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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 16 2013, 11:49 AM (340 Views) | |
| Neutral | Mar 16 2013, 12:11 PM Post #11 |
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You wish of course. |
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| tomdrobin | Mar 16 2013, 12:18 PM Post #12 |
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It just went right over your head.
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| Sea Dog | Mar 16 2013, 08:56 PM Post #13 |
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Of course it did, Neut is very short! |
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| colo_crawdad | Mar 16 2013, 09:39 PM Post #14 |
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And this name calling insult on this thread was provoked how? Edited by colo_crawdad, Mar 16 2013, 09:42 PM.
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| Berton | Mar 16 2013, 10:36 PM Post #15 |
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Missile Defense, Then and Now Readers of a certain age will recall the battles over missile defense that raged during the Reagan administration. Virtually all Democrats opposed all forms of missile defense, deeming the concept not only unfeasible–”like hitting a bullet with a bullet,” as though that were impossible–but destabilizing as well. John Kerry’s denunciations of missile defense were typical: “a dream based on illusion, but one which could have real and terrible consequences,” As recently as 2008, Barack Obama said that he didn’t “agree with a missile defense system” and promised to slash funding for development of such systems. He did, too. I was reminded of all of this by a low-key, matter of fact story in today’s newspapers: The Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based missile defense system, reflecting concern about North Korea’s focus on developing nuclear weapons and its advances in long-range missile technology, officials said Friday. … The Pentagon intends to add the 14 interceptors to 30 already in place in California and Alaska. That will expand the system’s ability to shoot down long-range missiles in flight before they could reach U.S. territory. … “As we think about our homeland missile-defense posture, we do not have a ‘just-in-time’ policy,” [James Miller, defense undersecretary for policy] said. “Our policy is to stay ahead of the threat — and to continue to ensure that we are ahead of any potential future Iranian or North Korean ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) capability.” Well, that is good news. Still, one wonders: has anyone ever asked Secretary of State John Kerry whether he now admits that he was wrong about missile defense being a “dream based on an illusion,” with “real and terrible consequences?” Or how about the Democratic Senators and Congressmen, many of them still in office, who bitterly attacked President Reagan for wanting to develop missile defense systems, and President Bush for wanting to deploy such systems? Does anyone ever ask whether they have changed their minds, or how they now feel about our ability to defend against North Korean missiles? Being a Democrat means never being reminded of the times when you were wrong. LINK |
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| Deleted User | Mar 16 2013, 10:43 PM Post #16 |
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Yeah well in this case I guess they were. Mind you, I think the chances of N Korea actually trying to use one against the US are about the same as a herd of elephants trampling someone in downtown NY. It may be a bizarre regime, but taking out Anchorage woudl like mean their whole country being turned into a slag heap in retaliation. I am sure they are aware of that. |
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| Berton | Mar 16 2013, 10:57 PM Post #17 |
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If they can put a satellite in orbit, which they have, then they can hit anywhere in the world. |
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| Deleted User | Mar 16 2013, 11:44 PM Post #18 |
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You really believe they have the tech to accurately launch missiles from space? During the cold war it was mutually assured destruction. The power of N Korea & the US are so unbalanced it would be a case of suicide on their part. |
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| Mountainrivers | Mar 17 2013, 12:03 AM Post #19 |
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Bertrude and the entire far right wingnuts are afraid of everything. What a bunch of wussies! |
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| tomdrobin | Mar 17 2013, 12:07 AM Post #20 |
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They aren't afraid of ignorance, they openly embrace it.
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