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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 - 09:40am Mar 26, 2003 EST (# 10531 of 10534)
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.

4529 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.05dna30h59t.1579267@.f28e622/5722 relates my story to Nash, and includes a message I've often repeated, that I hope people find of interest:

I set out some of the story in reference to the movie Casablanca , in PSYCHWAR, CASABLANCA, AND TERROR http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/0

Especially the core story part, from posting 13 http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/12 to posting 23 http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/22 There is a comment in #26 that I feel some may find interesting, as well...

An illustrated script of Casablanca http://www.edict.com.hk/movies/casablanca/casablanca1.htm

One can see more details in the links connected to Bill Casey if you click : rshow55

mazza9 - 09:56am Mar 26, 2003 EST (# 10532 of 10534)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Jorian et al.

I've blanked our Rshow, lchic and alarmst but your posts leave no doubt in my mind that the same drivel that has polluted this site for over 10,000 posts continues.

We didn't use guerilla tactics against the British so that a dictator could make everyone's life miserable. Yes, we're not perfect but we try to be fair and our accomplishments have made the world a better place.

Buck Showalter of the Texas Rangers knows so much more than Robert Showalter of the NYTimes missile defense forum. Buck knows that you can't send your runner on second to tackle the short stop to prevent a play to first! There are rules and umpires to enforce those rules. Our whole life is governed by the "Rule of Law"! Yes the umpires sometmes make mistakes and we've seen the instant replay of the play at home where the ball has been dropped, the runner is safe and the umpire is calling the runner out!! Once again we accept these mistakes because we BELIEVE in the rule of law.

No shredders, no torture, no rape rooms, no beheading children in front of their parents. Have you been to a city council meeting or a school board meeting. Where the rubber meets the road, we acknowledge and adhere to Roberts Rules of Order!

I move that we destroy Saddam and all evil dictators who rule by the sword!

jorian319 - 10:29am Mar 26, 2003 EST (# 10533 of 10534)

I move that we destroy Saddam and all evil dictators who rule by the sword!

Would that we could do so covertly, to avoid the corruption of credit-takers and the reprisals of those who stand to benefit from the continuance of brutality.

Some things never change, though. Apparently the running Rshow sermon of this forum is one of them. I rarely read those posts, because he (I think of Ichic as his alter-ego, and suspect they are the same person) rarely responds directly to anyone else, and he regularly relies on such dubious sources as The Guardian. It looks like a loop-tape for all its repetition.

Alarmst is another story - I scan his/her posts occasionally just to reconfirm lock-step conformance to the popular impression being marketed by the global left. Always hoping to see an evolving attitude, usually disappointed.

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