RE: US Isolationism RE: US at war in 1940?1942? L3

[Charlie Bell]

> Charlie Bell wrote:
>
> > We're not baffled by that. We're baffled by the fact that
> > the USA, knowing that a defence shield solely over north
> > america would seriously imbalance the world balance, would
> > set off down that road alone.
>
> Actually, I keep hearing rhetoric from the politicians, saying
> they plan to offer the shield to other countries when it's ready.
> The shield probably isn't going to work, but at least they seem
> to be advocating a half-assed, leaky shield for everybody. ;-)

Yeah, but that wasn't the initial plan. Whatever JDG may insist on saying,
it wasn't until NATO said "um, hey, what about us?" that the shield was
extended to europe...