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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 - 04:56pm Sep 7, 2003 EST (# 13562 of 13566)
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.

Top U.S. Officials Urge Bigger Role for United Nations in Iraq By BRIAN KNOWLTON, International Herald Tribune http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/international/middleeast/07CND-POLI.html

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 — Senior United States officials called today for an expanded United Nations role in Iraq, but they gave no hint of what the United States might be willing to concede in the Security Council negotiations to gain support from countries like France, Russia and Germany, which strenuously opposed the war.

Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, said today that "the time is right" for a larger United Nations role in Iraq — a position announced by the administration last week. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said separately that he hoped for "specific suggestions" from fellow Security Council members on how a draft resolution might best achieve that goal.

"Everybody wants to do this in a cooperative spirit," Ms. Rice said.

She and Mr. Powell, in separate appearances, were speaking several hours before President Bush was set to deliver a major speech to the nation on Iraq, his first speech on the subject from the White House since he announced the start of the war in March.

Ms. Rice said the president would warn Americans of sacrifices and "a difficult struggle" ahead. But he would also defend the need to spend what it took to rebuild and guide Iraq to free elections, saying that "the war on terrorism will be tremendously well served by victory in Iraq."

Sounds pretty good to me. Maybe I should think about a cooperative spirit .

The Music Man http://216.39.194.181/songs/songs_text.php is a great show - great literature - and includes a fine song:

The Sadder But Wiser Girl

" No wide-eyed, eager, wholesome, innocent Sunday-school teacher for me . . .

Maybe things will get better. The Israelis and the Palestinians want to get to peace (sort of, in their muddled way.) The Iraqis want things sorted out. A lot of people in the UN want to sort things out - and know they need the United States.

All the same, sometimes clarity has its uses.

Maybe negotiations and arrangements can work better, this time around.

fredmoore - 05:34pm Sep 7, 2003 EST (# 13563 of 13566)

Robert,

Music man:

Yes sir we got trouble ... and that starts with T and that rhymes with G and that stands for Gisterme ... yes sir we got trouble right here in MD forum city central.

Good choice Robert!

I prefer this:

'Write to Fredmoore for a list of things he and Rshow have done to keep this thread's damage to a maximum.'

No need for a list ....

the point's not missed

we need a bigger plan

and it goes like this:

First, answer the question: "Who are we and What do we want?"

And the answer friends is EMERGY .. and ... that starts with 'E' and that rhymes with 'KEY' and that starts with 'K' and that stands for .... 'KAEP'.

Yes sir that's A Kyoto Alternative Energy Protocol. A gently staged program for ALL nations to explore what it is that people really want and then deliver it without interference in national sovereignty.

And don't forget the F.B.I. ...... Fuel breakdown by (precision ) Radiation!

fredmoore - 06:01pm Sep 7, 2003 EST (# 13564 of 13566)

When George Bush visits Sydney after the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, which finishes on October 21, I hope he will take some time to visit Moore Reserve at Kogarah.

Not just to see a first rate, world class engineered wetland but also to experience and feel its Thermodynamic ambience firsthand.

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