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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 - 10:14pm May 24, 2003 EST (# 11924 of 11966)
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ENERGY

played a big part in the Industrial Revolution .. the move from wood to coal and later steam power ... enabled technology to be introduced and developed.

ENERGY

is still a number one requirement for industry.

ENERGY

Yet, energy consumption figures show that most of it is consumed in adanced economies --- rather than start-ups.

Why so?

lchic - 10:28pm May 24, 2003 EST (# 11925 of 11966)
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If knowledge of invention, innovation, and process are readily available ... then ... the question has to be asked

"Why don't underdeveloped nations cease it and run with it" ?

They don't!

almarst2002 - 10:30pm May 24, 2003 EST (# 11926 of 11966)

A coalition of over 150 peace groups and global non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is lashing out at the U.N. Security Council for adopting a resolution that virtually legitimises the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and endorses the foreign occupation of a U.N. member state. - http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=18355

almarst2002 - 10:34pm May 24, 2003 EST (# 11927 of 11966)

Thick black smoke can often be seen rising into the sky above Basra, as scavengers burn off the rubber casing from the stolen cable. The metal is sold to traders in the city who collect it and transport it in bulk out of Iraq.

British military police on patrol in Basra say there is often little they can do.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&e=8&u=/nm/20030523/wl_nm/iraq_scavengers_dc_1

almarst2002 - 10:37pm May 24, 2003 EST (# 11928 of 11966)

The Iraqi allegedly attacked by Col Collins was also subjected to a mock execution, it was reported today.

Ayoub Yousif Naser, a member of Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist party, told the Times that after he was hit by the colonel he and his son were lined up facing a wall. He heard the officer give the order to fire before he saw other troops approach with bandages to treat their wounds.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,11816,961963,00.html

almarst2002 - 10:42pm May 24, 2003 EST (# 11929 of 11966)

CIA official James Critchfield had owned up to two of his decisions that were so momentous that they still influence the course of international events. One opened the CIA's doors to ex-Nazis. The other cleared the way for Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/051503a.html

lchic - 10:43pm May 24, 2003 EST (# 11930 of 11966)
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'150 peace groups and global non-governmental organisations'

Comprised of individuals all dependent upon their 'home' economies, all of which will trade with the USA, providing for them.

almarst2002 - 10:44pm May 24, 2003 EST (# 11931 of 11966)

Empire vs. Republic - http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/042103a.html

U.S. news media that shed any pretense of “objectivity” as it flooded the nation with heroic images of American soldiers and heart-warming scenes of grateful Iraqis, while downplaying civilian dead and growing signs that many Iraqis resent the U.S. occupation.

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