Posted by
JBDavis on Friday, April 27, 2007 8:50:04 AM
Condoleeza Rice is trying to ease tensions about our
missile defense system, now being developed:
Sixteen years after the end of the Cold War, the transatlantic community and Russia are not adversaries. Indeed, on a number of issues, we are partners.
We both face a number of common challenges, among the most threatening is the possibility that a dangerous state will use ballistic missiles, tipped with nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction, to hold our societies hostage – or worse.
We need to be clear that the missile threat from Iran is real and growing, and it is a threat not just to the United States, but to Europe and Russia as well.
Looking a few years ahead, other such missile threats will likely emerge as well. It is with these new realities in mind that we are developing and deploying modest missile defenses.
Our goal is to field systems capable of protecting not only the United States and our forces, but also friends and allies like those in the transatlantic community. We speak of the transatlantic community because we have learned that our security is not divisible; that if our allies are not secure, America is not secure. America cannot "go it alone.
I'm not saying it is a bad idea. I'm just saying that it is not going to protect us from all attacks. We are not worried too much about countries that have the means to launch long range missiles at us. Lets face it, the most likely countries that would attack us or our allies will not be launching missiles at us. They will be brought into this country across our borders, by someone who will be willing to deliver the bomb themselves. These people are willing to blow themselves up in order to kill 20 or 30 people. Do you think they will think twice about taking hundreds of thousand more.
Wise up America. The only way to ensure our safety is to destroy these people. I am confident that Iran does not have nuclear weapons yet. If they had them they would have used them by now.