that it was an attack, then just admit that it was an un-announced local launch test of a harmless, non-weaponized missile.

Done.  That's all I want.  It will help me sleep better at night.  Thank you.

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