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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 - 09:44am Jun 16, 2001 EST (#5256 of 5260)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Bush and Putin Arrive With Hopes of Forging Closer Ties by REUTERS http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/world/bush-russia.html

" BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia, June 16 - U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Slovenia on Saturday for their first meeting and talks . . . .

A time for care and concern - and good judgement (a word eloquently used, as the last word in the sermon referenced in MD5247 rshowalter 6/15/01 9:28pm )

Judgement requires care, a concern for what matters, and distrust of what could be dangerous if wrongly accepted. MD5145 rshowalter 6/14/01 7:51pm

rshowalter - 09:45am Jun 16, 2001 EST (#5257 of 5260)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

I hope that President Bush and President Putin deal with the issues concerning our great nations together -- perhaps including the issues set out in a posting gisterme also recommended in MD5195 gisterme 6/15/01 1:34pm

lunarchick - 09:46am Jun 16, 2001 EST (#5258 of 5260)
lunarchick@www.com

GI referred to Bwsh above as a fox ... a fox would want a treed landscape .. to hide in. Foxes are quite difficult to track down. A lone fox jumped off a cargo ship onto Tasmania a couple of years ago .. the depleted coup fingerprints its progresss .. but hard to hunt down. As GI implied - very crafty.

Hitler - was he crafty or just MAD. Has it been determined if Bwsh is crafty or quite MAD? He's a puppet for his father's 'conflict of interest' policies.

Supposing Bwsh were MAD ... as Amerians say 'a loony-tune' ... then how far backwards will he be permitted to drag the USA before the 'Stop-no more thanks!' sign is shown him?

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Don't Europeans find it something of an insult to have an American President breezing over to tell them how to run Europe, to extend the EU by taking in a dozen more nations, and to tell Russia how to behave. Interesting that the Irish Navvy nation that built America hold referendums that work against Bushes wishes.

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Interesting to note how Putin cosied up to China this week, and in turn, how the Chines cut the spy plane into neat pieces to fit in the Russian Plane (travelling in via Japan). Does Bwsh reward Putin for kindly assisting in the return of that plane ... one wonders .. and if so, how so.

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There was an interesting pictorial news note on Putin showing how he was restoring National Pride to Russia, rebuilding the youth movement, and was actively involved in getting Russia back on track. A critism raised re 'the press', chetnya - and the lack of professionalism in the Russian Army. Oh to be a fly on the wall at their weekend meeting!

rshowalter - 09:48am Jun 16, 2001 EST (#5259 of 5260)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

One major objective of mine on this thread has been to show how the web may be used for communication between staffed organizations.

Sometimes a great deal of coverage is needed to adequately treat things as they are. The New York Times very often provides very good coverage for this purpose - - and this thread has used that extensive coverage as one source of grounding for argument.

Sometimes complexity must be dealt with.

Sometimes, that takes staffs.

No individual could "master" all the text and links on this thread, and crosscheck matters related to them. Staffs can.

The end of the world could easily occur if these matters are botched -- and much about them has been botched in the past. Staff work, and careful attention of populations and leaders, should be justified here.

rshowalter - 09:48am Jun 16, 2001 EST (#5260 of 5260)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

MD5198 rshowalter 6/15/01 1:51pm

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