Posted on 08/12/2014 5:35:28 PM PDT by grundle
Liberals scoffed in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan first proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative missile defense system. They called it "Star Wars" and claimed the technology was fictional. Other critics took a different tack, arguing that Star Wars would be harmful if it did work because it would upset the delicate nuclear balance between the United States and Soviet Union.
The Soviets depended on the threat of mutual assured destruction in order to maintain diplomatic parity with a wealthier, more advanced adversary. To disturb that balance, some analysts argued, would destabilize the international order. Of course, the Soviets, whose entire system of government was rooted in the use of terror, opposed even a shared American-Soviet missile defense system for precisely this reason.
Three decades after Reagan's landmark proposal, the technical issue is moot. This week, the world has watched Israel's Iron Dome system -- partially funded by the U.S. and incorporating U.S. technology -- perform remarkably well against more than 1,000 Hamas rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. When rockets are launched, Iron Dome calculates almost instantly whether they are headed for populated areas, then intercepts them as needed. The Israeli military says Iron Dome has been 87 to 90 percent effective and is the key reason why there's been only one Israeli civilian fatality.
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I don’t always agree with Ansel12 but between #6 of his and #9 of yours, yours seems closer by far to slander. How is Ansel12 a slanderer, according to you?
For the same reason, President Obama erred in 2013 with his decision to scrap -- in response to Russian objections -- a planned system in Europe to defend against missile threats from the Middle East. Obama won no good will from the Russians, even as he forfeited an important opportunity to strengthen U.S. allies against future threats. Missile defense allows strong nations to defend themselves against weaker enemies without resorting to terrorist tactics or fighting bloody wars. This is a win-win, except for terrorists like Hamas and national rulers bent on aggression against neighbors.
I am asking you to request the Admins to delete your posts which slander me on this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3191223/posts
Its been a number of days now, and apparently nothing has been removed.
Because of that, I am also alerting the Admins to this post.
I am asking you to request the Admins to delete your posts which slander me on this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3191223/posts
You are one determined little stalking troll, I’m almost tempted to mind out what you are raving about.
I did go look at that thread, that is the one where you were attacking the Christian missionaries related to Ebola and the old Ann Coulter article.
After dragging it into at least one other thread, you are working determinedly to drag it into this Reagan thread.
Normally the mods discouraged this kind of thing, I thought, but in this case, they seem to support it.
Next one of you that pings us gets both of you suspended.
Well, there you go. You’d better figure out a way to remove your slander of me.
As you pointed out, I’m pretty determined.
Evidently this is intended to be a stalker’s flame thread, so you might as well get to work.
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