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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 - 06:18am Jun 8, 2003 EST (# 12394 of 12397)
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.

If the staffed organizations of nation states were to read these summaries of my work on this thread from its beginning, with a "willing suspension of disbelief" about my involvement with Eisenhower, from 1967, they might have more weight - though the arguments wouldn't change all - and the extent of the work, by lchic , the NYT, and other posters would not change at all.

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I'd like a chance to brief someone in Vladimir Putin's government - on the record, face to face - and respond to specific questions related in this "briefing." I should be able to do so, and do similar things, without violating any reasonable security laws at all. The "briefing" below might serve as a sample of my work product, and the subjects I'd like to discuss.

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I set out to do jobs where my own power would be limited - in some ways, nonexistent. But the assumption was that I would be able to communicate effectively with power.

And I was encouraged to do things. I was assigned projects. Every single thing I was assigned to do required some essential support from a nation state in two ways.

First of all, they all involved such complex cooperation that they were fragile - they could be stopped with "a few well placed phone calls."

Secondly, they all involved such complex cooperation that occasionally, the idea that the government wanted the work done had to be conveyed.

I have been working very hard to present technical proposals to the US government - so that I can hope to get the essential support described above. I've been rebuffed. It is reasonable - submitting to censorship on issues that are reasonably classified - for me to ask for assistance from firms with connections with other nation states - including Germany and France. I need to be able to work. The nation owes me that, at least.

Some may argue - I believe that some on the New York Times have argued in internal discussions - "nobody owes Robert Showalter anything at all - he's crazy ."

Crazy about what?

Wrong about what?

Irresponsible about what?

Posting I did on Psychwarfare, Casablanca -- and terror on Sept 26, 2000 may be an interesting reference,

http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/0 (up to 27)

in light of my discussion with "becq" on this board of Sept 25, 2000 - especially #304, where I ask for a hearing (9003 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.nbEgbMqUdgK.865181@.f28e622/10530 links to that sequence - the request is shown at http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md00100s/md300.htm .

My source of tactical, strategic, and disarmament talk information about the relations between the US and Russia was mainly Dwight D. Eisenhower - with some inputs from William J. Casey as well.

robkettenburg03 - 06:35am Jun 8, 2003 EST (# 12395 of 12397)

SADDAM LEAD GUERRILLA MOVEMENT GATHERING STEAM IN IRAQ - http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/93/375/10210_saddam.html

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