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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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lchic - 04:30pm May 15, 2003 EST (# 11690 of 11713)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

"" Economists described the news from Germany as shocking and, taken with figures from Italy and the Netherlands, pointed to stagnation in the 12-member eurozone.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,956579,00.html

... "It's hard to say for certain, but we could see flat growth in the eurozone," Dirk Schumacher, an economist at Goldman Sachs, told Reuters. Hopes of recovery in the eurozone have faded as business and consumer confidence surveys indicate little evidence of a "Baghdad bounce" in sentiment after the end of the Iraq war.

At a press conference on the release of its inflation report, Bank of England officials expressed their puzzlement at economic sluggishness in the eurozone. ""

rshow55 - 04:39pm May 15, 2003 EST (# 11691 of 11713)
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.

This is important:

France Claims U.S. Is Engaging in Disinformation Campaign By BRIAN KNOWLTON International Herald Tribune http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/international/middleeast/15CND-DIPLO.html includes this:

"The French made their complaint in a letter from Ambassador Jean-David Levitte that was sent to the White House, the State Department and the Congress. In addition to the letter, which was first reported by the Washington Post, the Foreign Ministry in Paris took an unusual step of its own, instructing French diplomats to monitor the American news media for signs of orchestrated anti-French disinformation.

"We have decided to count the untrue accusations which have appeared in the U.S. press and which have deeply shocked the French," said a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marie Masdupuy, according to a report by Reuters.

If nation states actually "decided to count" - and insisted on the truth - we'd live in a much safer world.

jorian319 - 04:42pm May 15, 2003 EST (# 11692 of 11713)

Y'mean like those rumors that France was going into Iraq to give surrendering lessons?

lchic - 04:42pm May 15, 2003 EST (# 11693 of 11713)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

It seems that world economies aren't responding to the tinkering of bankers.

Nations might consider: