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Reagan was right about unilateral disarmament alright, but why was he right? Why did anyone ever think such a policy would work in the first place? Answer, because the Christian concept of Man as being inherently flawed has been replaced by the secularist viewpoint of Man being perfect, marred only by "culture", "society", or "the past". The constrained view of humanity, once almost universal, has been gradually replaced with an unconstrained view.

Thus, the liberals/secularists/humanists pushed unilateral disarmament because they say such an example will reach out to our enemies, appeal to their better natures, remove all possible threats and therefore encourage understanding. Christians know this is nonsense, partly on practical grounds but mostly because we know that people do not HAVE a better nature, except as God works upon them.

The point is that we cannot fight this evil by just simply denying liberal demands, which is how politics works. We have to show people that the underlying philosophy behind these liberal arguments is just flawed. Should we be storming the gates of hell? Yes, but remember, as C S Lewis said, the gates of hell are locked on the inside. Its probably more appropriate to say we should be yanking people out before they can shut the gate. :)