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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
- 02:49pm Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10650 of 10659)
mazza - "In 1939, many Americans felt that "America
First" meant that we should stay out of foreign entanglements.
Had the Japanese not bomber Pearl Harbor"
lchic,
Do you think mazza heard about Monroe Doctrine? Or about
events which lead to Pearl Harbor?
BTW. The Pearl Harbor was classic example of preemptive
war. With much more credibility then the one we watch on TV.
Who knows. Some day mazza may retire and decide to learn
somthing beside Space Odissey:)
lchic
- 02:59pm Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10651 of 10659) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Mazza might be caught treading the wheel that turns these
'nets of wonder' eternally !
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1029/
lchic
- 03:04pm Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10652 of 10659) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Looking backwards - Looking forwards
Arguments can be
based on the past - historic
They can also be
based on the future - futuristic
Showalter often opens up 'new potential futures'
Looking forwards - Looking backwards - Thinking NOW
commondata
- 03:11pm Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10653 of 10659)
Agreed Almarst. There aren't many people left in the world
who believe that this war is anything more than American
conquest in support of American economic interests. Look,
shame on them, they don't even bother to hide it:
A coalition is afoot in the U.S. Congress to replace
European with American cell phone technology in Iraq as soon
as the conflict is over and the country rebuilds.
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/2171271
Let's hope there are some people left to use the Yankee
cellphones:
There were grim reports tonight that a missile strike on
a busy marketplace in Baghdad had killed up to 55 people and
left scores more wounded.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,924907,00.html
almarst2003
- 03:14pm Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10654 of 10659)
Coalition airstrikes have battered Baghdad and other areas
of Iraq in some of the most intense bombing in nine days of
war. Medical sources in the Iraqi capital say at least 30
people had been killed Friday and about 50 wounded in a
bombing attack on a marketplace. Witnesses said eight
people died earlier in a raid on a ruling Ba'ath party office.
- http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=1789300A-B329-4FFD-A7EE90900C63935C
THIS IS A TURNING POINT IN A VOCABULARY AND REALITY OF
THIS WAR. THE SMILES AND GLOVES ARE DROPPED.
FROM NOW ON, THE "VICTORY" (at any cost) WILL SUBSTITUTE
"LIBERATION". WITH ALL THE EXPECTED CONSEQUENCES.
lchic
- 03:20pm Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10655 of 10659) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Australian Government donates $aus60m WHEAT aid to Iraq
.... the shipment that Saddam cancelled ...
"" under Int-Law the direct needs of a people are the
responsibility of the invading nation
... Dinner is Served -- seating 20 million people!
lchic
- 03:33pm Mar 28, 2003 EST (#
10656 of 10659) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Why - in WAR terms - US+ must bomb Baghdad
repost http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.ChLMaXkP6dM.0@.f28e622/12190
To keep the momentum of their mission
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