On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 02:17:03AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > undetected. Besides, if it was an ICBM attack, having fighters in > > Portland wouldn't help. > > ICBMs are closer to an aircraft size object, and so far when it comes to > moving aircraft sized objects, you just can't beat human aim. Those > missile tests don't particularly inspire much confidence. > ICBMs fly at around mach 20-30. This is not Star Wars with Luke trying to hit the little 2mx3m opening using the Force. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a human who had the necessary skills to shoot one down. There is also the question of whether air-to-air missiles can even do that sort of thing.
> > Nice revisionist bit of history there. If you go back to the Reagan > > Administration (and less so the first Bush administration), you will see > > that the Soviets were a much greater threat (short term and long term) > > than even Hussein and bin Laden. > > Two wrongs don't make a right. Well, why don't employ a little moral relativism, of which the liberals are so fond? In light of that, what they did was right *at the time*. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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