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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 04:56 AM Original message |
Tests show US shield 'not needed' |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Some shaky logic here |
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Spouting Horn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's absurd to have |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. wrong question. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The Navy version... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. it better be, if Israel uses US bases in Iraq to attack Iran. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Actually not |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. They have been practicing for an Iranian attack |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. The reason to build a 'shield' is simple. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 06:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not even a remote chance that there is a geo-political angle to this? nt |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 06:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Of course there is |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. And why is this bad? |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Morality has nothing to do with it |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. A missile shield is destabilizing because it gives each party an incentive for a first strike |
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tidy_bowl (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. And the reason not to fight global warming is $$$$$... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Lavrov's not that innumerate, or short-sighted. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. protecting Poland and the Czech Republic from rogue nations |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's not the issue |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. What?? You mean The Shield is just another Trillion Dollar Boondoggle Tax Dollar Giveaway? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. This missile shield is meant to protect Americans from universal health care |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
20. Russia denies Iran is a threat and orders United States to drop missile shield plan |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I can't believe we're fucking with Russia, too. |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Without a doubt, Russia is 'drawing a line in the sand' with the missile shield. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. We can probably predict the McCain line |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. BushCo: Manipulating the USA toward a slow burn suicide |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Condi, et al, will handle it with their standard deft aplomb.... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. The Russians are not eager to put their military on display |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I'm sure they will handle them |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. "Launch on warning" will make a comeback |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The Bushies didn't get the missiles in Poland. Luckily. |
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