terry, trust me, they can hit into western nevada. and why hit alaska instead? howsabout the military research facilities, the oil facilities, and the fact that if they hit a military target, and not a population center, in a bonafide act of war, no other country will strike them. if they hit LA, the entire island, nk and sk both, would glow for a million years under the combined arsenal of a dozen countries. and also, if they hit a military target, we here in teh us wouldnt dare hit a population center in reataliation. the rest of the world would strike US, and we would know it.
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:40:03 -0500, Keith Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Horace. > > From my perspective, living in NYC, you seem a little > overconcerned. First, if you had an ICBM with a nuke, > would you launch at Anchorage or Seattle? Not to > mention, what would be the point of it? He's got > a return address, you know, and last time I checked > we've got a collection of WMD's unmatched by anyone > on the planet. For what it's worth, an old friend of > mine worked on one of the negotiating committees that > we use to deal with NK, and when I put this to him, > he laughed and said "Keith, NK was so full of s**t > I needed waders just to get into my office. All they > want is some oil and food so the entire regime doesn't > collapse on itself. This whole stink has been caused > by us cutting that off. It is the morally correct thing to > do so, as the regime really is monstrously oppressive, > but please don't expect waves of missles to come flying out > of Pyongyang anytime soon." > > Secondly, and you knew I was coming to this (grin), > I've seen 21st century combat up close and personal > ( it tooks weeks for the smell of dead bodies and > burnt drywall to clear here ). I'm not sure how the > (nonfunctioning) missle defense system was supposed > to help us there. This problem with > transnational terrorism is going to get worse if > we continue to fight it like the cold war. Their > effectiveness has a lot more to do with our leadership > failures than their great strength and cunning. > > K. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Horace Heffner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: star wars rides again > > At 5:04 PM 12/15/4, leaking pen wrote: > >...that said, its a waste of time and money, and there is no > >need for it. > > You might have a different perspective on this if you lived where I do, in > Alaska. We're right in the line of fire from N. Korea. I'm glad the > missle system went in here, but also glad there are other tiers to missile > defense, because things aren't looking so reliable yet. 8^) > > Regards, > > Horace Heffner > > -- Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. -G.K. Chesterton
