1. Paul Wolfowitz argues that the United States should spend whatever is necessary on defense to protect national security. Paul Isaacs contends that out-of-control defense spending will not make America safer. In your opinion, is it better to establish a bigger military than may prove necessary, just in case, or would it be preferable to keep defense spending to a minimum so that money could be used for other government programs, such as those that help the poor? Please explain your answer.
2. Jim Garamone lists countless nations that have or are developing weapons of mass destruction to support his argument that America needs a missile defense system. David Wright and Theodore Postol describe several countermeasures that hostile nations could use to defeat such a system to support their contention that missile defense is technologically infeasible. After analyzing the evidence provided in both viewpoints, which author(s) do...