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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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lchic - 05:23am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15855 of 15884)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

War costs blamed for defence cuts

/ Richard Norton-Taylor / Wednesday October 29, 2003 / The Guardian

The Ministry of Defence was under pressure last night to explain how it was proposing to solve an unprecedented financial crisis facing Britain's armed forces.

"Commitments are not being matched by resources, chickens are coming home to roost," said Bernard Jenkin, the shadow defence secretary, who predicted cuts in military spending.

"This crisis would appear to be the result of the monumental costs of the Iraq war," said Paul Keetch, the Liberal Democrat defence spokesman. "If the MoD runs on empty for an extended period, long-term damage will be done."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,11816,1073054,00.html

fredmoore - 05:40am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15856 of 15884)

cantabb - 04:47am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15851 of 15854)

More of the same C#CK-A-DOODLE-DO biggotry and continued hipocracy as your raw nerve is touched yet again.

Not worthy of comment ... except that ... some spelling mistakes can be useful and indicative too. Bigotry and hypocrisy don't quite sum up your MO.

Oh, tell everyone again how you own the A-Z of words and phrases in the dictionary that's always good for a chukkle.

cantabb - 06:07am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15857 of 15884)

fredmoore - 05:40am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15856 of 15856)

More of the same C#CK-A-DOODLE-DO biggotry and continued hipocracy as your raw nerve is touched yet again.

Another call from the veld- barnyard !

What logic ! Pointing out more of your deficiencies touches your 'raw nerve' 'yet again'. Does it not ?

How could it touch 'MY' raw nerve ? Learned this from rshow School of Logic ?

Not worthy of comment ... except that ... some spelling mistakes can be useful and indicative too.

How "useful"?

Actually, it is "useful" to ME.

"[I]ndicative" of YOUR problem that I can reach out touch your 'raw nerve' with.

Bigotry and hypocrisy don't quite sum up your MO.

Oh, something more ?

Oh, tell everyone again how you own the A-Z of words and phrases in the dictionary that's always good for a chukkle.

You own a dictionary too, don't you ?

It's NOT owning one -- but knowing how to USE the words you want to use. Parroting something (without knowing how to use it) is just that.

Cheer up, this is NOT you ONLY or the worst of your problems.

Rather, a good Chuckle !

fredmoore - 06:31am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15858 of 15884)

Never coined a word, cantabb? No I don't suppose you could comprehend anything that sophisticated.

Hipocracy -- attempts at ruling a forum by shooting from the hip.

Biggotry -- attempting to make oneself biGGer by abusing others and then denying that kind of behaviour is stricly out of the barnyard.

I think I have summed you up ... there is no more to say. You are clearly a legend ... in your own mind ... and obviously nothing anyone can say will bring you back to reality.

So ... nit on and C#ck-a-doodle-do and

Off with Rshow's REveramond head!

YAWN!

lchic - 06:42am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15859 of 15884)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Echo-verbatim

Echo ... echo ... echo .... echo .....

Fiske, author of The Dimwit's Dictionary: 5,000 Overused Words and Phrases and Alternatives to Them, is collecting more dimwitticisms for the next edition of The Dimwit's Dictionary. He needs all the infantile phrases, inescapable pairs, overworked words, popular prescriptions, torpid terms, and withered words he can find (see href="http://www.marionstreetpress.com for definitions of dimwitticisms).

http://www.verbatimmag.com/

fredmoore - 07:00am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15860 of 15884)

http://www.verbatimmag.com/

Preposterous nonsense!

More of the same old slop!

Anything to do with MD here?