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...arms race." America's European allies are concerned too. Senior European diplomats argue that if the U.S. creates a national missile defense, European reaction will be, "What are we going to do? How are we going to defend ourselves?" It will be badly received in Europe. And though China has only around 20 ICBMs, Beijing has threatened to build more if the U.S. goes ahead with NMD. Last week 45 U.S. experts on China wrote Clinton urging him to put off NMD, arguing that it would be viewed in China as "a sign of increased hostility." Says Zbigniew Brzezinski...
...Bush campaign's talk of glamorous Cabinet appointments has got to be a bit annoying for Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, who's trying to use the governors' meeting, held in his home state, to press his case that he's the ideal Bush running mate - even though many Republicans don't think he's got his mind right on abortion. If only he had better Gulf War credentials...
...fairness, though, the New Yorkers had free reign to retaliate. Rocker made unsolicited, ungrounded and rude comments about Asians, women, New Yorkers, foreigners and blacks. And the people of the greater Manhattan area fought back with the same weapons: words. The vendors outside Shea Stadium were making a killing selling anti-Rocker apparel. A large majority of the audience donned specially designed T-shirts claiming the standard "John Rocker sucks" to the more creative "Rocker sucks Cox." (The aforementioned "Cox," of course, refers to Braves manager Bobby Cox.) One man proudly displayed a sign meant to read...
...argued that the system has an inherent inability, in battlefield conditions, to distinguish an enemy warhead from a cone-shaped traffic beacon. Advocates counter that the tests are simply trying to establish whether the system can walk before trying to make it run. It doesn't help their case, though, that the interceptor system isn't even managing to stay on its feet...
...Despite the depth of opposition, though, the pressure on President Clinton to give the go-ahead may prove compelling. Missile defense remains overwhelmingly popular on Capitol Hill, and the Republicans would pounce on any caution by the administration to proclaim candidate Gore as soft on security. The test failure, though, gives both Clinton and Gore new latitude to simply delay committing to a final decision, inoculating Gore against Republican attack at the same time as placating Moscow and Beijing...