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    Missile Defense

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 - 07:34am Sep 16, 2003 EST (# 13692 of 13695)
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.

Some adjusting seems worth it.

5362 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@192.HKMIaDBNV1h^375722@.f28e622/6722 includes some comments, and a link

4956 gisterme 10/16/02 10:36pm

" I wouldn't bother with this thread if I didn't think the "stakes" (your word) are a joke. Who would? Many lives are at stake here, perhaps including yours and mine. Those are high enough stakes for me.

High enough for me, too.

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The statements about Cooper above are explanations - not apologies. When Cooper asks me for an apology - what does he mean - does he mean only one thing - is he sure what he means?

I'm not sure what he means.

If, at one level, he feels he "needs a hug, and feels he deserves one" - I don't feel like giving him a hug .

If, at another level - he wants to punish and degrade me - taking everything into account - I don't believe I deserve that.

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Internal consistency and what can be checked are different. I'm not backing down on this - and don't feel any obligation to do so.

12499 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.B8dwbMQDF58.0@.f28e622/14153

I've broken my promises to Eisenhower and others - I promised that I would never, under any circumstances, reveal my relationship with Eisenhower except face to face to a proper authority. The time finally came where it seemed to me that, to keep faith with the things I promised Eisenhower I'd try to do, I had to break that promise. Perhaps I simply ran out of strength.

I broke my promise here:

12079 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.B8dwbMQDF58.0@.f28e622/13710

12080 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.B8dwbMQDF58.0@.f28e622/13711

I was selected to work on problems that former President Eisenhower felt, and others felt, were of essential national interest - and difficult.

Muddled as it is - I think this board has made some headway - though it is "just a game."

Nash did a lot of work about games. We need to learn to play some games better - if peace in the world is to be possible.

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