Re: Prince Bush wimps out against Communism

["Andrew Hagen" <xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think that's right. In addition, the Chinese do not have modern
delivery systems. With their current technology, they probably could
hit only part of the US. If Prince George's Star Wars plan proves
feasible, then it will have the ability to knock out maybe 20 missles
at a time. Without changes on the Chinese side, this would shift the
balance of power. The US would not be deterred from attacking China by
the existence of the Chinese nuclear arsenal. Now that the Chinese face
no opposition to their build up of nuclear weapons and advanced
delivery systems, however, the balance of power between the US and
China would be maintained even with Star Wars.

The existence of a working Star Wars system would change the fairly
simple "MAD" system of the Cold War and post-Cold War era. If you have
Star Wars at home or in a theatre, the incentive to use nuclear weapons
increases. If you are faced with an opponent with Star Wars, you will
look for other ways to harm your opponent. One obvious choice would be
to aim your missles at your opponent's nominal, non-Star Wars equipped
allies. In this case, that would be Europe and Israel.

Furthermore, a ten-fold increase in the number of Chinese nuclear
weapons will have an effect on regional stability. Japan and Korea must
eventually be tempted to build up their own stockpiles to counter
China. India and Pakistan, too, will be forced to build up missles to a
level comparable to that of the Chines.

Any so-called "rogue state" with a handful of nuclear weapons, stymied
by the existence of Star Wars, would eventually acquire enough nuclear
weapons to get at least a few shots through the shield. In an era where
Russia is scrapping many of its warheads, there could be plenty
available.

Even without the strategic problems Star Wars presents for world peace,
I think it is just a terrible idea to announce support for a buildup of
weapons of mass destruction by a vile, dictatorial regime bent on
maintaining their power, and willing to commit any despicable
degradation of human life and autonomy. When Prince George announces
this policy, on the Saturday of a three day weekend when few Americans
are paying attention to the news, he is trying to keep people in the
dark about his support for the Chinese Communist regime.

Since China will need to conduct several nuclear tests, United States
support for Chinese nuclear weapons will also have the denigratory
effect of implicitly breaching the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

Blame it on Bush.

Andrew Hagen
xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On Sat,  1 Sep 2001 15:22:16 -0700, michael pugliese wrote:

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>   Just glanced at the NYT webpage. David Sanger byline, "U.S.
>Will Not Object to Chinese Missile Buildup." (Course when you
>only have 18-20 nuclear missiles, even 100 times that is only
>about half of what the USA currently has under the START II treaty
>limits with the fSU. My numbers about right? I'm not gonna wade
>through DoD or CDI webpgs. at the moment...Michael Pugliese
>>From: Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date: 9/1/01 1:49:34 PM
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>>At 01:01 PM 09/01/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>>>The purpose of the new approach, administration officials say,
>is to
>>>convince China that the administration's plans for a missile
>shield are
>>>not aimed at undercutting China's relatively small nuclear
>arsenal, but
>>>rather intended to counter threats from so-called rogue states.
>>
>>maybe the purpose to create a "rogue state" in order to justify
>Star Wars?
>>
>>Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
>>"Is it peace or is it Prozac?" -- Cheryl Wheeler.
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