Reply #7: I think a missile shield would just encourage nuts like Bush [View All]

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into thinking that a nuclear conflict could be survived, making them more likely to choose the option without the same fear of retaliation.

Remember, it's not just other countries which need to be restrained from using nukes. In fact, it's our own president who has advocated in his National Security assessment, for the first time in our history, that it would be okay to use nukes against countries without any nuclear capability or who pose no nuclear threat. We really don't want to encourage him or any other meglomaniac who happens to ascend to office.