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...concept of pre-emptive strikes is very scary. If the U.S. says it will attack first, what would stop others from doing the same to us? This could result in a downward spiral to death and destruction. This Bush doctrine, like some of his others (withdrawing from the ABM Treaty, development of a space-based missile-defense shield), will make the world not a safer place but a more dangerous one. DAVID ATWOOD Houston...
Relations between the United States and Russia seem to be entering a new phase. While cooperating in the war against terrorism, the countries are still at odds over issues like the ABM Treaty and the proposed U.S. missile defense shield...
...Pakistan, China, Germany: Adieu, ABM treaty...
...Pakistani paper's second editorial raises some pertinent concerns about President Bush's decision to abrogate the ABM treaty. It warns that deploying a missile shield will spur China to dramatically expand its missile fleet to ensure a continued nuclear deterrent against the U.S. "If China begins a build up?one effect is predictable: India will remove all stops and go for a big build up of both missiles and nuclear weapon... Should India take that road, who can then prevent Pakistani hardliners from repeating that sorry saying: 'We will eat grass but counter India.' Asia does not need...
...Germany's Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung was more upbeat. "Cancellation of the ABM Treaty will not plunge the United States and Russia back into the old system of antagonism," the paper writes. "Cooperative elements have long since moved to the fore of the west's relations with Russia, which is more dependent on cooperation with western countries than ever before. This explains Moscow's unperturbed reaction to the U.S. withdrawal...