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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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cantabb - 02:08am Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17219 of 17221)

rshow55 - 07:28pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17188 of 17213)

cantabb: and (iv) Did he ask them to mediate with a shivering in its shoes NYT ? Would be good if they could . . . . ..

rshow: I didn't get that far. But you make an interesting suggestion - and maybe a useful one. But why should it be so hard - and take such a big threat - to get a clear agreement from the NYT that…. –

True, difficult to talk to those already so scared of you to be, as I said, shivering in their shoes. “Pusil” ?

I'm doing exactly what Eisenhower and Casey asked me to do.

And, what did they ask you to do ? “Come through NYT” ? And you did that ! Wow.

What loyalty !

almarst2003 - 07:29pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17189 of 17216)

BAGHDAD, Nov. 10 -- Iraqis marched in anger through the streets here Monday after....

almarst2003 - 07:37pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17191 of 17216)

Officials say the US is frustrated by its hand-picked council members, who they say have....

almarst2003 - 07:41pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17192 of 17216)

Addressing his colleagues on Oct. 17, Byrd had outdone himself rhetorically -...

almarst2003 - 07:48pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17193 of 17216)

Of all the president’s advisers, Cheney has consistently taken the most dire view of the terrorist threat....

almarst2003 - 07:50pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17194 of 17216)

WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE INTENTIONS... DON'T GET ME WRONG....

almarst2003 - 08:05pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17200 of 17216)

The Brits created all those worthy sheikhdoms in the Gulf. Kuwait was our doing;…. WELL, DIDN'T WE DO THE SAME IN LATIN AMERICA? AND SEE MOM - NO TERRORRISTS ... YET.

almarst2003 - 08:09pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17202 of 17216)

And Jesus said to the disciples, "Whenever you feel threatened, hunt thine enemies down one by one and destroy them." -

almarst2003 - 08:30pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17206 of 17216)

For wars, brand loyalty is crucial. …

almarst2003 - 08:44pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17209 of 17216)

The report by the London-based Control Risks Group said the number of countries likely to pose a medium security risk to ……THAT'S THE REAL AND THE ONLY MESURE OF A WORLD'S SECURITY THE LONDON CITY AND THE WALL STREET CARE ABOUT.

Thank you for the links, “Mr. Putin” or his stand-in ! Didn't know we needed yet another link-machine.

almarst2003 - 08:37pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17207 of 17216)

"where lies truth " It depends on a definition of "otherwise intelligent people"

It seems to lie in the eye of the beholder. Once you know what “intelligent people” are and look like.

Many consider the right calculation of a "Bottom Line" to the the "Top of intelligence".

And, your “bottom line” may not be someone’s else’s bottom line.

rshow55 - 07:51pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17195 of 17216)

Maybe some headway has been made: Mission Statements: 15134-5 You mean the one you have “been asked to do.”

What’s that “some headway”? Getting this thread shut down ? On that, I agree “some headway has been made.”

bluestar23 - 08:01pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17197 of 17216)

rshow55: "Lchic and I have intended for this thread to be, (or prototype) the largest bandwidth, clearest line of political-military communication that has ever existed between the US and Russia."

bluestar: "Clearest line" just might be picking up White House phone and dialling up mr. Putin...? Where has vital nation-to-nation communication been managed by Internet TalkBoards..?

“Lchic and I [rshow] have intended for this thread to be”:

Really ? Arrogating the responsibility (for this NYT thread) to yourselves [rshow/lchic] ? What Chutzpah !

What you have turned it into is a big tank (Corpus) of slop, which will be dumped out soon, as you pass out its CDs.

cantabb - 02:18am Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17220 of 17221)

lchic - 08:26pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17204 of 17216)

Raises the question as to what is 'intelligence' do individuals have a 'peace quotient' of intelligence a 'common sense quotient' a 'wisdom quotient'

lchic - 08:47pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17210 of 17216)

the risk is 'a head - the heads' within a nation peace is peaceful mindset peaceful mindset has vision, direction, future with dreaming

Meaning what ? Just words you hollowed out.

fredmoore - 11:35pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17215 of 17216)

Come on Barntabb you only have 4 days left to FISK us up to 20,000 posts. Snap to it! No good coming here to relax.

That was a challenge to lchic/rshow link machines. Didn’t you get that in your veld-schoolyard-cum-barnyard? Don't you see their hard work on the thread (joined now by almarst) ? In another 150 or so todasy, lchic had 65 (and I'm not including rshow & almarst), compared to my 35. Wake up you can help too -- throw something from your barnyard/schoolyard, the end is nigh.... …

Will we be having KFC at the picnic? I'm sure kiki would enjoy that. How do Komodos go on barbecues? Ooops ... I mean AT barbecues.

Will you be bringing “muster” or “mustard” ? [Referring to your another linguistic problem, in ‘Science in the News’. To refresh your memory, see the links I gave earlier to that].

“Who made Letterman and Leno the demigogues of truth in an increasingly complex world. Neither they nor their script writers could cut the muster if they were in charge of the NYT today.” http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?1@13.aekHbS9oXfP.2655505@.f2e4e35/1658 and the following posts for comments on ‘muster’ & ‘demigogues’.

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