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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 - 11:56am Sep 9, 2001 EST (#8698 of 8699)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

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Could these people, who must be, in essential ways "part of the solution" also be, in other ways, "part of the problem." ?

With patterns of secrecy and intricate defense in place, the issue is not effectively discussable.

In dialog with gisterme I've been struck, again and again, by what I've regarded as an amazing reluctance to admit that Americans could be even partially at fault for the ills of the world, or for the agonies of people. I've seen what I've felt to be a stunning reluctance to consider the possibility that Americans might have to rethink patterns, and change.

Could such a view be common in the American "establishment"?

If it is, is this position in the national interest of the United States as a country?

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