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
