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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,
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rshow55
- 07:16pm Apr 3, 2003 EST (#
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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.
Lchic's Religious Shackles http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.eea14e1/7805
bears thinking about - and connecting to the story of the
Reverend Jim Jones
(Lecture Notes: Introductory Psychology by
Prof. Evan Pritchard http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~epritch1/social98a.html
Islamic leaders ought to be careful about supporting people
who behave too much like Jim Jones.
Or Saddam Hussien .
Whether you believe in God or not - this is a time where
religious issues are pressing on us. And religious traditions
are being tested.
O Ye of Much Faith! A Triple Dose of Trouble by LAURIE
GOODSTEIN http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/weekinreview/02GOOD.html
This is a rare moment in history, like a
planetary alignment: three world religions simultaneously
racked by crisis.
Islam is not going to distinguish itself - or
perserve itself, by associating itself with any lie that any
clergyman chooses to tell by reflex, of by backing thugs like
Saddam Hussien and his followers.
If we can just check for consistency - and get some very
basic things clearer - a lot could go pretty well. The
alternative is chaos.
almarst2003
- 08:33pm Apr 3, 2003 EST (#
11029 of 11037)
Iraq: A Simplistic View for Simpletons - http://english.pravda.ru/usa/2003/04/04/45578.html
almarst2003
- 08:40pm Apr 3, 2003 EST (#
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Russian Muslims declare holy war against US - http://www.gazeta.ru/intnews.shtml?246007#246007
almarst2003
- 10:54pm Apr 3, 2003 EST (#
11031 of 11037)
Whatever happens in the weeks ahead, George W. Bush has
“lost” the war in Iraq. The only question now is how big a
price America will pay, both in terms of battlefield
casualties and political hatred swelling around the world. -
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/033003a.html
Remarkably, in the first week and a half of the war, Bush
has managed to make the unsavory Saddam into a cult-like hero
across the Arab world. His death would make him a martyr. Even
Arabs who disdain Saddam and his brutality take pride in the
fact that Iraqis are standing up to the military might of the
United States, the world’s preeminent superpower.
Bush also has guessed wrong on the one crucial ingredient
that would separate meaningful victory from the political
defeat that is now looming. He completely miscalculated the
reaction of the Iraqi people to an invasion.
More and more, Bush appears to be heading toward that
ultimate lesson of U.S. military futility. He’s committed
himself – and the nation – to destroying Iraq in order to
save it.
almarst2003
- 11:19pm Apr 3, 2003 EST (#
11032 of 11037)
"This is going to turn out to be one of the most
brilliant, if not the most brilliant, campaign in the history
of warfare," Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney (ret.) said
on Fox News. - http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0404/p01s03-usgn.html
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