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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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lchic - 04:18pm Jul 9, 2003 EST (# 12919 of 12923)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Africa http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3052918.stm

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The world's poor fall further behind

http://www.guardian.co.uk/famine/story/0,12128,994506,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/0,7722,362455,00.html

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A response to 'poverty' is contained in a talk by South-Af Opposition leader who looks for an increased role by the UN, World bank, and International Trade to 'pro-actively work' to improve the lot of the world's poorest countries.

rshow55 - 08:27pm Jul 9, 2003 EST (# 12920 of 12923)
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.

To solve some of the world's most basic problems - and make it possible for the world's poorest countries to catch up - we need to get much more available and secure sources of energy.

And a way to support the UN .

That takes action - more than just talk. Intellectuals, if they only function as intellectuals, can only discuss getting things done. To actually act takes power, organization.

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