Obama jettisons missile shield plans

[Xiahou]

It's not like the missle shield would actually do anything against Russia anyway.

Exactly, the purpose of the shield was to stop rogue actors who would not be able to launch near the number of missiles Russia could. Russia was aware of that too- they knew it was no threat. It really came down to them not wanting us meddling in their former sphere of influence. And Obama knuckled under.

I think MAD is and will always remain the best way to stop nuclear war barring complete disarment.

And if you read further in the article, they don't seem to think Obama has much interest in MAD either.

The President appears to have abandoned MAD and placed all of the U.S. eggs in the disarmament basket. President Obama has already made numerous commitments to reduce U.S. nuclear stockpiles and sign onto expanded disarmament treaties while doing nothing to shore up the nation's missile defenses.