Political Quotes

“I think it is interesting just to listen to that conversation that just preceded us. The two gentlemen were talking past each other. One was talking about the ground-based system and the other was talking about some system that is out there in the hinterlands for a theater-based defense, and they are not necessarily the same. So, they were not necessarily in agreement. Look, the liberals have been saying since Gen. Daniel Graham came out with what they called the star wars system, they have been saying it does not work. Technology is not capable of delivering such a system. You cannot possibly shoot down an incoming missile. They said that all the way through the eighties. All of a sudden, in the nineties, we started developing these systems and they started realizing, well, so much for that argument. It is gone. Because it is technologically capable. Then they said, well, we cannot develop a space-based system or lasers will never work. Well, if lasers never work, how come the Israelis want one right now that has been utilized in the deserts of Arizona or New Mexico and actually shot down incoming targets? And Israel says that is so neat, we would like to have it. The liberals are saying, oh, my goodness, we cannot have a space-based laser. They are not saying it is not technologically possible. They are saying it is not treaty-compliant. What treaty are they talking about? The ABM Treaty.”