"We have lived like pigs for half-a-century, so why not keep living like that for another fifty years?" In essence, that is what those who stonewall in defence of the 1972 ABM Treaty are saying when they reject all options to create anti-ballistic missile defensive systems. By opposing the development of such systems, however, the pro-ABM Treaty position creates a situation in which unsuspecting and peaceful citizens in Russia, the United States, and other countries are held permanently hostage to nuclear blackmail.
"We have lived like pigs for half-a-century, so why not keep living like that for another fifty years?" In essence, that is what those who stonewall in defence of the 1972 ABM Treaty are saying when they reject all options to create anti-ballistic missile defensive systems. By opposing the development of such systems, however, the pro-ABM Treaty position creates a situation in which unsuspecting and peaceful citizens in Russia, the United States, and other countries are held permanently hostage to nuclear blackmail.