'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Monday, April 13, 2009

Text Fwd: Missile Defense Ships Would Protect Against China, Gates Says

Text Fwd from Bruce Gagnon on April 9, 2009

Missile Defense Ships Would Protect Against China, Gates Says
Thursday, April 9, 2009
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090409_1988.php

The increasing number of U.S. warships equipped with ballistic missile defense technology would provide greater protection in case of conflict with China, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday (see GSN, April 7).

"We're converting more ships to have ballistic missile defense that would help against China," he told a PBS interviewer in regard to his budget plan for fiscal 2010.

The budget would reduce funding at the Missile Defense Agency by $1.4 billion but seeks $200 million to install missile shield technology on six ships, Gates said Monday.

Critics have argued that the plan would hamper the U.S. ability to fight conventional wars with nations such as China and Russia as Washington attempts to strengthen defenses against looming threats including insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Press Trust of India reported.

"I think what we are trying to do is not reduce emphasis on conventional warfare, but be more selective about the weapon systems that we fund to fight that kind of a fight," Gates said.

The Defense Department wants to boost defenses at the theater and tactical levels against threats from Iran, Hezbollah or other rogue actors, Gates said.

"We are not cutting the number of [missile] interceptors in Alaska, we are going to ... robustly fund research and development to keep enhancing their capabilities, we are keeping alive the Airborne Laser program, we are just not buying a second research platform," he said.

"I think that what we have taken out of the budget, frankly, were some experimental capabilities that were really not intended for the rogue-state missile threat but rather, a much larger threat," Gates added (Lalit Jha, Press Trust of India, April 8).

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