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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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lunarchick - 06:14pm Jan 6, 2003 EST (# 7432 of 7452)

Communications Trench

Trench connecting the front line of trenches with the support line.

A reminder that in the WWI situation communication was an imperative ... ' human runners' ... or 'wires' enabled Top-Down commands.

In WWII codes and code breaking via wireless were war tools.
The problem with a broadcast code - that has to be decoded - is that there is a common 'key' ... and once this is known then the dilemma of when not to 'let them know - you know' and visa versa comes into play.

It seems the Americans keyed into Russian code ... for a few years to 1948 when the system changed. 300 Americans of all military ranks were happy to assist the then opposition ... all documented. So when McCarthy was out chasing hollywood for 'commo-spies' -- the guys were 'known' and actually working in Pentagon-type positions.

Showalter said Casey recommended diffusion of information ... so that chaos didn't explode ... and situations can be resolved.

Today media 'Foreign Correspondents' doing their job carefully and properly are able to actually bring the voice and thoughts of people for all over the world to general attention.

Listening to what people - on the ground - say and think gives valuable insights.

Most often what they say and think is

PEACE and STABILITY

would be great.

Why not franchise PEACE and STABILITY ?

A franchise is a working system that people want a piece of.

Entrepreneurs are happy to invest into a tested functional system ... the system of course has to know and stay with trends ... otherwise it's outdated, outmoded, over-run by the competition and sinks.

So is there a formula that has potential chaos on the one side ...... moving through to a new peace.

What are the major factors in this mix.

How can they be identified.

Are the factors that pre-empt war from a set-list.

How can these factors be dealt with, prioratised, examined, considered and understood

Is there a difference between potential chaos in the international sense and a potential commercial failure ....

If an AUDITOR can identify the 'signs of failure' in a business entitiy

Then

POLITICAL auditors might know and understand those factors leading to national failure

Above the question of what comprises a nation was asked.

Often cultures were hemmed in by physical geographic aspects of River, Mountain, Desert and/or Sea.

Trench Communications were essential, yet basic.

Today communication systems are sophisticated.

The bits and bites of data blink-blink along their physical and virtual routes.

Rather than move to war - geographic (cultural) zones should move towards each other, cooperate, negotiate, look for GOOD deals that make positive use of the available gifts of Twenty First Century Innovation.

^{So 'the poster' might ask ... 'Where do Nuclear Missiles come in?' ... the answer is ... 'They Don't!'}

lunarchick - 06:23pm Jan 6, 2003 EST (# 7433 of 7452)

Gisterme .. i'm busy right now - so what's this about the God of Welfare ... I'm checking the Greek and Roman Gods rolecall .... :)

lunarchick - 06:30pm Jan 6, 2003 EST (# 7434 of 7452)

Read/substitute 'love' variously as love/culture/nation here

gisterme - 06:35pm Jan 6, 2003 EST (# 7435 of 7452)

lunarchick 1/6/03 6:23pm

"Gisterme .. i'm busy right now..."

Unwrapping your axle? Take your time. :-)

lunarchick - 08:18pm Jan 6, 2003 EST (# 7436 of 7452)

... putting the pulley belt on the grinder - preparing .... to smooth-out the world on each and every axis :)

lunarchick - 09:00pm Jan 6, 2003 EST (# 7437 of 7452)

What do people measure ... http://www.iisd.org/measure/default.htm

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