Vice President Dick Cheney is willing to poke fun at his critics:

This is a clip from Cheney's appearance yesterday at the Heritage Foundation to discuss the 25th anniversary of the Strategic Defense Initiative. The full text of his remarks is available here. A highlight:

There is still a great deal yet to accomplish in the field of missile defense. But we’re a lot farther along than we would have been if Ronald Reagan hadn’t set this effort in motion 25 years ago. At the end of his address to the nation, Reagan said, “Tonight we’re launching an effort which holds the promise of changing the course of human history. There will be risk, and results take time. But I believe we can do it.” Well, time has shown that he was right. We can do this. We are well along in making good on the promise of strategic defense. The project gathers together American idealism, American ingenuity, and American optimism. And that is an unbeatable combination.

H/T: Rob Bluey