We should give other countries the benefit of the doubt. Mr. Slone compared the recent events to the beginning of the cold war. We shouldn t be building up more defenses, but doing more disarmament. Mr. Williams said that the US government agencies such as the police and FBI protected us at New Years, we should let them protect us from missiles too. Ms. Mendoza said that we were afraid and that we ll build up so much that we ll destroy ourselves.
Nuclear weapons are tacky and politically unpopular.
If America violates the treaties, other countries will start testing nuclear weapons whenever and wherever they want to. Ms. Wood said that defense breeds mistrust. Mr. Ramsay argued that rogue countries are still at war, at least ideologically. A missile defense system would not solve our problems and other wars would still take place. Mr. Pyrdum, although blatantly incorrect, said that China was OK until they built the Great Wall, then world stability fell apart.