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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (30604)	10/1/2001 1:28:38 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

<. A "man of God " wanting to use Nuclear weaponry . Just unbelievable ...> What part of "Thou shall not kill" don't they get? Amazing.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (30604)	10/1/2001 2:57:20 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

How about a man of God wanting to maintain credible nuclear deterrence against a hostile, ruthless, totalitarian foe? Formulated that way, it makes a lot of sense. I am generally against terror bombing, for example, but during World War Two, I cannot see we had an alternative, since the enemy could not be allowed to bomb Allied population centers with impunity. Deterrence, if effective, does a great deal less, it merely threatens. That being said, I support SDI for the same reason Reagan came up with it, because of a desire to get beyond Mutually Assured Destruction, to defend against nukes instead of promising to blow up the cities of the enemy.........