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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] [i]After the 40 billion dollar appropriation, the United States can no longer afford to pursue SDI. [/i] The United States government is running a $100 billion surplus this year alone, after emergency spending and tax cuts. [i]The only real and proven way to prevent nuclear missile attack is MAD.[/i] There are two statements here. [i]1) MAD is the only proven way to prevent nuclear assault.[/i] You can not prove that A will prevent B, by the nature of proof. All you can prove is that it hasn't happened YET. [i]2) MAD is the only real way to prevent nuclear assault.[/i] This is what you are trying to prove. You can not use your conclusion as one of your premises. [i]SDI as an alleged umbrella would potentially stop missiles and would therefor not be a real deterrent to an purposefull and well designed terrorist attack on the United States.[/i] Strawman attack. SDI is intended as a defense against ICBMs, from whatever source. Who said anything about terrorists? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A) It is currently possible for anyone with a certain amount of money to attack or blackmail this country using an ICBM or ICBMs. This is undesirable. B) If we implement SDI, it will be exceedingly difficult for anyone to attack or blackmail this country with ICBMs. C) We can implement SDI with a relatively minimal amount of money and inconvenience. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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