Why on Earth would Korea , et al. ,attack the U.S. and get slaughtered ? The Korean weapons are truly defensive, and the Star War system would effectively undermine that defense. The premise of the Stratfor statement ( the danger of nuclear attack is from Korea or Iran and not the U.S.) is a big lie. The U.S. is trying to get into a position to be able to blackmail Korea with no threat of defensive retaliation.
In the history of the nuclear arms race, the U.S. initiated every escalation. (See _The Unbroken Record : Soviet Treaty Compliance by Rosenberg) The U.S. is the only country to ever drop a nuclear bomb on people. The portrayal of other nations as the source of threat of nuclear attack is Big Brother , war is peace , talk. The U.S. is the main threat of nuclear war and attack in the world.
It is not a Strategic DEFENSE System, but an Star WARS system being set up by the Evil Empire. Just like the U.S. doesn't have a "Defense Department" but a War Department.
CB
>>> t byfield <tbyfield at panix.com> 10/04/99 10:36PM >>>
stratfor, as the joke on panix goes, fale us wunce agane:
The United States successfully tested a prototype anti-ballistic
missile system on Sept. 2, when an "exoatmospheric kill vehicle"
intercepted and destroyed an unarmed Minuteman rocket over the Pacific
Ocean. This marks the first step towards missile defense systems
designed to intercept limited attacks by "rogue" states like North
Korea, Iran or Syria. <...>
<http://www.stratfor.com/asia/commentary/m9910042251.htm>
'first step?' yeah, except for that $40 billion and ten years spent on SDI--but who's counting?
cheers, t