Can Anyone Now Justify ‘Star Wars’?
In light of the terrorist attacks on the United States, it is apparent that the planned missile defense shield (“Star Wars”) for the United States will be useless. There would be millions of dollars wasted on a system that cannot possibly defend the U.S.
We need instead to reexamine our foreign policy throughout the world to try to stop making enemies, and try to help the oppressed peoples of the world who are fodder for the likes of the extremists who have the power to bring the U.S. to a standstill.
Richard H. Smith
Burbank
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Can anyone now justify a “Star Wars”-type defense, given that such a system would not have been effective in preventing the horrendous attacks on Tuesday? Any federal moneys that would have been used for such an aggressive defense system now must be diverted to rebuilding real losses.
Don Danielson
Huntington Beach
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