banner@ubc-vision.CDN (Allen Banner) (04/02/85)
That "best defense" may well include "defense" measures (in the military sense) to get there. For instance, perhaps something such as "defense-protected build-down" might contribute to getting us out of the spiral we seem to be stuck in right now (or maybe there are better ways). Let's use our ingenuity to work (safely) *toward* a better world in which there is a recognition that we share the same lifeboat. I see SDI primarily as an effort to evade that fundamental issue and remain stuck in the same old rut of reaching for a bigger stick. Al Banner