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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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rshow55 - 04:07pm Feb 7, 2003 EST (# 8674 of 8681)
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.

Almarst : http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@93.IRS4aAOf2jE.1371258@.f28e622/10197 - - is very serious.

The Bush administration thinks it will be able to end its war in less than a week - or that is what it says. They don't talk of significant casualties to Americans - or consequences anything like those on the scale of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2691475.stm so far as I know.

I can't judge the probability that they can win very quickly and at a low cost in life at all well.

Consequences on the scale of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2691475.stm are terribly serious.

almarst2002 - 04:13pm Feb 7, 2003 EST (# 8675 of 8681)

RE: Consequences - I am sure the US media will do the "good job". No one will notice.

rshow55 - 04:18pm Feb 7, 2003 EST (# 8676 of 8681)
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Russia Reiterates Doubts on War Against Iraq By MICHAEL WINES http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/07/international/middleeast/07cnd-russia.html

lchic - 04:30pm Feb 7, 2003 EST (# 8677 of 8681)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Is Rumby this Crumby?

""Diplomats say that Germany, stung by Mr Rumsfeld's angry jibe that it is no different to "rogue states" such as Cuba and Libya, has let it be known that it will not budge on the US request before February 15, when Hans Blix, the chief UN weapons inspector, next reports to the security council.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,891331,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/

Iraq - Special Report

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/0,2759,423009,00.html

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