On Your Nuclear Mark, Get Set, Go

. "U.S. territory is more likely to be attacked with [chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear] materials from nonmissile delivery means--

The big attack, the worst nightmare, is still a nuclear broadsides using aircraft and missiles to deliver the devices. ICBM or bomber nukes up to 20 megatons apiece are not the kind of thing a person can acquire on the black market. They are jealously guarded, and not something small groups of amateurs can assemble like a dirty bomb. The bombers can be stopped with existing defensive systems. Now the systems are becoming avaialble to defeat the ICBM missiles as well. The article is a gem.

Here, the blind hatred of the liberals/socialists/communists on the left is displayed (again):

He sees no difference between Communist China (which WOULD deliberately use nuclear weapons as a threat/or for real .... and the US which would NOT use them.

Thus, Red China "would be forced" to use its weapons because the US could "could threaten them" .... though he previously just said that the anti-missile program would not work.

Funny. I guess that the US threatening Red China to prevent an attack on Taiiwan is more serious than Red China attacking Taiwan......

Also: His logic is like saying that "because a thief can come in through the window or use a police rammer against the front door, I shouldn't buy a lock for the back door.

The missile defense plan is protect against a limited missile attack (accidental launch of several missiles...) that is far more likely than a deliberate attack by several thousand missiles. Yes, a bomb could be carried into the country.

But that type of attack is defended against by other means.

Primarily a valid nuclear shield to cremate the government that sponsered to truck bomb.

The sad thing is that people who think like this author are a significant minority in the US and other western nations. When my then liberal parents talked me out of joining the air force back in the 1970s, I did not quite understand how liberalism / Western strains of Marxism and lack of knowledge regarding military matters went hand in hand, but now I do. With few exceptions, people who think like the author have not been in the military, have not used firearms, and have been sheltered from "might makes right" situations. They are the ultimate naive utopians who, through their utter disregard for defense and those who craft it, are slowly but surely setting us up, just like their brethren did in the UK 1919 - 1939, for our "Blitz." The only problem is, this time the Blitz will kill millions and we might lose the war.

What the Bush Administration seeks is missile offense--the ability to use the nuclear shield as a way to project power, not defend U.S. territory.

As an American I really dont have a problem with that!!

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