The reason is that an effective missile defense significantly reduces the leverage other countries have on US policy.
I still cannot figure out why the democrats are so adamantly opposed to a missle defense shield, and none of my liberal acquaintences are able to give me an answer
The reason is that an effective missile defense significantly reduces the leverage other countries have on US policy....
BINGO!!!!This is how the left makes a living in DC...brokering "bargains" in the House and Senate for the rest of the world.
I had a liberal professor in college who used to make the point often, calling it a "licence to wage war with no consequence".
She was totally against it (and she didn't hide her anti-americanism) arguing not that it would not work, but that if it did work, the US would not have any incentive to find diplomatic solutions or not to wage war at any time since it would not have to worry about retaliation anymore.