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stof said:
For the record, I acknowledge we'd never get rid of nukes all together, I was suggesting a reduction in stockpiles.

As for the missile defense shield, I think it's one of the worst policies the U.S. could engage in. They've spent billions on an unproven system that is already sparking a renewed arms race as nations attempt to find countermeasures. If anything it just makes the world (and the United States) a less secure place. why they wish to stir up the nuke pot alludes me. With the exception of the military industrial complex and their lobbyists, nobody benefits from this one.

 

See I don't understand this logic at all, why distrust the people who are developing anti-nuke technologies and not the people who are undoing that work?  If other countries are trying to find countermeasures they are the ones creating the instability not the US. 

The arms race goes back and forth between offense and defense with each technology leapfrogging the other back and forth.  The only logical place to end any arms race is on the defensive side. The people swinging it back to offensive side take the blame in escalation because they necessitate another swing back to defense before it can end.