And, I might remind my friends who are skeptical that President Bush has emphasised that such an anit-ballistic program is not a unilateral one. Allies of the U. S. would be afforded the same protection as the U. S.

I just heard Daniel Schorr on PBS (who hardly could be described as a conservative) say that we don't know that such a system could not be successful.

I would guess that for every scientiest who says it cannot be done, one could be found who thinks it can.

DougR