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Originally posted by Adder
But the threat of American reprisals is still, and always will be, the only real constraint on the behavior of N.K, Pakistan and Iran.
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When it comes to SDI, we are not talking about making countries do what we want them to do. Right now our military policy is mostly about "extending our interests" etc. Yes that changed some what with 9-11, but I still see that our forces are mainly used to project our interests more than they are there to protect US citizens from harm. But if one of these powers can deliver a nuclear missile onto our mainland the whole scenario changes from theoretical US interests to protecting millions of our citizens from annihilation. That is why I see SDI as so much more important than the rest of the military budget.
Yes it is nice to have ten (thirteen?) carrier groups (at twenty billion each) sailing around to make us look tough, but they are not really there to help stop US citizens from getting killed. Those carriers aren't going to seem very useful once someone tries to lob a nuclear missile into the US, where any sort of SDI system is going to be worth its weight in diamonds when something like that happens.
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