[17th Miss Regt]

The issue really isn't about the cost of such a strike on an American city. There are some technical objections regarding the effectiveness of such a system. Allow me to list a few.
1) The interceptions the system has 'achieved' are somewhat suspect, transponders being placed on the targets that the interceptors can home in on.
2) The cost of such a system will come at the price of cutting funds for the homeless, helpless, and those with no hope for a better future under the current administation.
3) You need to have more taken away from you in the interest of the common good.
4) Bush is a racist homophobe who was a deserter and probably eats homeless children for breakfast.
5) I hate Bush. Anyone but Bush. Saddam Hussein for President.
6) The system as proposed utterly fails to address the issues of civil rights for GLBT persons.
7) I hate Bush. He was selected, not elected.
8) Did I mention that I hate Bush?

I hope this reasonably sober appraisal of the system proposed will demonstrate to you the opponents of the system have good technical reasons to oppose the system, not merely crude partisan and ideological reasons.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"8) Did I mention that I hate Bush? "

Nor did you mention that you were in Vietnam.

[CholeraJoe]

Never FReep while drinking coffee
Never FReep while drinking coffee

You owe me a new keyboard.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Sounds like you have the enemy logic and rhetoric down pat.

[Poohbah]

1) The interceptions the system has 'achieved' are somewhat suspect, transponders being placed on the targets that the interceptors can home in on.

Only to simulate a radar that had not been finished yet. Since then, retesting was done with the actual radar, and the missiles actually worked better.

[Teacher317]

Odd that liberals, known for their hatred of nuclear missiles, desperately oppose the one weapon that could DESTROY nuclear weapons and save millions of lives.

(Also, it would be difficult to believe that the US wouldn't knock down a missile aimed at ANY nation. You can already hear the Left whining that the US would be MORE culpable than those who fired it, since we would've failed to stop it when we had the chance.)

[KC_for_Freedom]

The interceptions the system has 'achieved' are somewhat suspect, transponders being placed on the targets that the interceptors can home in on.

Once again I have to explain. All missiles have range safety transponders on them for tracking. They have destruct systems too, but data from the tests show that the "hits" were the result of the antimissile hardware and software, and the range safety transponders were Not part of the hit. Please understand that this idea that engineers would rig a test like this in front of hundreds of people is just anti missile propaganda.

Whether the money is used for defense or social programs is a matter for congress to debate.

The rest of your scree is silly.

[KC_for_Freedom]

sorry, I did not have my sarcasm screen on//