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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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almarst-2001
- 11:40am Feb 21, 2002 EST (#11693
of 11701)
ABC to launch controversial wartime 'reality' show - http://webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=200202202017000241875_aolns.src
"LOS ANGELES, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. war on terrorism
will soon come to prime-time television as a new ABC "reality" show
called "Profiles From the Front Line," with the help of the Pentagon
and Hollywood action king Jerry Bruckheimer"
Hitler and Stalin would be impressed... Ministry of
(des)information run by a Pentagon and supported by a Holliwood. Who
could ask for anything more?
almarst-2001
- 11:49am Feb 21, 2002 EST (#11694
of 11701)
Washington blocks $5bn supplies to Iraq
The UN's humanitarian programme in Iraq has been hampered by a
record $5.3bn (£3.7bn) worth of blocked supplies, mainly by the
US, it was revealed yesterday. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,653608,00.html
The peace loving "humanitarians" at hard daily work. And with
little appreciation...
almarst-2001
- 12:08pm Feb 21, 2002 EST (#11695
of 11701)
The "Freedom" Loving Nation - http://www.iht.com/articles/48734.html
America's celebrity intellectuals are now signing manifestos
endorsing the war on terrorism.
The country already has committees to name and shame
university teachers critical of American policy.
almarst-2001
- 12:34pm Feb 21, 2002 EST (#11696
of 11701)
WAR TO START SOON. EUROPE APPROVES OF IT The White House
once again showed who is master. Some EU countries’ attempts to have
their own position on the anti-terrorist fight were resolutely
rejected. The Bush administration, armed with the principle “Who is
not with us, is against us,” "convinced" its European opponents of
its rightfulness - http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/02/21/26553.html
rshow55
- 12:51pm Feb 21, 2002 EST (#11697
of 11701)
The objective of the Bush administration, judged by its actions,
is not
" ORGANIZING THE WORLD TO FIGHT TERROR" by
Igor S. Ivanov , Russian Foreign Minister http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/27/opinion/27IVAN.html
... MD11100 rshow55
1/27/02 7:06pm
Organizing the world to fight terror would be done best by
keeping things in proportion.
No, we have something else here, and something that is, in
historical terms, strange . We have a "shadow government" for
which "costs" have now become benefits -- so that expenditure of
money is a key objective - - and finding reasons to do it a
key propaganda motivation.
. Plan to Stop Missile Threat Could Cost $238
Billion by JAMES DAO http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/international/01MISS.html
The cost of accountability, the cost of checking for money and
technical facts, would pay enormous dividends for the citizens of
the United States -- and make the whole world safer.
The main cost would not be nearly as much as a billion dollars in
money -- though resources would have to be brought to bear. But it
would involve something precious and rare -- courage.
Some key players, responsible people, would have to have the
courage to ask real questions -- and not accept "trust us," an
answer acceptable almost nowhere else, from the DOD and its
contractors.
Progress in that direction is being made. It is NOT in the
interest of the United States to act, as it so often does, in ways
that would "impress Hitler and Stalin." Instead, we should hope to
impress Eisenhower, and most of the leaders the United States had
before WWII.
We're in a situation dominated by patterns of psychological
warfare. The Cold War is continuing in ways that should have
ended, long ago.
In psychological warfare, lies are not things to be resolved.
Lies are things to disorganize -- they are weapons.
It will take some work, and some force, to get rid of fictions
that are making the world far worse than it has to be.
It is worth noting how strange the situation is. How is it
that programs so flawed continue to be supported? Once that becomes
widely understood, many things will atart to right themselves.
Costs and benefits have been reversed - - and many
patterns, understandable before the Cold War ended, have become
cancerous.
mazza9
- 01:01pm Feb 21, 2002 EST (#11698
of 11701) Louis Mazza
lchic:
How interesting. You call me a bully who behaves in a NAZI
manner. My! My! If you can't discourse in a civilized manner, then
name call. Exactly the type of diplomatic behavior you eschew.
RShow55 was banned. Scott Armel knew what he was doing. Scott's
departure gave RShow55 an opening to reacquire this chat room for
his own use. You can't rewrite history to suit your needs. Many of
your posts address the issue of lies and their effect on decisions.
Think about it!
LouMazza
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