If defense of our own family is not our responsibility, defense of our nation is even more dubious. Not to worry the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty will protect us. How a piece of paper can protect against incoming missiles is unclear, especially because the treaty is with the U.S.S.R., a nation that no longer exists, and which violated the treaty when it did exist. Small children believe that if they close their eyes, the bad guys can t see them. Similarly, many liberals close their eyes to the evils of Communism and the threat of terrorists such as Saddam or Bin Laden, as if this somehow lessened the danger.
Small children believe that things can be bad.
Similarly, many liberals believe that guns are bad, so they attempt to disarm the law-abiding while ignoring effective programs such as Project Exile that put armed criminals in prison. They believe that nuclear weapons are bad, so they attempt to disarm their country while opposing a defense against the weapons of potential enemies. Of course, no one really fears nuclear weapons in the hands of Britain or France. Democracies do not threaten one another, just as law-abiding citizens rarely use guns criminally. But recognizing this obvious truth would force liberals to face the fact that it is not evil objects but evil people who are to be feared.