I am NOT a fan of the missile shield. It's relaunched an arms race, it's designed to repel a phantom menace (ouch!), and best of all....it doesn't even work!!!
We're gonna start a war over an unnecessary piece of hardware that doesn't even work.....only George W. Bush could be behind such a wonderful plan. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > gMoney wrote: > > Doesn't surprise me one iota. Did you know that well over 50% of the > Polish > > population was AGAINST supporting the US missile shield in their country? > > Then Russia went into Georgia, and suddenly, 70% are FOR the US missile > > shield. > > > > Here are the simple politics of it: > > * Would the US be comfortable with Russian missile batteries in Cuba > or Mexico? Would the US be comfortable if Russia and Canada entered > into a military alliance? > > Clearly no. Neither is Russia comfortable with US influence in its > border states and what it considers its "sphere of control". > > So the question is simple: is the US willing to challenge Russia in > its sphere of control - probably risking war - or is it better to use > diplomacy with Russia while ceding them their Sphere of Control? > > If we want to risk war to control all areas of the world, then we > should challenge them. If diplomacy is better then we should back > off. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
