Good answer. As for what scientists say -- what do they know? The best they can do is speculate, as far as what might or might not work in the future in this regard. The only logical path is to try. And any attempt to advance technical knowledge is worthwhile. Who knows what good things -- both militarially and civilian-wise -- might come out of such an effort.
The ABM treaty is anchornistic. The only reason other countries object is they fear that our military/technical edge, which no country save Britain even comes close to, will only grow wider. I don't think that can be a concern for the U.S. in the world we know now. The best hope for world peace is for the U.S. to continue to build smart weapons. Unless, of course, there's a coup in the U.S. and some zealot of one stripe or another grabs power -- then we're all up shit creek. H. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:24 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Ouch We've fought wars on multiple fronts in the past and we can do it again. I'm sure there were those that opposed our involvement in Europe considering that we were at war with Japan, but we did it anyways because we had an obligation to do so. Contrary to many beliefs, this country can walk and chew gum at the same time. Our military is very well trained and our Intelligence gathering efforts have been lacking, but we now see the error of our ways now and we will be able to conduct the sort of operations that we need to in order to protect the US. We can improve our military readiness, improve our intelligence gathering efforts, and pursue alternative ways of protecting the citizens of this country..all at the same time. As for missile defense, it is not THE way to protect America but one of many means in which to do so. Iraq couldn't give a rats ass about an AMB treaty. Once China gets their weapons up to snuff, they won't give a crap either. Pakistan has nuclear weapons. If the current regime were to fall into the hands of an organization like the Taliban or Al Queada, do you think they care about the stupid treaty? Shall I continue with North Korea? None of these countries give a damn about the ABM treaty except to make a bunch of noise, apply international political pressure against the US, and do everything they can to prevent America from defending herself because they really don't want the US the means to do so. Why? Because if she can, then they are left out in the cold. Before Sept. 11th, no one would have thought that a terrorist group would have been able to accomplish what they were able to accomplish. I mean really think about it...the Twin Towers are GONE!!! Should we really revert back to that mindset of "well, it probably won't happen so let's not do anything about it?" I think that Ballistic Missiles are a credible threat and should be addressed. If we ignore them and God forbid something happens, the same people who are bitching about missile defense now would be lambasting whatever administration is in the White House at the time for not doing SOMETHING about it. Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions www.endoradigital.com 630/942-5211 x-134 ----- Original Message ----- From: Judith Dinowitz To: CF-Community Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: RE: Ouch It's just that with the war we're currently in against terrorism, it's not a good idea to piss off our current allies, like Russia. Why do we want to restart the Cold War? We'd be better off concentrating on building up better defenses such as the skills of our own armies/navies/etc., our spy networks to ferret out future terrorist plots ... Judith >Lets see, Russia is against the US withdrawal from the ABM treaty, as is >China, all of the EU, Canada, Britain and all the other NATO countries. Need >I continue? > >The missile defense systems are simply a waste of money. The various reports >by different scientific bodies have all been anonymous in stating that the >system will not work. Why waste money on a Republican boondoggle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
