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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...
...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...
...Bush?s decision garnered support abroad as well: In England, Conservatives rallied round the U.S., and urged Prime Minister Tony Blair to involve the UK in the development of the missile defense shield...
...Recent polls show the majority of Americans support a missile defense shield, and the administration appears totally committed to its completion. That does not mean there are not opposing views: There is some feeling that pursuing a missile defense shield at this particular moment is not the best use of resources, national attention - or increasingly precious budget dollars. Democrats who?ve been lobbying (largely unsuccessfully) for increased spending on homeland security measures, worry that deferring so much of the administration?s energy to quitting the ABM treaty and the grueling implementation of a costly missile defense shield may leave other...
...then there?s the issue of usability. Considering that we seem to be dealing with terrorists who are intent on using non-traditional weapons - i.e. biological and chemical weapons, or using our own airplanes as missiles - is the missile shield what we really need right now? Some Democrats, like Florida Representative Robert Wexler, argue that a missile shield would do very little to protect the country from an intangible and amorphous threat. "Our military forces have been designed primarily to fight a conventional war with a conventional enemy, and we've learned the hard way that as much destruction...