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

[John D. Giorgis]

At 08:17 AM 6/14/01 -0500 Dan Minette wrote:
>Have your read the proponents projections for the proposed ABM system in the
>late 60s and early 70s?  

"We choose to.... do the other things, not because they are easy, but
because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure
the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we
are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend
to win." - John F. Kennedy

I have no doubt that developing a missile defense will be very hard, but
that is hardly an excuse for not even attempting to meet the moral
imperative of self defence.    If missile technology is feasible, it should
be deployed.   If the technology is not feasible, then we should be
devoting a good deal of our energies to developing the technology to make
it feasible.   The world certainly doesn't intend to wait for us to catch up.

JDG


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