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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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almarst-2001 - 12:21am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1460 of 1482)

"honest broker"??

Of what? His ONLY possible assingment could be to clear the way to bomb Iraq.

lchic - 12:27am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1461 of 1482)
Jenin massacre "It's just like Hiroshima," US reporter said http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/17/1019020661483.html

Designer Failure

Total failure by design
Total failure - give it TIME
Sharon lays out desired plan
He'll bulldoze them down
Man by Man - (Childen and Women too!)
Psycho Terror loud speakers blair
Noise-Over the old - who just need care

Infrastructure trashed trashed trashed
A nation's future simply dashed

Seeing clinics trampled in
With old folks crying and in pain
A question to ask is
What's to gain ?!?

lchic - 12:30am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1462 of 1482)
Jenin massacre "It's just like Hiroshima," US reporter said http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/17/1019020661483.html

The Clinton ME emphasis is up for re-evaluation .. perhaps Prince Bill can step out into the limelight, take a bow, and try to save America's bad name.

lchic - 12:35am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1463 of 1482)
Jenin massacre "It's just like Hiroshima," US reporter said http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/17/1019020661483.html

Why is the USA wasting money on war/missiles when it has 'HOMELAND' POVERTY _{http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/maps/poverty.html}

lchic - 12:36am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1464 of 1482)
Jenin massacre "It's just like Hiroshima," US reporter said http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/17/1019020661483.html

|> Back to those ole 78's ....

mcgovern_wacko - 01:29am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1465 of 1482)

lchic 4/18/02 12:35am

Poverty is perpetual, as economic development benefits even those who earn the least, so rises the line of poverty. Remaining below our latest line are those who accomplish the least, people for you to bewail and question why we defend ourselves while they exist.

If you would allow me a question, do you think we should be funding the NEA or public broadcasting while there are those in poverty?

lchic - 02:22am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1466 of 1482)
Jenin massacre "It's just like Hiroshima," US reporter said http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/17/1019020661483.html

Remaining below our latest line are those who accomplish the least

Education and communications are IMPORTANT

Nukes are NOT important

lchic - 03:01am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1467 of 1482)
Jenin massacre "It's just like Hiroshima," US reporter said http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/17/1019020661483.html

I'm disappointed in the diplomacy strategies of the USA ... here's the country that regards itself as the most forward, and yet, it can't pare back to 'TRUTH in history' as the base line from which to start peace initiatives.

Watching a country being torn apart and people suffering is hard.

WRT Nuclear materials -- it can be seen that if conventional matters can't be coped with, then, unconventional dangerous matters are far beyond the human capabilities of National Leaderships.

almarst-2001 - 04:05am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1468 of 1482)

Poverty.

American social model:

80% of income to 20% of population.

10% of the population without health insurance.

10% of children are hungry. Live with a single mother.

Poor areas get worst social services including the Education. Where the need is greatest.

Native Americans provided the road to "riches" by allowing to host the casinos and nuclear dumps.

Jails full over the roof. The highest % of almost all of the countries.

And the death executions as the ultimate act of justice for those who can't afford the good lawer.

Largest per-capita consumer of natural resources and energy and largest producer and exporter of the waste and arms.

There seems to be some areas for improvement. Before pointing the finger or guns toward other nations.

almarst-2001 - 04:16am Apr 18, 2002 EST (#1469 of 1482)

RIO DE JANEIRO: ONE MURDER PER HOUR - http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/04/18/27744.html

Decades of right-wing rule in Brazil have seen the rich grow richer. 95% of Brazil is still owned by 5% of the population and the basic social ills have yet to be tackled.

The application of American model. Mostly the sam applyes to rest of Latin America. Except CUBA. But the US is working to rectify the problem.

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