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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 07:50pm Mar 17, 2003 EST (# 10128 of 10137)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

Top G.O.P. Senator Stresses Importance of Rebuilding Iraq By DAVID STOUT http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/politics/18LUGAR.html

WASHINGTON, March 17 — With military action against Iraq appearing virtually inevitable, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said today that the future of Iraq after Saddam Hussein is "extremely important" for the United States and the world.

"Iraq must not be a failed state," the chairman, Senator Richard G. Lugar, said. "It must be a successful state." Building a state that treats its own people well and is not a threat to peace in the region will take several years once the guns are silent, he said.

In a meeting with reporters and editors of the Washington bureau of The New York Times , the Indiana Republican said it was impossible to predict how many lives, American and Iraqi, might be lost in a war.

As for what it will cost in dollars, Mr. Lugar said the United States should be prepared to spend $50 billion to $100 billion, both for the military campaign itself and the long process of reconstruction. He did not go into detail on how he reached his admittedly tentative and rough estimate, which is in line with some others that have been put forward. Mr. Lugar suggested that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization might have a role in the occupation of Iraq.

I'm sure that, one way or another, Putin and any of the leaders of NATO have good ways to get good contacts with Senataor Lugar. Lugar's for America, and for the Republican party - but he's long shown that he's sensible enough to be for having key facts straight.

bbbuck - 07:54pm Mar 17, 2003 EST (# 10129 of 10137)

A good fruit salad should always contain a bannana. - Molto Mario.

lchic - 07:56pm Mar 17, 2003 EST (# 10130 of 10137)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

GWB speech live - http://abc.net.au/newsradio/

Iraq http://www.abc.net.au/news/indepth/iraq/

CHINA say jaw-jaw - war on Iraq can be averted - via UN {Powell not impressed}

lchic - 08:00pm Mar 17, 2003 EST (# 10131 of 10137)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Lugar

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Senator+Lugar+2003&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

lchic - 08:20pm Mar 17, 2003 EST (# 10132 of 10137)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Bush has given Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq or face war

http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s809084.htm

lchic - 08:27pm Mar 17, 2003 EST (# 10133 of 10137)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

The paradox of american power - comment America has squandered 'soft power' (influence)

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200303/14/eng20030314_113310.shtml

lchic - 08:29pm Mar 17, 2003 EST (# 10134 of 10137)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Security council WILL meet wed to find solution .... which day - check the watch !

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