Missile Shield: A National Priority?
Published: July 15, 2000
To the Editor:
Re ''A Better Way to Build a Missile Defense,'' by Richard Perle (Op-Ed, July 13): I was glad to read a new perspective on the missile defense issue. Why does it seem as if the burden of preventing arms proliferation is placed on the defender instead of on the aggressor? It's like telling someone to stop dodging so you can hit him harder.
The nuclear proliferation of other countries is quite obviously out of our hands, and such an unpredictable climate would seem to require that we develop as sophisticated a way of protecting ourselves as possible.
Carpinteria, Calif., July 13, 2000