On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:42:02 -0700, you wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: >> >> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:48:27 -0500, you wrote: >> >> > >> >Dr. Storms wrote: "I think you all are missing the point of the missile >> >defense system. It >> >is to defend us from China in 10 years, not NK now." >> > >> >Possibly, however the premature deployment will inhibit only the irrational. >> >China knows it is ineffective. >> >> --- >> And will watch as it's made effective? > >Yes, because Chine is gaining more by buying the US in contrast to >taking. We are giving China the ability to develop its manufacturing >infrastructure by going into debt to buy its products. When we run out >of money in a few more years and need to use military power to keep >China from taking over countries in its part of the world, we will need >the missile defense to keep China from implementing a counter threat. >The world is not what it seems to be because our government no longer >holds truth in high regard. The Cold War is not over.
--- I agree. It seems we've decided to become denizens of the swamp, but I was disagreeing with Terry about the deployment being premature, in that even if it is ineffective now, as its efficacy improves and is proven through testing, it will provide another more or less real deterrent to military "adventures" with the US as a target. However, with one in four of us Earthlings being Chinese, I wonder whether it'll matter much if/when push comes to shove... -- John Fields
