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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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lchic - 08:18pm Mar 19, 2003 EST (# 10231 of 10235)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

"" The water, sanitation, and electricity infrastructures in Iraq have not recovered from the previous war. http://www.phrusa.org/research/iraq/021403.html

Here's a point to appeal to the average Iraqi - have concerns for the means to the maslow basics - seems Saddam has no concerns re the real needs of the average man woman child in the street.

On the OIL issue -- there may be 'a lot' of oil in Iraq ... and Turkey's after a finger in the pie ... someone stop them coming in from the North and killing those Kurds ..

It's said that at the current rate of flow the OIL from Iraq will be insufficient ($) to carry out infrastructure re-building post 'war'.

One notes that these guys hadn't recovered from 91 in terms of infrastructure - water piped to people.

Lets hope that the Pentagon have factored in the need not to create disturbances that will fracture water mains .... additional to taking care not to harm those 4000 sites relating back to the cradle of civilisation - mesopotamia

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

lchic - 08:39pm Mar 19, 2003 EST (# 10232 of 10235)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

A question to ask re oil .... how long before a different system of energy kicks in ... when it does then dirty old oil won't be worth a dime.

That's why the Middle East as a block needs a modern economy - where women get to shine!

almarst2003 - 09:40pm Mar 19, 2003 EST (# 10233 of 10235)

"The water, sanitation, and electricity infrastructures in Iraq have not recovered from the previous war."

ACT-I

Those where deliberetly destroyed by US. No appology here, please.

6000 Iraqis in trenches where burried into the ground by US tank-buldozers. No appology here, please.

ACT-II

To be filled up soon.

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