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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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almarst2003 - 07:04pm Sep 4, 2003 EST (# 13506 of 13513)

Sudan Wants US to Acknowledge, Pay For 'Bungled' Missile Strike http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200309%5CFOR20030902e.html

almarst2003 - 07:08pm Sep 4, 2003 EST (# 13507 of 13513)

As American soldiers die almost daily in Iraq, George W. Bush's doctrine of preemptive war is coming face to face with the hard realities of a complex world. But Bush shows little sign that he is learning lessons from the mounting death toll as he continues to cast the problem of the Middle East as a simplistic showdown between good guys vs. bad guys. - http://www.consortiumnews.com/2003/090303a.html

Bushe's Doc: "ANYTHING MORE COMPLEX CAN BE HARMFULL TO THE BRAIN"

rshow55 - 07:24pm Sep 4, 2003 EST (# 13508 of 13513)
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.

Senator Byrd's arguments are looking very strong in retrospect.

Congress Must Resist the Rush to War By ROBERT C. BYRD http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/10/opinion/10BYRD.html

Under the best interpretations possible, "good intentions" have only been part of the story.

The New Jersey Ethicist By BILL KELLER http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/21/opinion/21KELL.html

" Allow me to quote my favorite moral philosopher, Karl Rove. Remember what he told Republican candidates back in June? "Focus on war." (O.K., he's no troubadour, but the man gets to the point.) D'you think he meant, "Let's all focus on the war and have a moment of silence and feel blue?" Of course not, knucklehead, he meant, "Take the war, and run the wussy Democrats into the ground with it."

Another extremely interesting piece on Wolfowitz: The Sunshine Warrior by BILL KELLER http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/magazine/22WOLFOWITZ.html

For pre-emptive war to be a reasonable option - as a last resort - negotiation patterns have to be much better than they are.

almarst2003 - 07:52pm Sep 4, 2003 EST (# 13509 of 13513)

"Senator Byrd's arguments are looking very strong in retrospect"

Who am I to argue with Senator Byrd?;)

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