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TX Senator John Cornyn Supporting Missile Defense

May 24, 2004 :: Analysis

Texas Senator John Cornyn writes in today’s Houston Chronicle that, despite the opposition of Democrats for insufficient testing, it is important to remember that some level of missile defense is better than none.
        Writes Cornyn: “Either America provides some level of defense against long-range ballistic missile threats now, or delays and leaves the nation unguarded - perhaps indefinitely - while waiting for a perfect system to be developed.”
        There is in reality no silver bullet, or perfect defense, which arms controllers typically hold up as the only acceptable form of BMD. Some is better than none, more is better than less, and a layered missile defense is superior to a reliance upon any single form of defense.  (Article)

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