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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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almarst2003 - 04:34am Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10246 of 10254)

No targets off-limits - http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=81033

War Means Rights May Be Scaled Back - http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-scalia-rights.story

almarst2003 - 04:39am Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10247 of 10254)

ROME: Pope John Paul II lost his temper with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi in recent discussions at the Vatican on a possible war in Iraq , a Catholic leaning newspaper reported on Wednesday. - http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en19954&F_catID=&f_type=source

almarst2003 - 04:41am Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10248 of 10254)

We tend to believe we're the best-informed people on Earth. Our nation was founded on the free exchange of ideas. Our newspapers and networks dwarf all others. And the sheer volume of reporting on Iraq is overwhelming. Why then do millions of other people know more about the conflict than we do? Consider that 42 percent of Americans believe Saddam Hussein was involved in 9-11, when even the White House doesn't argue that. Or that most believe invading Iraq will reduce the chances of terrorism, when the CIA says precisely the opposite. The un-American drivel of talk-radio hosts may be partly responsible for the misinformation. But a larger share of the blame rests with the mainstream media. Big dailies like the AJC and TV networks like CNN should inform citizens rather than pander to them; they should challenge authorities rather than act as bullhorns for the White House. That, at least, is what our Founding Fathers intended.

http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2003-03-19/cover.html

almarst2003 - 07:01am Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10249 of 10254)

America's $400bn war bill - http://www.guardian.co.uk/economicdispatch/story/0,12498,918085,00.html

The US is spending more on this war than it raises in taxes, paving the way for a nasty surprise for its taxpayers

rshow55 - 07:02am Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10250 of 10254)
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.

Report of a battle won in a struggle where there are more lives at stake than in Iraq.

W.H.O. Reports Gains Against Respiratory Outbreak by LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN with MARK LANDLER http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/20/health/20INFE.html

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