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		| Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) Why is it a deterrent?  So there's a 50% chance of success instead of a 100% chance of success?  If they want to blow us up, wouldn't they still be willing to roll the dice? The deterrent is 1000 warheads ready to turn north korea into a radioactive desert.
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 Deterrent implies that he is rational.  We can't be sure he is rational.  If you live with in the missiles range a 50% chance it a hell of a lot better than 100%.  
Anyone that has ever been against missile defense has been caught up in partisan stupidity.