SIX reasons to be pro-Missile Shield.
1 It's the compassionate option because it destroys the bomb, not the bomber.
2 Defence, as opposed to offence, harms no one, but prevents harm - just as a burglar alarm prevents burglaries.
3 America wouldn't use the missile shield if it didn't work.
4 North Yorkshire will be more protected by the defence shield and by its own protections. The whole point of the shield is to shield those under its umbrella.
5 Star Wars would prevent, not provoke, increased nuclear build-up because all the missiles in the world would be ineffective against it - despite Russia/Chinese.
6 It's in the interests of those who would attack us to persuade us that our safety lies in remaining defenceless.
Readers can contact me at radicalmedium@hotmail.com
Marlene Hanna,
Woodside Avenue,
York.
Updated: 10:28 Monday, August 20, 2001
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