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If only the Kindle 2 were cheaper! Despite its other shortcomings, Amazon's new and improved digital-book reading device does enough right that it could become the Model T of e-readers, capturing the imagination—and discretionary spending—of the masses.

The criticism is excused in two different ways. First, it is said that the Chinese Communists are not going to attack us. Actually, there is a greater likelihood of that than of the Soviet Union assaulting the United States. Second, observers say that no matter how many weapons we get, they would be no match for the might of Red China. These views are as mistaken as those which hold that the USSR would never strike a blow at American and that the United States is already more than strong enough.