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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 - 12:14am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17065 of 17083)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Blue-y it's changed MIND-SETS that ensure peace!

bluestar23 - 12:38am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17066 of 17083)

lchic:

You are confused and can't argue normally as usual. You have made many posts focussed only on Great Britain....no reason why.....WWII was a "world" war....with gigantic losses in China, Southeast Asia and Russia that add up to worldwide totals far exceeding European losses in the Great War.

almarst2003 - 12:44am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17067 of 17083)

A series of shocking pictures revealing US soldiers tying up Iraqi women and children in their own home has provoked international outrage.

The occupying forces have now come under renewed fire for their treatment of ordinary Iraqis as shown in the pictures published today by Aljazeera.net.

CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, is conducting an investigation and seeking advice before taking further action.

"This kind of image increases resentment of American troops in Iraq and can also play a major part in demoralising troops who are having to tie up small children.

"We are seeking to raise this issue further in the appropriate arena," said Washington CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper.

A spokesman for the London-based Islamic Observation Centre said the pictures showed a "complete disregard for the human rights of the Iraqi people".

A child, aged around six, watches nervously as US soldier ties her

He added: "A normal human being should be repulsed by the very idea of tying up children.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B135A01-B99C-41C1-B36A-53197281D21E.htm

almarst2003 - 12:47am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17068 of 17083)

Iraq under occupation - http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8245212D-39CC-4E6E-80FF-2E1F29F72BC5.htm

almarst2003 - 12:51am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17069 of 17083)

A successful branding operation preceded the launch of war on Iraq seven months ago. Despite what we might call extensive consumer resistance in the United States, the Bush administration pulled out all the stops to persuade the U.S. public. The war sold politically because enough people failed to see through the mendacity. They bought a bogus story line as truth.

Now, long after the Bush team’s pre-war lies served their purposes, the dead are dead. While no recall can retroactively cancel the war, no remorse can be heard from the perpetrators of the lies and the carnage. And vehicles for war keep gunning their engines without a single repentant glance into rearview mirrors from those in the driver seats.

It would be unduly charitable to describe U.S. foreign policy -- and the prevalent American media coverage of it -- as hit and run. Some events do occur by chance or happenstance, but the baseline of governmental actions and media spin is far from accidental.

Washington’s policies toward the Middle East may or may not be inept, but overall they’re purposeful. American control over Iraq’s massive oil reserves is one key goal; others include geopolitical leverage and military domination of the region. Meanwhile, the Bush administration’s rhetoric about human rights is akin to an upbeat photo for a full-page cigarette ad.

The tasks of news media ought to include demanding moral accountability in every direction. We should want that from all journalists -- American, Arab or any other -- in connection with the slaughter of innocents, whether by Hamas or the Israeli government, whether by Al Qaeda or “the Defense Department.”

http://www.fair.org/media-beat/031016.html

lchic - 12:52am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17070 of 17083)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

A child, aged around six, watches nervously as US soldier ties her

"You have to question the mental state of soldiers who are being forced to do this."

"complete disregard for the human rights of the Iraqi people".

... Florida for a comment. Major David Farlow warned Aljazeera.net not to publish the pictures on this site

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B135A01-B99C-41C1-B36A-53197281D21E.htm

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