Statement from Kerry National Security Advisor Rand Beers on Missile Defense
In response to President Bush's remarks in Pennsylvania today, Rand Beers, Kerry National Security advisor issued the following statement:
"Despite this administration's near obsession with missile defense, the greatest threat facing our homeland comes from terrorists who would do us harm. In the months preceding 9/11 George W. Bush and his closest advisors were preoccupied with missile defense and their misunderstanding about the threats we face continues to this day."
"John Kerry believes an effective missile defense is crucial to our national security strategy. But John Kerry also understands the importance of facing our most pressing national security threats while continuing to develop and deploy a national missile defense which we know will work."
"Despite this administration's near obsession with missile defense, the greatest threat facing our homeland comes from terrorists who would do us harm. In the months preceding 9/11 George W. Bush and his closest advisors were preoccupied with missile defense and their misunderstanding about the threats we face continues to this day."
"John Kerry believes an effective missile defense is crucial to our national security strategy. But John Kerry also understands the importance of facing our most pressing national security threats while continuing to develop and deploy a national missile defense which we know will work."
posted by Pamela J. Leavey at 11:34 PM
1 Comments:
In response to utopiafourteen's post, the same argument could have been made on 9/10/01 -- that it would be ridiculous to put measures in place to keep someone from crashing planes into buildings just because it hasn't ever happened or it wasn't the most pressing security issue we were facing. The very inability to think forward is what let 9/11 happen. I'd love to hear what tune you'd be singing after N. Korea lobs a couple nukes into your backyard.
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