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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 - 05:07pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5022 of 5069)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

MD4701 rshowalter 6/10/01 5:07pm US leaders are not always saintly.

possumdag - 05:10pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5023 of 5069)
Possumdag@excite.com

Putting North Korea into 'suspended animation' rather than continuing the Clinton-talk. Was this an act of ignorant-brutality - by the incoming US President, when the civillian population are under threat of fammine.

Is the allocation of NK resources to weapons the reason why the civillian population are so disregarded with respect to their needs?

The koreans are regarded by both Japan and China as 'other' ... in that the former see themselves as higher ranking. Perhaps if Korea was able to re-unite, build, and find pride and identity, the 'otherness' attitudes might subside.

rshowalter - 05:12pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5024 of 5069)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Of the three million "communists" killed in the Korean war, 2 million were Korean civilians killed by American fire raids and dam bombing. So far as I know, no American leader has ever ventured to regret it.

rshowalter - 05:13pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5025 of 5069)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Proposal for a "dry run" for moving toward nuclear disarmament and more stable military balances:
MD4699 rshowalter 6/10/01 3:56pm

possumdag - 05:16pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5026 of 5069)
Possumdag@excite.com

The bbc once ran a comedy?satire program called 'Not the 9.00 O'clock news'. It picked up on the fact that 3rd world affairs including deaths, ranked low on the scale of 'news'.

The era of the internet is helping to adjust western minds into accommodating all people as people. With lives of 'value'.

rshowalter - 05:22pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5027 of 5069)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

The world needs to see to it that the United States considers death of "non-americans" as a "loss of value."

It would be nice if American were decent enough to consider death of "non-americans" as a loss of value without the rest of the world seeing that they do -- but if history is any guide - that's too much to ask for, if the deaths happen to people who are, somehow "different."

rshowalter - 05:35pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5028 of 5069)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Dark Sun by Richard Rhodes : MD1308 rshowalter 3/22/01 11:48am ....

The mass deaths in Korea, and our reactions as well as theirs, might explain a lot.
MD1562 rshowalter 3/26/01 9:14pm

Maybe America is doing some other things wrong, as well:
MD 1563 rshowalter 3/26/01 9:16pm

lunarchick - 07:53pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5029 of 5069)
lunarchick@www.com

Branding global culture

How many Brands can be conjoured in the mind re countries that have MD (USA/UK excepted) ?

gisterme - 08:19pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5030 of 5069)

rshowalter wrote: "...First strike threats from the US are real..."

No more real than from anywhere else with nukes, Robert.

rshowalter - 08:24pm Jun 13, 2001 EST (#5031 of 5069)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Fascinating piece! It would be good for cultures and enterprises to think of "branding themselves" and ask

"how can we be beautiful - in our own eyes, and in the eyes of other people?"

and

"if something about us looks ugly, in our own eyes, or in the eyes of other people -- how do we fix it?

Brands sell when, somehow, they are associated with beauty. Not ugliness.

So Russia, for example, has plenty of work to do. And the United States has some work, too.

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