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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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almarst2002 - 04:28pm Dec 27, 2002 EST (# 7073 of 7080)

The US would risk jeopardising the fight against terrorism and would be in violation of international law if it launched unilateral military action against Iraq, a senior Russian diplomat warned on Thursday. - http://www.nytimes.com/financialtimes/international/FT1039523966024.html

almarst2002 - 04:46pm Dec 27, 2002 EST (# 7074 of 7080)

Newly released documents show that George W. Bush's campaign paid for operatives who staged a riot in Miami that disrupted the counting of votes. - http://www.consortiumnews.com/2002/080502a.html

almarst2002 - 04:48pm Dec 27, 2002 EST (# 7075 of 7080)

Russia and Iran boost nuclear pact - http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,865416,00.html

rshow55 - 04:54pm Dec 27, 2002 EST (# 7076 of 7080)
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.

That's certainly right.

Why not talk to the North Koreans? If they're "crazy" in spots - some people have said that some other nations are crazy in spots. Delusional. Hard to get along with. Folks have said things about the sanity and balance of France, the UK, Russia - even (dare I say it?) the United States.

The more isolated a country is, the more likely it is to be crazy in ways that are dangerous.

Why not talk to them?

When North Korea asks for a nonagression pact - as part of a negotiation - why not discuss it?

It doesn't seem like a crazy request to me.

Why, just exactly, doesn't the United States say of course - subject to conditions that would seem fair to most nations in the world - and conditions that would fit international law?

Work things out with North Korea, and some very intractable missile defense problems would be solved.

rshow55 - 04:55pm Dec 27, 2002 EST (# 7077 of 7080)
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.

Previous comment refered to almarst2002 12/27/02 4:28pm .

Hi almarst!

almarst2002 - 05:00pm Dec 27, 2002 EST (# 7078 of 7080)

Hi Rebert,

Here is more of the same:

"Lacking the discipline to express himself carefully, George W. Bush is offending allies and alarming enemies, as he leads Americans into the "big muddy" of international crises. A case in point is the North Korean nuclear weapons mess" http://www.consortiumnews.com/2002/102702a.html

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