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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?

good_guy - 11:45pm Dec 25, 2001 EST (#10519 of 10657)

IDENBADE,

As usual you tight-ass religious, conservative, christian, Republican/Libertarian, anti-American greed heads have everything ass-backwards.

You cannot fight a military war against terrorism, or poverty, or drugs. Military wars can only be fought state - to - state. ...The country, Afghanistan did NOT attack us. The war lords Taliban, who were armed, trained and financed by the U.S. and the Saudis, are protecting bin-Laden, so the most powerful military in history attacks probably the most war devastated country on earth, some of whose people are starving to death at this moment.

That bin-Laden will be captured and killed is a foregone conclusion. The only thing W fears is a living bin-Laden. A bin- laden who can & will talk. TRUTH is what you conservative christians truly fear.

Meanwhile the Bush christian administration will continue its invasion of our privacy rights, while his daddy X-pres Bush continues his lucrative association with the Carlyle group who does business with the bin-Laden family who are suspected of aiding "terrorism" world wide.

THEY THAT CAN GIVE UP ESSENTIAL LIBERTY TO OBTAIN A LITTLE TEMPORARY SAFETY DESERVE NEITHER LIBERTY NOR FREEDOM - - Benjamin Franklin

What charaterizes FASCISM in ALL cases, is police-state repression of the population, and the delegation of economic operations to CAPITALIST interests. - - Unkown

Our Freedom Loving Founding Fathers must be spinning in their graves.

Atheist Bill

lchic - 12:47am Dec 26, 2001 EST (#10520 of 10657)

OIL and GAS http://www.oilandgasinternational.com/departments/from_editor/10_29_01.html http://www.webactive.com/webactive/pacifica/demnow/dn20010306.html http://www.bushnews.com/bushcarlyle.htm http://www.judicialwatch.org/press_release.asp?pr_id=1624 http://www.hereinreality.com/insidertrading.html http://www.coxnews.com/newsservice/columnists/t_teepen/1106-TEEPEN-COLUMN-COX.html http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/sanction/iraq1/oilforfood/2001/0627chen.htm http://www.bushnews.com/family.htm

good_guy - 12:57am Dec 26, 2001 EST (#10521 of 10657)

idenbade - 11:05pm Dec 25, 2001 EST (#10510 of 10519)

Good guy,

1st) Safeguardring the nation: Bill Clinton did nothing either but President Reagan brought down the USSR.

Reagan brought down nothing but scorn and shame on the U.S. while his policies tripled the national debt. ...Communism is a failed political entity and finally fell of its own weight. Reagan just happened to be in office at the time.

2nd) Fighting terrorism: Bill Clinton cut the CIA, NSA, FBI budgets so deeply that it is no wonder this happened!

If you think 9/11 happened BECAUSE Clinton "cut the CIA, NSA, FBI budgets" ...You are one sick, sick puppy.

3rd) Improving the economy: According to Mr. Allen Greenspan the economy was headed for a rescission in the last term of Bill Clintons presidency!

Mr. Greenspan's opinions have absolutely nothing what so ever to do with the fact that: THE REAGAN BUSH REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION QUADRUPLED OUR NATIONAL DEBT IN ONLY 12 YEARS! ...Comprende El-Stupido!

You might fit in better in Cuba and or China, why don't you move? There is lots of Bush bashing going on there!

You clueless super-patriots disgust me. You still haven't figured out that for a free country to remain free, dissent MUST be allowed, and should be encouraged. But what more can we expect from a creature whose cranial cavity is crammed solid with swine offal.

When our holy-rolling-speaking-in-tongues AG Asscraft said that to publicly disagree with his draconian Constitution bashing policies was helping terrorism, he showed his true colors as a fascist who is violating the very basic spirit of MY Constitution, that he swore to uphold. ...Christianity, bah-humbug.

Atheist Bill

lchic - 01:19am Dec 26, 2001 EST (#10522 of 10657)

JawG bats on with his imaginary MD 'anyone for?' partner ....

idenbade - 10:50am Dec 26, 2001 EST (#10523 of 10657)

Good Guy,

You are one dumb Fuc* and like most Liberals you make way to many assumptions and can not back any thing up with facts.

I am NOT "christian"! I am of the Islamic faith.

Go live in Cuba or China you will have a hardy life there. All of your liberal dogma is preached and practice in those countries. I guess you never read the US constitution either. Most of the liberal dogma violates it.

Your garbage is not even worth responding to because it is just so full of BS. When you get your head out of your a** and starting thinking clearly then I will respond to you. Reagan did not bring down the USSR... RLMAOROTF HAHAHAHAHA The Russians don't seem to agree with you either. BTW- I am from Egypt and my with is from Russia. Have you ever been to either country? I seriously don't think so because if you have you would not be talking like an a**!

wanderer85us - 12:04pm Dec 26, 2001 EST (#10524 of 10657)
I hear voices, and they don't like the GOP.

Bush is an idiot.

idenbade - 12:19pm Dec 26, 2001 EST (#10525 of 10657)

Accourding to Bill Clinton so is Al Gore!

wanderer85us - 12:42pm Dec 26, 2001 EST (#10526 of 10657)
I hear voices, and they don't like the GOP.

idenbade 12/26/01 12:19pm

So you're content being ruled by an idiot?

idenbade - 12:58pm Dec 26, 2001 EST (#10527 of 10657)

I am not being "ruled"! 4 years is hardly ruling! Being ruled is something that goes on in my home land.

So you would be content with Al Gore who Bill Clinton said would do great harm to America?

I'd rather have an idiot in office for 4 years then Al Gore for 4 years.

(I don't agree Bush is an idiot either)

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