dave wrote:
David Hartung wrote:


Missile defense systems are defensive. The idea that a defensive
system is destabilizing is completely ludicrous.

Bombers are by their very nature offensive. An Russian offensive
weapon deployed to the western hemisphere is by its very nature
destabilizing.

See the difference?

No. It is all quite insane.

I agree, war is insane, but it is sometimes necessary.

One could very logically make the argument that Russia's belligerence
the past few years well justifies any defensive system we may wish to
deploy.