>assuring mutual destruction of all the parties who ever used them That is the MADness championed by Robert Strange McNamara. It was foolish then as it is now. The idea that if we are attacked and the only option we have is destroying the other guy and not saving our own people is deriliction of duty by our government. Protecting the citizens is one of the legitimate functions of government. If it does not do that, it does not have the right to claim our loyalty.
Perhaps you feel comfortable that madmen like President Tom in Iran would be deterred by our arsenal... I do not. Besides, if there is such an exchange, we need to be around to bring sanity to the insane world. As for as our military budget exceeding most of the others... it's because their failed socialistic systems (especially in the EU) have sucked up the resources and they are depending on the good will of the US or the former Soviet Union to protect them. They have become lazy people only concerned with consuption, preferably of someone elses resources ... a path we are headed toward. I would rather have us be the one they turn to than have us dependent upon other systems than cannot keep up with ours. Larry Miller --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
