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Missile Defense

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 - 02:52pm Jan 23, 2003 EST (# 7948 of 7955)

"Conditions under which North Korea was added to the notorious “axis of evil” a year ago resembled an untalented skit. Karen Hughes, then presidential aide for public relations cold have highly likely mentioned not Pyongyang, but Bhutan or Pakistan among the countries included into the “axis of evil.” In fact, it made no difference for George W. Bush which country to bomb and to curse before the Congress; he just wanted a war to be permanent. As it turned later, Pyongyang was rather inconvenient for the USA as a member of the “axis of evil”, as it actually upset Washington’s plans." - http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/01/22/42395.html

almarst2002 - 05:07pm Jan 23, 2003 EST (# 7949 of 7955)

Law and order in Illinois—frame-up, torture and legal murder - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jan2003/ill-j23.shtml

"The Illinois Governor’s Commission on Capital Punishment, which issued its 207-page report on April 15, 2002, revealed that these wrongful convictions were not the result of innocent “mistakes,” but rather were the product of the deliberate actions of state prosecutors and law enforcement officials—backed by a judicial system stacked against capital defendants—who engaged in such practices as falsifying evidence, extracting coerced confessions and relying on the testimony of jailhouse “snitches.” [See: “Illinois death penalty report reveals widespread abuse” - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/apr2002/illi-a27.shtml]

Mirror mirror on the wall?

almarst2002 - 05:18pm Jan 23, 2003 EST (# 7950 of 7955)

Under the pretext of combating terrorism, the Bush Administration is promoting the most intense US military buildup in Latin America since Washington backed a series of military coups that brought right-wing military dictatorships to power in much of the continent in the 1960s and 1970s. - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jan2003/la-j23.shtml

There is a limit how wide can you strech your legs before tearing the pants... Do you hear the crack...crack;)

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