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The issue of National Missile Defense is not new to the George W. Bush administration (Wright and Postol, May 11th, 2000). Recent terrorist attacks, as well as the United States’ current unstable relations with Iraq and North Korea, have brought the National Missile Defense program (NMD) back into the political spotlight. In January 2002, the Secretary of Defense created the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) which combined the ballistic missile defense programs into a single integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System (MBDS) (Samson, Feb 21st, 2003). The United States is currently in a tough position. Should we build up a defense system to protect ourselves from the possibility of a future threat and risk threatening the stability of our current world system, or do we stop developing such a system and possibly compromise our security in the event of a nuclear attack in the future? Both options have pros and cons, which need to be considered before a decision can be made, but I believe that under the current circumstances the best option would be to stop the development of a National Missile Defense system, and focus on the other threats facing the United States. The reason I believe this is threefold, all of which I will discuss in d