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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (139522)10/3/2001 2:10:11 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1580593
 
Sure, you can imagine a bin Laden launching a single, or even half a dozen, nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, but as recent events have proven, there are cheaper ways to achieve those ends. Yeah, North Korea or Libya could do the same, but that seems to be a rather brain dead way to commit national suicide. let's face it, SDI is nothing but a multi-billion dollar night light for the next several decades. If that is what you want, why should everybody else pay for it?

The irony of starwars is that it would not have been effective on 9/11 even if it had been in place. In fact the head guy at NORAD said that our F-16 defense was ineffective because like starwars, NORAD planned for an external attack.

Of course, that doesn't stop the militacrats from screaming for starwars again. I guess having starwars in place it allow them to sleep better at night. As an alternative, I think we should give them prozac or xanax....they're a lot cheaper. <g>

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