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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] JC: [i]Even if we try and put on a non-functioning vest, the very act could panic someone into firing before we got it in place. BOOOM! Bye-bye US of A.[/i] Illogical. Assured destruction would still theoretically apply until the shield was in place. Any attack on us would assure the destruction of the other side, with or without the shield. The only difference is the number of our people killed in the process. Tahna: [i]You don't watch the newscasts, do you? University scholars from what I have heard say that such a nuclear defense without the approval of all nations may prompt another cold war.[/i] Oh, no, the all-knowing university scholars said so. My entire argument has just collapsed. Woe is me. TEL: [i]Building the shield is a direct violation of several international treaties to which the U.S.A. were a signatory.[/i] Treaties which have built-in escape clauses. They get reviewed every so often, and can be ditched if deemed necessary. [i]Hypothetical scenario: some time in the not too-distant future, tensions will escalate to a point where one leader mentally snaps, and makes that fatal, and irrevocable, mistake. "If we can't threaten them when the shield is in place, let's nuke 'm now before they get a chance to put it up."[/i] The scenario of a leader that snaps at a random (read: not related to the shield) time is one we're trying to defend against. Thus the shield. Thank you. [i]Building the shield upsets the balance of power.[/i] With whom? [i]The principle of Mutual Assured Destruction, which was always a deterrent to nucleair warfare, effectively goes out the window.[/i] Perfect. The "mutual" part has always bugged me. And I would point out that MAD only applies between two superpowers with massive arsenals. There's only one of those. No one can destroy this country with nuclear assault. China can hurt us, and so can Russia, but that's about it. Neither has the capacity for a massive exchange any more. Let me get this through to you: THERE IS NO COLD WAR. It ended when Reagan forced the colapse of the Soviet Union. The threat right now is some two-bit dictator that (thank you, Bill) can now buy the tech any time he wants. MAD is irrelevant. The balance of power is nonexistent. Without the shield, a loon can kill ten million people, and have his country nuked. With it, that can't happen. Sounds good to me. [i]The U.S.A. are sending this message to the rest of the world: "Go to hell."[/i] They're trying to stick their nose in our internal affairs? Then that's exactly what they can do. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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