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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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almarst2003
- 09:38am Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10621 of 10627)
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION:
We Stand for Peace & Justice http://www.zmag.org/wspj/index.cfm
I stand for peace and justice.
I stand for democracy and autonomy. I don’t think the U.S.
or any other country should ignore the popular will and
violate and weaken international law, seeking to bully and
bribe votes in the Security Council.
I stand for internationalism. I oppose any nation spreading
an ever expanding network of military bases around the world
and producing an arsenal unparalleled in the world.
I stand for equity. I don’t think the U.S. or any other
country should seek empire. I don’t think the U.S. ought to
control Middle Eastern oil on behalf of U.S. corporations and
as a wedge to gain political control over other countries.
I stand for freedom. I oppose brutal regimes in Iraq and
elsewhere but I also oppose the new doctrine of “preventive
war,” which guarantees permanent and very dangerous conflict,
and is the reason why the U.S. is now regarded as the major
threat to peace in much of the world. I stand for a democratic
foreign policy that supports popular opposition to
imperialism, dictatorship, and political fundamentalism in all
its forms.
I stand for solidarity. I stand for and with all the poor
and the excluded. Despite massive disinformation millions
oppose unjust, illegal, immoral war, and I want to add my
voice to theirs. I stand with moral leaders all over the
world, with world labor, and with the huge majority of the
populations of countries throughout the world.
I stand for diversity. I stand for an end to racism
directed against immigrants and people of color. I stand for
an end to repression at home and abroad.
I stand for peace. I stand against this war and against the
conditions, mentalities, and institutions that breed and
nurture war and injustice.
I stand for sustainability. I stand against the destruction
of forests, soil, water, environmental resources, and
biodiversity on which all life depends.
I stand for justice. I stand against economic, political,
and cultural institutions that promote a rat race mentality,
huge economic and power inequalities, corporate domination
even unto sweatshop and slave labor, racism, and gender and
sexual hierarchies.
I stand for a policy that redirects the money used for war
and military spending to provide healthcare, education,
housing, and jobs.
I stand for a world whose political, economic, and social
institutions foster solidarity, promote equity, maximize
participation, celebrate diversity, and encourage full
democracy.
I stand for peace and justice and, more, I pledge to work
for peace and justice.”
almarst2003
- 09:44am Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10622 of 10627)
How U.S. Armed and Aided Radical Islamic Groups in
Bosnia - http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins2002/4-2.html#Secrets
of Srebrenica Revealed…
Clinton, Other U.S. Officials, Accused of War Crimes
against Serbs - http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins2002/4-2.html#A
Lawyer for a Croat Defendant at the Hague Issues a Threat:
A Mass Grave of 360 Serbs Found in Kosovo - http://www.truthinmedia.org/indexr.html#4.
A Mass Grave of 350 Serbs Found in Kosovo
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