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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (172534)8/18/2001 6:29:27 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (2) of 769667
 
If you listened to Daschle's speech last week you'd know he is the voice of truth and reason. So refreshing to hear. His description of Missile Defence was particularly enlightening. All money for that system comes out of badly needed programs for one thing. And, the "successful" test recently involved a target missile fitted with a homing beacon. The missile launched to intercept it was told exactly where it would be at what time. Small surprise it hit it. But will we ever have an enemy who tells us exactly where their missiles will be so our 100 billion dollar system can shoot them down? Not likely. Also Daschle unlike Bush tells us the truth that any real threat now is not from slow visible ABM's but some stealth attacks, terrorist mini-bombs and other delivery systems this Star Wars would be useless against. That's why it only makes sense as a hugely expensive offensive weapon to dominate the planet. So is Bush trying to prepare for war against China? That's the only potential foe I can think of. Certainly Russia's rotting rusting missile system isn't going to be used against us except by accident. And N. Korea and Cuba are starving nations. That leaves Libya where Bush's close friends Chevron own half the country.
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