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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (3965)	2/2/2001 10:44:43 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 59480

Of course we cannot afford to be smug. That is one of the reasons why we have maintained our ties to NATO, even after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact, or why we have a multi- tiered military capacity and a doctrine that commits us to being able to fight a couple of wars simultaneously, lest someone take advantage of our being tied down elsewhere. I don't think anyone believes that SDI is a panacea. Anyway, I am not sure what kind of provability you expect before "spending a dollar". That is not how R&D works. Of course one does not want to waste a lot of money, but promising technology may very well not end up where one expected, and there is always a certain amount of gambling........