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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 06:46pm Apr 18, 2001 EST (#2383 of 2392)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A fairly compact summary of this thread from March 1 to date, with many links, is in Psychwar, Casablanca, and Terror -- from #159 to today. http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/165

rshowalter - 07:17pm Apr 18, 2001 EST (#2384 of 2392)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

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rshowalter - 08:40pm Apr 18, 2001 EST (#2385 of 2392)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

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rshowalter - 08:57pm Apr 18, 2001 EST (#2386 of 2392)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Facts matter to people ---

S.Korea Likely to Postpone Joint Maritime Drill With Japan

" South Korea is expected to indefinitely postpone a planned South Korea-Japan joint maritime search-and-rescue exercise until Japan corrects the distorting history textbooks.

" The South Korean Defense Ministry Wednesday said it is considering an indefinite delay of the planned joint maritime drill as early this month the Japanese government approved eight middle school textbooks distorting and beautifying Japanese atrocities in wartime last century.

" The ministry said it is also mulling over putting off the exchanges of ranking military officers between the two nations, including the visit of high ranking officers of South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff scheduled in the first half of this year.

" This will be the first time the South Korean government has disclosed measures against the Japanese government' approval of the textbooks after recalling its ambassador to Japan last week.

" The disclosure is seen as a strong, clear message of objection to Tokyo.

" At a defense ministers' meeting in Tokyo last May, the two nations agreed to hold a joint maritime search-and-rescue drill in June.

" The South Korean government is to hold a second special meeting Thursday to work out further countermeasures in connection to the distorting history textbooks. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200104/18/eng20010418_68008.html

almarst-2001 - 09:11pm Apr 18, 2001 EST (#2387 of 2392)

rshowalter 4/18/01 6:36pm

"that almarst has a good sense of how thought processes go in high Russian government circles."

I wish I had.

I am just trying to put myself into someone else's shoes and applying common sense while connecting the dots I come across, looking back, forth and to the sides as far as I can.

rshowalter - 09:20pm Apr 18, 2001 EST (#2388 of 2392)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

almarst-2001 4/18/01 9:11pm if you're right about your "dot connecting" - then there might be substantial hope for improved understanding, and peace, and for a much safer world. I hope you are right.

almarst-2001 - 09:34pm Apr 18, 2001 EST (#2389 of 2392)

rshowalter 4/18/01 9:20pm

In a sense that if I can do it, anyone can.

lunarchick - 09:46pm Apr 18, 2001 EST (#2390 of 2392)
lunarchick@www.com

People can do anything .. and leadership matters. In East Timor we've seen dreadful inhumanity, sanctioned by slack leadership from Indonesia, with crimes against humanity that have not yet been resloved. It seems that in times of power-imbalance or chaos then the sewage of humanity swims to the top of the tank to perform atrocities .. believing themselves to be okayed by the non-leader-leadership .. and often they are,

In Russia, it is necessary to have leadership, and for it to redirect an emphasis onto the communities and individuals offering empowering guidance. This is where a GOOD media might be helpful. Putin needs to know 'how' to put wheels under the people to make them move in the right direction for a livable Nation State.

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