Emitt, you say:
'I think the idea of a missile defense system seeing actual use against ICBMs in the air is horrifying to people on a couple levels. The great hope is that these horrific bombs will never be used again. Imagining anything other than that they rot in their silos is a nightmare.'
Come on. Nothing that Bill has posted has suggested otherwise. I'm beginning to understand his frustration. Nobody wants to imagine these things being used but Bill is asking you to imagine the unimaginable and then make a moral choice between the lesser of two horrible, horrible evils. Is the thought of not employing the missile defence system and allowing the ICBM to hit its target any less 'horrifying to people on a couple levels'? Your answer seems to be 'I prefer not to think about it, and that makes me a good person'. Why can't you at least answer his question and then you'll have earned the right in the rest of your post to lecture Bill about his apparent political naivety.
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