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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 08:41pm May 7, 2001 EST (#3481 of 3486)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Look, if the past were clear, and the lies stripped away, some healing might be done, and all might be forgiven ---- maybe.

But the situation has to be clear -- the past has too much to do with the future -- and there are now so many lies in place that stable relationships can't be set up until a more truthful set of records is in place -- so that nation states that have to negotiate peace and cooperation are "reading from the same page."

Things should have been clarified in 1991 -- the Russians really haven't known what hit them -- and it has been a disaster.

rshowalter - 08:42pm May 7, 2001 EST (#3482 of 3486)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A guy pretty well connected with Russia, whose done some posting on this thread, cares a lot.

possumdag - 08:43pm May 7, 2001 EST (#3483 of 3486)
Possumdag@excite.com

It took 45 years to 'let go' suggesting they may have been very traumatised by WWII.

With the crash of USSR in 1990, so too a crash of funding and education scholarships to many people of the 3rd world who looked to USSR to assist their education and professional development.

possumdag - 08:45pm May 7, 2001 EST (#3484 of 3486)
Possumdag@excite.com

The USA didn't seem to be a big hit in Latin America .. siding with the Far Right Political Wing --- when the democratic population were electing to oust corruption and move forward.

possumdag - 08:46pm May 7, 2001 EST (#3485 of 3486)
Possumdag@excite.com

.. out with the personal trainer .. catch you guys later :)

rshowalter - 09:03pm May 7, 2001 EST (#3486 of 3486)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

I'm off, too. Sorry for all the links -- but a lot of discourse came to focus -- and it seems to me that the basic concerns that need to be adressed for a much more stable peace, and for nuclear disarmament can be adressed -- cleaner, more surely, and sooner, than missile defense could ever do.

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