At 11:52 14-6-01 -0400, Patrick Sweeney wondered:
> > 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. ;-)
>
>I've always been baffled by this. You mean we're going to spend billions
>of dollars and years of scientific effort on this missile shield ... and
>then we're just going to _give it away?_
>
>This _is_ the GOP we're talking about, right?
For some reason, I doubt the US (or the GOP) will actually give it away --
I'm pretty sure they'll charge other countries for that "protection".
They'll probably even end up making a big profit on it.
Hm. Protection money. Where have I heard that before? <grin>
Jeroen
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