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To: lizol

What does Russia mean aimed agaisnt us? The missle shield isn't aimed at anyone, it is for defense. If I were poland I would be asking Russia why they don't want Poland to have a defense against missles.


2 posted on 12/03/2005 12:57:42 PM PST by calex59 (Seeing the light shouldn't make you blind...)
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To: calex59

"What does Russia mean aimed against us? The missle shield isn't aimed at anyone, it is for defense. If I were poland I would be asking Russia why they don't want Poland to have a defense against missles."

They may be thinking in terms of a first strike capability- that if we can defend against their return fire then we could safely launch a first strike.


5 posted on 12/03/2005 1:03:22 PM PST by gondramB ( A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul)
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To: calex59
What does Russia mean aimed agaisnt us? The missle shield isn't aimed at anyone, it is for defense.

Russian genrals are trained to think this way. It is a holdover from the bad old days of the USSR, when generals got their rank by being ruthlessly political, and survived by being paranoid

6 posted on 12/03/2005 1:07:55 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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