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America Needs Missile Defense |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMENTARY |
| Author: Baker Spring And James H. Anderson |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1999 |
| Size: 1,653 Words, 11,618 Characters |
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Given the stakes involved, the American people need to understand the clear choice they face regarding this issue. On the one hand, they may support the current policy and remain vulnerable to missile attacks. On the other hand, they may want to have the government deploy a defensive system for countering ballistic missiles. Common sense would dictate a choice in favor of defense. Indeed, the choice seems so obvious that many Americans believe such a defense is already in place even though they remain completely vulnerable.vbcrlf Defenders of the current policy are trying to convince the American people that there is no alternative to vulnerability. But there is an alternative. The people just need to demand it. In doing so, certain facts about the missile defense issue should be understood.vbcrlf The missile threat to the United States is growing with each passing day. Supporters of the current policy would have the people believe that the missile threat to the United States is either nonexistent or remote. This assessment is wrong. A special bipartis...
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...nbsp; The deployment of a national missile defense presents a morally sound alternative between these two extremes. As President Reagan emphasized in his initial SDI speech in 1983, it is better to have a policy based on saving lives rather than on avenging them.For further discussion on this issue, see "Biological Weapons: A Reawakened Concern" on p. 288. vbcrlf
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