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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 09:49am Sep 28, 2001 EST (#9875 of 9876)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

If you are a foreign national, it seems to me reasonable that you might consider substituting the name of your country, for America, in the language about weights just above.

And if Americans recoil from that, they are crazy.

We need stable, balanced, workable deterrance. On reserve. Seldom used.

As part of patterns of complex cooperation that would make the world much more beautiful, more prosperous, and safer than the world we have today.

(I just gave an application of the golden rule applied to military circumstances. Stability requires communication, some negotiation, and people who, like it or not, are "reading from the same page." )

Weapons of mass destruction have no reasonable place in such a set of balances , and people should have sense enough to recognize that, and do the practical things needed, in the real world, to get rid of them. It could and should be done, and some other worthwhile things could and should be done on military matters. With the negotiations going on now, people should soon become aware of how to do it, in my opinion.

gisterme - 03:07pm Sep 28, 2001 EST (#9876 of 9876)

rshowalter wrote ( rshowalter 9/28/01 9:40am ):

"...And - - this connects to missile defense - - to lie cheat and steal to defend a fiasco cannot serve the national interest..."

Then why do you continue to defend your position, Robert? That's a rhetorical question, of course since, most likely, you get paid to do so. In my view it's your position with all its misdirecton, tangential rhetoric and misleading conclusions that's the fiasco, that which cannot serve the national interest.

Robert, you've amply proved by your writings that your interest is not the same as the US national interest. You don't care that if the bloody men behind the WTC murders get their hands on a nuclear missile, they will use it. All the stealing and lying you talk about are just that... talk, talk from you.

I noticed that the last BMD test was a direct hit. The very thing you claim is impossible has already happened a couple of times. There's lots of evedence that the stuff you spout is untrue and no evidence at all except your "say so" that it is true. People aren't stupid, Robert.

You'll be really proud when the first nuclear missile hits London or Paris, Rome or New York, won't you Robert? You'll proudly point to the "corpus" (as you call it) of this thread and say "See! I did everything in my power to make this attack possible!" You'll have lots of fans I'm sure...you'll be a real hero of the people, right, Robert?

Or will you will you say, "Oops, I guess I was wrong after all, sorry...but you know how it is...gotta eat. Honest...just couldn't imagine anyone would really do that...thought it was all just a shuck..."

What an example of "depth of character" that would be!

I think the truth is that you, whatever your name really is, will not have the guts to admit that you're behind the "Robert Showalter" moniker and you'll just dissappear into the hurricane with the rest small gusts.

Who do you serve, Robert? Is it just the "almighty buck" or something less obvious? I'm sure you know, but I'll bet you're not telling...

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