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Dana Rohrabacher: “The phoniest argument against missile defense that I know is that we should not build it because it will never work.…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2001
The phoniest argument against missile defense that I know is that we should not build it because it will never work. Well, who would advocate building a system that does not work? If it does not work, it will not be built. The fact is that no one on this side of the aisle or either side of the aisle who believes in missile defense would ever consider building a system that did not work. But the major decision we have to make is if we can build a system that works, should we build it? And those people who are opposing the missile defense system, they do not want to face that argument. They just want to say it will not work, and, then, again, brush it away in an arrogant manner.
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the arguments for and against missile defense systems.

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