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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 - 07:34pm Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10278 of 10291)
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.

On Russian interests: http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md2000s/md2247.htm

A matter of credentials: 8240 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.TCYlat2J5ee.517734@.f28e622/9946

Some history, that may not interest others so much, but interests me: 2764_2765 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.TCYlat2J5ee.517734@.f28e622/3445

It seems to me that there are things that leaders of nation states ought to check.

The process might be both productive and entertaining.

almarst2003 - 07:59pm Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10279 of 10291)

The race for the mightiest God.

almarst2003 - 09:09pm Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10280 of 10291)

http://electroniciraq.net/

lchic - 10:37pm Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10281 of 10291)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Folks are 100% against war, missiles, and disrespect of human rights

Folks are 100% for a better world

The now-jigsaw doesn't fit the picture

That's why LEADERS are re-jigging!

almarst2003 - 11:56pm Mar 20, 2003 EST (# 10282 of 10291)

http://www.iht.com/articles/90501.html

Do most Americans understand that even as they are launching one of the most devastating air assaults in the history of warfare, private companies are lining up to reap the riches of rebuilding the very structures the United States in the process of destroying? . Companies like Halliburton and Schlumberger and the Bechtel Group understand this conflict a heck of a lot better than most of the men and women who will fight and die in it, or the armchair patriots who'll be watching on CNN and cheering them on. . Back in January, an article in The Wall Street Journal noted: "With oil reserves second only to Saudi Arabia's, Iraq would offer the oil industry enormous opportunity should a war topple Saddam Hussein. . "The early spoils would probably go to companies needed to keep Iraq's already run-down oil operations running, especially if oil-services firms such as Halliburton Co., where Vice President Dick Cheney formerly served as chief executive, and Schlumberger Ltd. are seen as favorites for what could be as much as $1.5 billion in contracts." . What's driving this war is President George W. Bush's Manichaean view of the world and messianic vision of himself, the dangerously grandiose perception of American power held by his saber-rattling advisers, and the irresistible lure of Iraq's enormous oil reserves. . Polls show that the public is terribly confused about what's going on, so much so that some 40 percent believe Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. . That's really scary. . Rather than correct this misconception, the administration has gone out of its way to reinforce it. . A skillful marshaling of international pressure could have forced him from power. But then the Bush administration would not have had its war and its occupation. . It would not have been able to turn Iraq into an American protectorate, which is as good a term as any for a colony.

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