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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 - 11:47pm Feb 1, 2003 EST (# 8483 of 8494)
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almarst2002 has interesting links ...

US is misquoting my Iraq report, says Blix - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804520548.html

Powell Is Not Bringing 'a Smoking Gun' Against Iraq to the U.N. Next Week, U.S. Official Says - http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAH0VVOLBD.html

Bush's moral clarity turns fuzzy - http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035776907012&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795

Congress is backing the President's Iraq war plans, and in many cases media coverage is focused on when we might go to war, or what kind of war it's likely to be. But that pushes aside much discussion of what some say is another form of warfare, the ongoing economic sanctions against Iraq. Fairfield University professor Joy Gordon has written a shocking account of how the UN sanctions process really works in the new edition of Harper's Magazine. - http://www.webactive.com/webactive/cspin/cspin20021018.html

Today's outrage was yesterday's no big deal - http://www.fair.org/extra/0209/iraq-gas.html

Who Really Gassed the Kurds? - http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/opinion/31PELL.html?ex=1045030380&ei=1&en=97b6c3c76ea6ffe5

Carter Says Bush Has 'Not Made a Case' for War - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8118-2003Jan31.html

ledzeppelin - 06:29am Feb 2, 2003 EST (# 8484 of 8494)

Whilst there may well be compelling evidence for ensuring one protects ones state from a ‘so called’ rogue states missiles. However one must not lose sight of the simple fact that such a system can be interpreted by others as being a weapon with the potential for a global imperialism as it could easily have the ability for an attacking capability.

Correspondingly a missile defence shield at this time in reality can in fact create more rogue states and terror networks than it set out to originally protect the US from, such as those designated within the axis of evil.

Indeed would a rogue state or terror group that wishes to act in a hostile manner to the USA use a missile based delivery system in any event.

In the 1990’s even the North Koreans as well as OBL et al., were trying to buy the technology and materials for a nuke in a suitcase. Whatismore given the research executed by the British Government back in the 1950’s in Australia under the vixen research programme this documents only to well the devastating effect upon a population even a crude or ‘so called’ dirty bomb of the size that can be accommodated by an every day briefcase would have.

What is the saying keep your enemies close but your friends even closer, to day’s friend can so easily be tomorrow’s enemy without one realising or knowing it, until the bang that is. Therefore I would fund the conventional security organisations such as the CIA and FBI etc., with the Star Wars programmes money until such time as these organisations have real time intelligence gathering capability within the camps of the friends as well as the known enemies before I even worried about missiles from rogue states.

lchic - 06:59am Feb 2, 2003 EST (# 8485 of 8494)
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Friends ---- means to end

Enemies ---- latter day friends

Friendships end

Yesterday's friend --- And this day's end ?

dR3

lchic - 07:03am Feb 2, 2003 EST (# 8486 of 8494)
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All the way with LBJ ... 80,000 folks were murdered in Bali over a two week period ... LBJ commended and funded Suharto 1966.

lchic - 07:09am Feb 2, 2003 EST (# 8487 of 8494)
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Why do 'Evil-Presidents' form alliances, Friendships--Endships?

Why isn't the voice, the 'need' of the regular person heard?

Why would a President-Nation-Government with Nuclear Missiles change allegiance?

Who do Presidents serve - themselves, henchmen, tribe, or the people?

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