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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 - 03:23pm Feb 5, 2003 EST (# 8592 of 8598)

tlawrens - 10:06am Feb 5, 2003 EST (# 8589 of 8591) - "What is an American"

If you are an American, as I happend to be, why not to ask a question:

What is a Human Being?

No one would argue America is more evil then many other nations. Nor that American history is full of glory and shame, good and bad. Just like in any other part of Humanity on this planet.

The major areas of concern are:

- Unprecedented power in hands of one single nation, even a small group of people in a position of power within this nation. Economic and Military. Power which has less and less constraits of checks and balances. Reed your own Constitution and even better, try to UNDERSTAND.

- Widespread quasi-religious beieve of many americans in American MISSION to FIX this World. By all means. The classic "End justifies the Means" theory. No different from those of any totalitarian fascist/communist/religious fanatics state of mind. Indeed, as it is well known - "The Opposits bound to meet each other".

- Success of American failed education system and profit-oriented mass media and Holliwood in shaping the wast masses of electorat which has very little interest and knowlege of History, Geography and Cultures of surrounded World and even their own. Ready to accept and act with little questions on what I stated above.

THIS IS A REAL AND DEADLY DANGER TO THE WHOLE WORLD.

rshow55 - 03:37pm Feb 5, 2003 EST (# 8593 of 8598) Delete Message
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.

I think Almarst is right - but that at the same time, the specifics of the Iraq situation have to be dealt with - with the world asking for, insisting on, responsible US conduct.

The United States did not flaunt international law today - or disregard the opinions and concerns of others on the Security Council. Iraq, for its part - made its situation worse.

If the members of the Security Council are as careful in private discussions as they might be assumed to be from their statements - we may be moving away from the danger of a United States - that can't and won't explain itself - setting itself beyond international law. At the same time - as a matter of fact - international law is being renegotiated now - with some exception handling evolving. I think that's necessary.

rshow55 - 03:39pm Feb 5, 2003 EST (# 8594 of 8598) Delete Message
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.

With Audiotapes and Images, Powell Makes Case to U.N. By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN with TERENCE NEILAN http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/05/international/middleeast/05cnd-nations.html

Security Council today:

• Transcript: In Powell's Words http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/05/international/05raw-powell-text1.html

Slide Show: The Key Points http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2003/02/05/international/05iraq.slideshow_index.html

France Seeks Stronger Iraq Inspections http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-UN-Iraq-Reax.html

``Given the choice between military intervention and an inspections regime which is inadequate because of a failure to operate on Iraq's part, we must choose the decisive reinforcement of the means of inspection. This is today what France is proposing.''

Text: Powell's Remarks to U.N. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/05/international/05raw-powell-text1.html

Text: France's Remarks to the U.N. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/05/international/05text_france.html

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