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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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mazza9 - 11:05am Sep 17, 2002 EST (# 4355 of 4365)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

lchic:...21 countries bombed. And what is your point? When Iraq invaded Kuwait, a sovereign country which was a member of the United Nations, what would you have done? When the Kosovo/Bosnia/ex Yugoslavia situation spiralled out of control what would you have done?

We know that there are madmen in the world. When the soot from the buring oil fields of Kuwait were polluting the atmosphere from the Middle East to Australia didn't that give you a hint as to the mindset of Saddam? The inspectors should go back into Iraq with a Preatorian Guard of US and British Marines along with anyone else who wants to rid the Earth of Saddam and his ilk. Isn';t strange that Tariq Azziz will speak of Iraq's need for respect of its soverienty when the reason for this action was there total lack of respect for another country's sovereignty?

I don't think we want to be led around by the nose as the UN was during the 92-98 time period before the inspectors were "thrown out". Lennon's song says, "Just give peace a chance", well get rid of Saddam and you accomplish just that. First Saddam then we talk real politik at the UN and have the rest of the bad guys on the run too.

rshow55 - 04:30pm Sep 17, 2002 EST (# 4356 of 4365)
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.

Japan and North Korea Reach Agreement on Relations By HOWARD W. FRENCH http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/17/international/17CND-KORE.html

"Kim Jong Il, said he would observe an open-ended moratorium on the testing of ballistic weapons. The self-imposed moratorium was to have ended next year.

"Mr. Kim also asked the visiting Japanese prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, to convey a message to the Bush administration that his government's "door is open for dialogue."

wrcooper - 06:46pm Sep 17, 2002 EST (# 4357 of 4365)

I've put rshow55 and lchic on my "Ignore Posts list." Ah, that feels so refreshing.

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Now, anybody want to discuss missile defense?

rshow55 - 08:19pm Sep 17, 2002 EST (# 4358 of 4365)
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.

Japan and North Korea Reach Agreement on Relations By HOWARD W. FRENCH http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/17/international/17CND-KORE.html

"Kim Jong Il, said he would observe an open-ended moratorium on the testing of ballistic weapons. The self-imposed moratorium was to have ended next year.

"Mr. Kim also asked the visiting Japanese prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, to convey a message to the Bush administration that his government's "door is open for dialogue."

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