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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
- 01:07pm Mar 19, 2003 EST (#
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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.
Almarst , if Saddam had been willing to really
disarm - this wouldn't be happening. And if other nation
states had been willing to get organized, and deal with
fundamentals in a workable way - this wouldn't be
happening.
Bush and Blair, even at their worst, are a long way
from Hitler. And the leaders standing against resolution of
this problem in a way that would make the UN mean
something at the level of enforcement are a long way from
angels.
There are analogies to Poland - or any other case of
invasion. But huge differences, too.
almarst2003
- 01:10pm Mar 19, 2003 EST (#
10213 of 10226)
This is a GRAB for OIL. An open agression. Supported by
misinformation and propaganda. This is not a fight. This is
a cold-blooded murder.
almarst2003
- 01:13pm Mar 19, 2003 EST (#
10214 of 10226)
There was no prove Saddam has WMD. But, even if he would
have some, didn't he need it to protect his nation against
US-British occupation. After all, just because he probably
does not have any significant WMD, that's exactly the reason
US cowardly rushes to grab the OIL.
rshow55
- 01:19pm Mar 19, 2003 EST (#
10215 of 10226)
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.
I think it is important for the other nations of the world
to check carefully and see to it that Bush and Blair do not
execute an oil grab. With the way international trade is
organized - and the way a great deal of international
commercial law (and lawlessness) is organized - it is quite
practical for them to do so - and they should.
We need to get past Treaty of Westphalia standards - making
sure of this matter of oil equity is an example of why we have
to - and how mechanisms now in place make that change
possible.
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