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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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rshow55 - 04:26pm Jun 4, 2003 EST (# 12304 of 12312)
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.

Frustration, missteps, insincerities, muddles and all - some hopeful things do happen.

Sharon to End Some Settlements; Abbas Renounces Use of Terrorism By ELISABETH BUMILLER and JAMES BENNET http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/international/middleeast/04CND-MIDE.html

AQABA, Jordan, June 4 — President Bush today brought together Ariel Sharon, the prime minister of Israel, and Mahmoud Abbas, the new Palestinian prime minister, who committed to the first steps of a new international peace plan that envisions two independent states along the Jordan River, Israel and Palestine, and an end to decades of bloodshed in the Middle East.

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Bush to Send Team to Help Carry Out Mideast Peace Plan By JAMES DAO 2:42 PM ET http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/international/middleeast/04CND-MONI.html

The team will help the Israelis and Palestinians understand their obligations and to publicize it when either side falls short

There's been some progress since Muddle in Moscow" http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=533129

but most countries in the world have big economic problems, including Russia

A Country on the Verge By MURRAY FESHBACH http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/31/opinion/31FESH.html

and there are big problems that need to be solved.

Maybe things can get better on the Korean peninsula, too - with hard work.

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