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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?

almarst-2001 - 09:08pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6891 of 6896)

NATO are guilty of the crimes they accuse others of – in an organism which has no legal substance whatsoever. How the international community tolerates such a scandalous state of affairs and apportions to it such a degree of seriousness is ridiculous and a shame for any country which prides itself on saying that it is a state of law.

almarst-2001 - 09:10pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6892 of 6896)

And the US is at the helm of the NATO - by the charter.

What is a polite name for a boss of a mafia gang?

rshowalter - 09:12pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6893 of 6896)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Americans should fix it -- but there are plenty of ugly things about Russia -- and you should fix them, too.

And, to do it, you have to have your temper, and your moral indignation, under control.

Would you like, in your heart, to kill some Americans?

Hard to blame you. But, as a practical matter, there are limits to what you can and should do.

We need accomodations that work.

And perfect justice -- especially the justice of the indignant, isn't in the cards.

almarst-2001 - 09:14pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6894 of 6896)

And the US is pushing for the expansion of this criminal agressive and lowless gang. As any mafia boss would.

Justification - "security" and "prosperity";)

What would the Al Capone say? (in Italian of cause;)

almarst-2001 - 09:18pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6895 of 6896)

rshowalter 7/10/01 9:12pm

Whan I was a Soviet Citizen I was concerned about Soviet crimes and misdeeds.

Now I live here in US.

May be that is the biggest American problem - they are all over to "fix" someone else's problems.

I suggest looking into the mirror every time before such a temptation take place.

rshowalter - 09:19pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6896 of 6896)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A quote I like from Al Capone is as follows:

"You can get more with a kind word, and a gun, than you can with a kind word alone."

That's true enough. And nation states live at that level, in a sense.

We need things in balance.

And nobody would trust the Russians, with great power in their hands, any more than they'd trust the Americans.

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