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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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gisterme - 04:17am Mar 25, 2003 EST (# 10458 of 10465)

almarst2003 - 02:50am Mar 25, 2003 EST (# 10456 of ...)

Confusing history with ethnicity is like confusing bananas with airplanes. Nobody's that confused but you, almarst. Triumph of the Mongols indeed! Your idea of history seems so skewed that I'd be amazed if you know what century you're in.

almarst2003 - 05:37am Mar 25, 2003 EST (# 10459 of 10465)

"This war will never be triumph of Americans and British and Austrailians and 42 others but it will be liberation of Iraqis."

As painfull as it will be, the inevitable ultimate defeat and humiliation of shameful coalition of gangsters is the World's only hope. They can't be allowed to and will not triumph. That's just too dangerous to the whole World. Including YOU.

"We'd rather stay home and watch cartoons...or exercise our right to say any stupid thing we want on the internet...and you know it. It's just that we want to be left alone while we do it...and we'd also like the Iraqis to have the right to do it too...just as sort of a side benefit. Maybe when some liberated Iraqis can come to this forum it will begin to make some sense."

Its the worry of the fate of Iraqis interrupted your lonly cartoon watching? Or is it that you are interrupted once a week and, ignoring all what is known and said meantime, jump to the end to put your last dreamed line? I can certify you proved of being able to say things on Internet. Will you be also willing at least once to try and defend what you said in any meaningful way with links, commonly acceptable facts or at least just plain logic?

almarst2003 - 05:39am Mar 25, 2003 EST (# 10460 of 10465)

"if you know what century you're in."

I would rather not. But couldn'd escape the loud declaration. We all about to be drugged into an "American Century".

lchic - 05:49am Mar 25, 2003 EST (# 10461 of 10465)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

America - is it America ? Or a core-America with the world attatched ... what attracted world money and interest ... will it stay, or, detach itself to move to new old-world opportunities as they arise.

Will America still be the 'center' of world commerce and trade a few years hence, or, will the need to repay debt and rebuild eventually start to weaken them monitarily.

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Yugoslavia was geographically inept -- it had to be crossed to get to elsewhere

Iraq is both geographcially inept -- the 'center' of a sector of the Arab world, compounded by other ineptitudes --- that unfortunately 'bite' people!

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