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 [F] New York Times on the Web Forums  / Science  /

    Missile Defense

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 - 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) Delete Message
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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