NOYB wrote:
SDI is our ace in the hole...and we're getting closer to perfecting it.

No we aren't. The contractors are making a smoke-and-mirrors show. The
Pentagon declared the last round of tests to be a failure.


... You
are correct that the old MAD scenario will rear its ugly head again...this
time, with China. But if China is convinced that any ICBMs launched at the
US would be intercepted before they made landfall, they'd be a lot more
receptive to the threat of any military pressure from the US.


What a laugh. China could trash the US economy with the stroke of a pen.
President Bush wouold be incredibly stupid to threaten them... and
while he may or may not be that stupid... I'd prefer to not find out...
somebody in his cabinet does have better sense and makes sure he doesn't
make the Chinese angry. Look what happened when they held that spy plane
and it's crew...

DSK