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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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lchic
- 07:43am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
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Quote ""Even the heart of the fool and the idiot frequently
beats more accurately than that of the intelligent man,
especially the scientist. -- Vlad Parkham
rshow55
- 07:48am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10512 of 10517)
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.
Under Treaty of Westphalia rules, with containment the
only option - we aren't supposed to care about
anything that "sovereign states" do within their own
borders.
By the standards of the Treaty of Westphalia - you "can't
care" about what happens to Iraqi children.
The rule is "no connection at this level" - and the rule
doesn't work. Practically, or morally.
1543-47 http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?8@@.ee7b2bd/1705
deals with these issues, and adds things to the discusion of
this board.
A fractal . . . looks the same . . . over all ranges . . of
scale. http://www.math.umass.edu/~mconnors/fractal/similar/similar.html
rshow55
- 07:55am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10513 of 10517)
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.
I think there's a good deal to hope for. This, I think, is
clear. Order is necessary. Symmettry and harmony as
well.
That means that we can do much better than the chaos and
disconnection of the Treaty of Westphalia - and that it is
important that we do so.
We need to negotiate workable, just structures of
international law into being. We don't have them now.
I think the text of Blair and Bush to Meet on War,
Europe and Mideast By WARREN HOGE http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/25/international/worldspecial/25CND-BLAI.html
sets out hopeful circumstances.
I hope Putin, other world leaders, and Blair are in good
communication.
We should be able to sort things out - find better orders
that are stable. I hope President Bush listens hard to PM
Blair - and expect he will. I hope PM Blair negotiates well.
Because there is so much connection in the world -
and some patterns of order are so powerful - if we are
prepared to actually get facts straight (and simple technical
facts have to be first) we can do a lot better than we're
doing.
For reasons of format, only so much can be done on a board
like this - and when the responses are intended to produce
chaos - there is no hope at all of getting workable, stable
answers.
lchic
- 07:56am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10514 of 10517) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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There's a little concern re Turkish Army poised for attack
on the northern boundary of Kurdish-Iraq
Will the French.Germans.Russians have concerns here for the
Kurds?
One wonders.
lchic
- 07:58am Mar 26, 2003 EST (#
10515 of 10517) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Psycho-Warfare 1950's onwards ....
U.S. and Soviet Scientists Have Developed the Key to
Consciousness for Military Purposes.
How The U.S. Government Won the Arms Race to Control Man
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~welsh/book.htm
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