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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?

possumdag - 03:46pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3331 of 3350)
Possumdag@excite.com

MD http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=610404

possumdag - 04:13pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3332 of 3350)
Possumdag@excite.com

Iraqi suffering continues via 'first strike' then 'strike again' !

possumdag - 04:18pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3333 of 3350)
Possumdag@excite.com

Dumb on Defense ...Let's have a new rule: If you pronounce the word "nukular," you shouldn't go around nullifying nuclear treaties. Or building nuclear power plants.

artemis130 - 04:43pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3334 of 3350)
caveat venditor

Dumb on Defense ...Let's have a new rule: If you pronounce the word "nukular," you shouldn't go around nullifying nuclear treaties. Or building nuclear power plants.

Maybe he figures his promotion of nuclear families qualifies him for the rest.

possumdag - 04:47pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3335 of 3350)
Possumdag@excite.com

stand corrected " nukular families " :)

possumdag - 04:49pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3336 of 3350)
Possumdag@excite.com

Anyone perplexed by the 'logic' of the scrapping of the 72 agreement and move to seemingly 'chaos' that is expected to actually escalate the Arms Race. Why do countries start to feel 'more under threat' in the new Bwsh environment than previous ... a matter of uncertainty ?

rshowalter - 05:32pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3337 of 3350)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

I think the answers are unfortunate, but getting to be evident.

Sometimes moral and practical right are very closely related:
781: lunarchick 2/25/01 10:17am
If there are moral imperatives dictating the getting or honest and right answers anywhere in society, there are imperatives here.
rshowalter 2/25/01 1:47pm
Essentially everybody knows how great the danger is, but nobody wants to think about it, because it seems that we are in an unchangeable impasse. .. . . . But with the change of a few false assumptions to true ones, and some care in dealing with the real human beings involved, we can find a much better, safer, more beautiful solution to this ugly mess, which could quite easily destroy the world, and which stains us all.
784: rshowalter 2/25/01 3:32pm

possumdag - 05:33pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3338 of 3350)
Possumdag@excite.com

Thread - Star Wars will never work ~ http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?13@@.ee82a88/0

rshowalter - 05:34pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3339 of 3350)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

These days, there's only a tiny interval between the time I post, and my computer getting penetrated. It is very unlikely to be a random event.

possumdag - 05:54pm May 5, 2001 EST (#3340 of 3350)
Possumdag@excite.com

So much for living in the world's first democracy ..

US Military GU talk ~ http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?13@@.ee81ed4/0

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