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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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gisterme - 09:26am Jul 22, 2003 EST (# 13086 of 13091)

"...Could I be wrong. Sure. But I do think I have good reasons to think gisterme is Bush..."

Oh? And what reasons would those be, Robert???

"...And gisterme would have judged some key things much better if he did pay more attention to this thread..."

I'll admit that it takes a lot of attention to sift through all the garbage that you manage to generate, Robert...but I assure you that nothing you say has yet had any impact on anything, key or otherwise in my life...except for a lot of time wasted on my admittedly morbid fascination with replying to some of your convoluted nonsense. I think I do it because you make it so easy. Maybe because it's an eays way for me to stroke my own ego.

"...Looking at gisterme's postings makes interesting reading."

I do thank you for that, Robert.

gisterme - 09:35am Jul 22, 2003 EST (# 13087 of 13091)

rshow55 - 05:33pm Jul 21, 2003 EST (# 13072 of ...) http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?16@13.NYdsb8hqrl3.349502@.f28e622/14751

"...I've also assumed that I was not alone in thinking that gisterme is Bush - for reasons expressed in 10063..."

Those crazy reasons are only your reasons for thinking that, Robert. Not reasons why anybody else would think that. I'm quite certain that you're alone in your opinion. Do you recall my reply to that post you referenced? Did you forget to include that or do you just think it's not necessary for objectivity?

gisterme - 09:41am Jul 22, 2003 EST (# 13088 of 13091)

"...for Lincoln's wanted back in the office today.

Now Robbie, he's wrong

and the point of this song

is of course to put pay to that sway

and Gisterme is alas

a bit of an ass

to continue to come out and play..."

and Gisterme might say

of his judgement each day

that it might be much better

if he could just fetter

his time-wasting play

as a Missle Defense threader.

:-)

gisterme - 09:41am Jul 22, 2003 EST (# 13089 of 13091)

There. All caught up.

fredmoore - 09:48am Jul 22, 2003 EST (# 13090 of 13091)

Gisterme,

Bravo Hercule!

PS

Give Condi our warmest regards and our best wishes for the 2020 'running'.

jorian319 - 10:22am Jul 22, 2003 EST (# 13091 of 13091)

Gisterme,

What Fred said. Bravo.

I'm now convinced that Gisterme is indeed GWB. The evidence - he repeatedly mis-spelled "helicopter".

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