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Almighty Colin
12-17-2002, 10:56 AM
I'm all about this ...
"President Bush has decided to deploy a limited system designed to protect the United States against a ballistic missile attack, with the first phase of the controversial system scheduled to be deployed within two years, senior administration officials tell CNN."
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/12/17/bush.miss...sile/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/12/17/bush.missile/index.html)
PornoDoggy
12-17-2002, 11:27 AM
China has been critical of any deployment of U.S. warships in Asia with missile-defense capabilities.
How do you say "eat shit and bark at the moon" in Chinese?
As long as programs like these don't come at the expense of conventional forces, I think it's great. Got mixed feelings about expanding it to space, however, but that's not come up for discussion yet.
Mike AI
12-17-2002, 11:55 AM
Wow I am shocked, PD for missle defense!!
Glad we are on the same page on something!!
I think this is a great program, one we should have been developing and deploying years ago!
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PornoDoggy
12-17-2002, 12:18 PM
Mikey, I spent 10 years in the Navy, bud ... I'm for anything that makes us safer. I am always suspicious about programs like this, because they tend to be pork-laden, bug-ridden, result in cutbacks or slowdowns in more conventional programs, and they tend to take money out of the pockets of the people in uniform. I don't think we should deploy it in space unless we go back to Reagan's offer to provide the data to others. No way in hell do I think we ought to give it to Tiawan, regardless of the long-$tanding love affair between the powers that be in this country and one of the major political parties in this one.
Mike AI
12-17-2002, 12:53 PM
PD I am with you about pork and boondoogles...
But if there is anyone who can cut through that it is Rummy!!
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