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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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almarst2002 - 11:46pm May 25, 2003 EST (# 12014 of 12023)

The Pathology of a Single Superpower

On March 24, NATO launched its first full-scale aggressive war against a sovereign state. It was certainly not meant to be the last. NATO, it was repeatedly stated, had to prove its “resolve.” The action was meant to be exemplary, a model for future NATO actions elsewhere and a warning to the world. - http://www.covertaction.org/yugo1.htm

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright referred to the August 1998 missile assaults against Sudan and Afghanistan (allegedly in retaliation for the U.S. embassy bombings in Africa two weeks earlier) as “unfortunately, the war of the future.” (1) In one sense, she was lamenting the likelihood of various Islamic forces retaliating against American civilian targets. There is, as Albright understands, another side to these wars, more than guided missiles launched from a thousand miles away, with no danger to U.S. troops. American military strategy calls for “the use of overwhelming force to minimize United States casualties.”(2) But it is not that simple. Former CIA Director Robert Gates was more precise: “[O]ur people and our Government must accept another reality: as potential official American targets are ‘hardened,’ terrorists will simply turn to non-official targets– businesses, schools, tourists and so on. We can perhaps channel the threat away from the United States Government, but not away from Americans.”(3) What grand scheme, then, is in place, that may bring these “unfortunate” wars back home, against civilians? - http://www.covertaction.org/yugo2.htm

almarst2002 - 11:50pm May 25, 2003 EST (# 12015 of 12023)

9-11 PAGE - http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/911page.htm#3

bbbuck - 11:51pm May 25, 2003 EST (# 12016 of 12023)

Why have you lost your mind alarmist200x?

almarst2002 - 11:52pm May 25, 2003 EST (# 12017 of 12023)

Yugoslavia - http://emperors-clothes.com/#yugo

almarst2002 - 11:58pm May 25, 2003 EST (# 12018 of 12023)

Articles with further insights into the US-led war in Iraq - http://emperors-clothes.com/

Key U.S. Official says U.S. 'Goal' in Iraq is...Islamic Rule by Jared Israel [Posted 7 May 2003]

The taking of the USS Lincoln: George Junior and the Imaginary Presidency While George W. Bush plays Hero, an apologist for Islamism is appointed to oversee a new constitution for Iraq. by Jared Israel [Posted 2 May 2003]

Reader asks: Why does it matter that back in 1954 the US sponsored anti-Jewish hate propaganda in Iraq? by Jared Israel [Posted 29 April 2003]

Strengthen Iran, Contain Iraq US envoy to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad reveals US strategy behind the first Gulf War by Jared Israel [Posted 26 April 2003]

To Be Used *Only* if it Works.... In 1954, the U.S. Ambassador foments anti-Jewish racism in Iraq Comments by Jared Israel [Posted 23 April 2003]

almarst2002 - 11:59pm May 25, 2003 EST (# 12019 of 12023)

Our Fateful Choice: Global Leader or Global Cop: - http://www.presentdanger.org/choice.html

almarst2002 - 12:05am May 26, 2003 EST (# 12020 of 12023)

CATO INSTITUTE - http://www.cato.org/dailys/daily-index.html

Progressive Review - http://prorev.com/

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