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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
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almarst2003
- 12:06am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10503 of 10515)
The Iraqi Information Ministry claims that there are many
children among the 400 civilians injured during strikes
by US and British aircraft, 194 of these being in Baghdad. -
http://english.pravda.ru/usa/2003/03/24/44952.html
Bush to Iraqi people: "I brought you liberty! And I will
keep it in custody it untill you grow a new body with hands to
hold it."
almarst2003
- 12:19am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10504 of 10515)
Pentagon said coalition aircraft had struck the Iraqi
state-run television. -
Bush: "Geneva ... what? Sounds very French to me. All they
try is to keep our hands tied. Who should care about Old
Europe"
jorian319
- 02:37am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10505 of 10515)
Why are a few - or several hundred - Iraqi children hurt in
this war worth so much more than the THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN PER
MONTH that have been allowed to starve to death EVERY MONTH
FOR YEARS in Iraq? Is it "moral high ground" to stand back and
allow them to be viciously "Saddamized" as if the are no more
than SH's property?
Not to single out poor Saddam - he is really no worse than
Bobby Mugabe and a solid handful of other despots around the
globe. But I don't think we need to lament poor Saddam's fate
at the hands of the evil aggressor. And we ought to go after
the rest of his ilk as well, just not so conspicuously. Let
them die of "mysterious causes" or be victims of "random
violence" rather than announce our intentions and take flak
from the rest of the world because of the tunnel vision of
alarmists like the one(s) on this board, who are so easily
played into a fenzy.
jorian319
- 02:41am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10506 of 10515)
I bet alarmst would sing a bery differnent tune if {S}HE
were being fed feet-first into a shredder.
fredmoore
- 05:28am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10507 of 10515)
Anyone notice the astounding similarity of the Marine on P1
of the NYT today, and Lionel Ritchie?
Nah! Just my magination ... runnin' away with me!
Smart psychology?
rshow55
- 07:19am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10508 of 10515)
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.
1543-47 http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?8@@.ee7b2bd/1705
deals with these issues, and adds things to the discusion of
this board.
The universe is orderly. So are people, when they are
working well.
A reason things can be sorted out so often, on things that
matter, is that basic patterns very often repeat again and
again.
. We need to grow out of some chaotic, ugly patterns. We
have basic control problems here - and workable systems have
to be sorted out.
And there are basic reasons to believe that they can
be sorted out much better.
almarst2003
- 07:28am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10509 of 10515)
jorian319 - 02:37am Mar 26, 2003 EST (# 10505 of 10508)
You confusing me with someone else.
I never supported the sunctions, nor damaging of Iraqi
infrastructure nor "no-fly-zones" nor political isolation of
Iraq.
BTW. Why didn't I hear a much of concern about Iraqi
children and effects of Golf WarI.
lchic
- 07:34am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10510 of 10515) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
~~~~
Golf War is tiger hunting ground, perhaps it's 'Gulf War'
Almarst :)
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