IMHO, the following article makes some of the best points about the future of the United States' engagements that I have yet seen.
Some of the key points are thus: 1) The events of September 11th make the need for national missile defense an imperative. It has become clear that terrorists thrive in large part due to the evil empires that support them. Terrorism can be confronted, however, by using international coalitions to confront these States. Yet, can you imagine what US Foreign Policy would like if the Taliban had nuclear-tipped ICBM's? Or if Osama bin Laden fled to an Iraq that was protected by nuclear-tipped ICBM's? The US would be faced with the very pleasant choice of letting bin Laden continue to operate with impunity or a nuclear exchange with Iraq. Yikes. 2) The enemies of freedom will inevitably come for us. They came for us when they sank the Lusitania, they came for us at Pearl Harbor, and they came for us on September 11th. Which means, of course, that the freedom of the United States will never be truly secure until the butchers of Beijing have been displaced from their control of the land and one billion plus people of China. Double yikes. JDG The article is here: http://www.thenewrepublic.com/100101/kaplan100101.html Within the article, he makes a reference to another article, which can be found here: http://www.thenewrepublic.com/100101/rubin100101.html ===== ---------------------------------------------------------- John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Taliban delenda est! - Freedom is Not Free __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com
