In a message dated 6/14/01 10:07:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<< As much as I'm against wasting tax dollars on a missile shield, I don't
believe that the U.S. would ever use their superior firepower to bend nations
to their will. We didn't do it during the period we were the sole nuke
power,
following WWII, and I don't see that we are doing it now. >>
Yes, but, in this hypothetical, what _we_ think we might do with such power
is not as relevant as what the _Chinese_ think we might do with it. :)
Patrick Sweeney
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