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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
- 01:14pm Dec 31, 2002 EST (#
7163 of 7168)
N. Korea Accuses U.S. of Plotting War - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58924-2002Dec31.html
" 22,000 South Koreans held a New Year's Eve protest
near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, setting of fireworks and
holding candles... "We oppose U.S. policy that spawns tension
on the Korean peninsula," some signs at the rally read.
Ambassador Pak Ui Chun said Washington had threatened
North Korea "with a pre-emptive nuclear strike," the Interfax
news agency reported.
"These conditions also make it impossible for us to
abide by the treaty, whose main provision bans nuclear powers
from using nuclear weapons against countries that do not have
them."
Strongly related: Canadians have their backs up over
American foreign policy, according to a new survey that shows
the vast majority believe the United States is acting like
a bully with the rest of the world. - http://www.canada.com/national/features/yearend2002/story.html?id=DE4F1F61-2715-476F-8DFF-A17A73DFEE21
almarst2002
- 01:21pm Dec 31, 2002 EST (#
7164 of 7168)
Many observers now see an apt comparison to the weeks
preceding World War I, when European leaders spoke of avoiding
war but set in motion a process that led to a point of no
return. - http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1230/p01s03-usmi.html
almarst2002
- 01:25pm Dec 31, 2002 EST (#
7165 of 7168)
The way its done:
Turkey informed the US officially that it wants a share
of the Iraqi oil at a rate of 10%, noting that in case that
Washington approves the said request, Ankara will get a 5.5
billion dollars of the oil revenues annually. - http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/021228/2002122810.html
almarst2002
- 01:32pm Dec 31, 2002 EST (#
7166 of 7168)
The way it was done:
Rumsfeld 'offered help to Saddam' Declassified
papers leave the White House hawk exposed over his role during
the Iran-Iraq war. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,866942,00.html
rshow55
- 02:05pm Dec 31, 2002 EST (#
7167 of 7168)
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.
rshow55
12/24/02 7:33pm
I've been trying to Send in clear rshowalter
"Science News Poetry" 2/14/01 7:18am for a long time. The
poem of rshowalter
"Science News Poetry" 2/14/01 7:18am is followed by some
other interesting material. The poem ends with this note:
In clear: Lying is more dangerous than
people think, and soaks up more attention than people know.
We can do less of it. We can send in clear - the message,
almost always, will be peaceful. And complex cooperation,
now so often terminated with deceptive sequences, could
happen more often.
If the Guardian, the NYT, and some other first line
papers got together (with foundation support if that was
needed) and got some things checked we could
live in a much safer and more humane world.
If leaders of nation states, or significant officers of
nation states, wanted it to happen, I believe it would. Since
it hasn't, my respect for indignations, including that of
almarst is real, but still somewhat limited.
I think that some changes need to be made - not only in the
United States. http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7b085/401
Lately, it seems to me, the US has been trying to do some
reasonable things - providing some very hopeful openings - and
has sometimes been ignored, at least so far.
I'm in the Madison phone book.
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