Worst Idea Since Agent Orange

The military has decided that turning off the GPS system in a time of crisis might be a brilliant way to thwart terrorists who rely on the system to navigate around the country. We didn't know that this was an epidemic.

We think this is a bad idea because while terrorists might use GPS to coordinate attacks, civilian rescue teams also use GPS systems to navigate. GPS is an intrical part of shipping since most boats now rely on GPS to navigate.

The best part of the whole thing is that the Europeans are developing Galileo, a similar system to GPS. The US did their best to convince the Europeans that they didn't need their own navigation system since GPS was already there. The Europeans, being smarter than that, started launching Galileo satelites a few years back.

No doubt the Chinese will soon be launching their own network [by soon of course, we mean within 20 or 30 years]. Terrorists could still use that system while American ships run aground because the GPS system was turned off.

So again, we say turning off the GPS system for any reason is about as smart as dropping Agent Orange on your own troops.