The idea of the missile defense system starting a new Cold War is absurd

The idea of the missile defense system starting a new Cold War is absurd tosh. Putin and anyone else who can read and has some faint grasp of geography knows, or ought to, that even assuming the system actually was capable of hitting a rocket in flight (it isn't) it isn't in the right place to defend against any attack from Russia. Secondly nobody in Europe or America has to worry about Russia, and Russia doesn't have to worry about America or any European country. This is all just an excuse for Vlad to flap his lips and for the lefties to wring their hands and worry about Vlad's hurt feelings. Pathetic.