Re: OT: Canada Hopes Not to be Missile Target

From: Spehro Pefhany (speffSNIP_at_interlogDOTyou.knowwhat)
Date: 03/04/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 21:14:15 -0500

On 4 Mar 2005 01:01:55 GMT, the renowned Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov.>
wrote:

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>
>Pacifism doesn't work.(ask the Jews of WW2 about that)

How well did militarism work for Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany?

>> - does the system encourage an arms buildup in response to simply
>> overcome the system by numbers(this is the reason ABMs have
>> classically been banned, and research discouraged).
>
>Or would the arms buildup occur anyways?

Nope.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany 

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