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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 - 07:55pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9933 of 9956)

And some more hope: Thousands take part in anti-war demonstration in Spain, Greece - http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0637_BC_Attacks-ForiegnProtes&&news&newsflash-international

almarst-2001 - 08:03pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9934 of 9956)

Robert,

To be "not worth then others" is not merelly good enough for the most powerful, safe and prosperous nation on Earth, capable in instance to end this World.

The nation in a missionic drive feaver to "convert" the World in its way by all means available, to play the God for the rest of Humans, ought to be interested and at least know a little bit beiong the local football score.

almarst-2001 - 08:07pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9935 of 9956)

So, "What is terrorism?" and "Which nations give a save heaven to terrorists?" -

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marked the 10th anniversary of the coup that forced him into exile by calling it an act of "terrorism" and urging the United States to extradite a paramilitary leader accused of involvement in the bloodshed that followed. - http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0634_BC_Haiti-CoupAnniversary&&news&newsflash-international

rshowalter - 08:10pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9936 of 9956)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Almarst, we need a serious look on the question you've raised several times ---

" WHAT IS TERRORISM ?

We need to made a consistent definition, and then work to very much reduce all forms of terrorism.

Nukes, in my view (including, obviously, Russia's) need to be considered.

MD9924 rshowalter 9/29/01 6:12pm

rshowalter - 08:14pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9937 of 9956)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Almarst , you and others need to come to understand, and deal with, the unhappy fact that many Americans can read articles like these, and be neither concerned nor ashamed.

... In Virginia, Young Conservatives Learn How to Develop and Use Their Political Voices by BLAINE HARDEN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/11/politics/11CONS.html linked to md4771

It is also interesting to search "Carlyle" in this thread. You'll find MD905 rshowalter 3/10/01 12:08pm . . . which includes this:

"I wonder how many enlisted men (and there are plenty of literate ones) could read Elder Bush in Big GOP Cast Toiling for Top Equity Firm by LESLIE WAYNE http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/politics/05CARL.html without being ashamed?

Perhaps the answer is "too many." But by no means all.

MD5924 rshowalter 6/24/01 7:50am ... MD5925 rshowalter 6/24/01 7:52am

almarst-2001 - 08:15pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9938 of 9956)

Whatever is going to be definition, the bombing of Serbia is the worst and the most disgusting example of terrorism since WWII. In my view at least.

rshowalter - 08:18pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9939 of 9956)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

That is worth saying. And the misinformation and press failures of that time are worth explaining as well.

Though the Serbs surely did NOT smell like roses.

almarst-2001 - 08:22pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9940 of 9956)

"93 percent of the impression that any politician made on an audience came from how he looked and how he sounded — not what he said."

Well, the final test will inevitably come via another and DECISIVE sensorial mechanism - the FEEL.

rshowalter - 08:22pm Sep 29, 2001 EST (#9941 of 9956)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/242

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