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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
- 07:54pm Sep 27, 2002 EST (#
4601 of 4617) "Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic
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"That's nonsense - a big lie. The Bush Administration, far
too often, stands against liberty."
Robert, you are entitled to your opinion but I think that
you are wrong. It appears that your observations of the world
are so colored that you wouldn't know a threat if it crawled
up your behind! Answer this question. In the last 20 years,
can you name the country that employed chemical weapons in
wartime although they were a signatory to the Geneva
Conventions which banned their use??
Hint. The country's name is four letters long and begins
with I and ends in Q. Need anymore help you doofus?
rshow55
- 07:55pm Sep 27, 2002 EST (#
4602 of 4617)
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.
4430 rshow55
9/19/02 9:39pm asked:
Is it possible that the Bush administration
is setting up a war in order to win an election
where, without the war , they'd have to talk about things
like Enron ? People should check.
In The New Jersey Ethicist , BILL KELLER asked for
some checking, and pointed out an obvious outrage :
" Allow me to quote my favorite moral
philosopher, Karl Rove. Remember what he told Republican
candidates back in June? "Focus on war." (O.K., he's no
troubadour, but the man gets to the point.) D'you think he
meant, "Let's all focus on the war and have a moment of
silence and feel blue?" Of course not, knucklehead, he
meant, "Take the war, and run the wussy Democrats into the
ground with it."
Some responsible politicians, of both parties, ought to be
asking careful questions. Leaders of other nation states
should be asking them too. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/21/opinion/21KELL.html
Now, some checking has been done, some obvious things have
become too blatant to ignore - - and very responsible,
careful people are prepared to say so.
Defend the Country, Not the Party http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/opinion/27GEPH.html
President Bush has decided to play politics
with the safety and security of the American people.
Links to CIA and my security problems, this thread:
3774-3779 rshow55
8/17/02 5:58pm
In my view, the Bush administration, on some key points, is
way over the line -- as a practical and moral matter,
committing treason.
I'd be glad for a chance to discuss that, publicly, with
people with rank, using their real names.
Everything that matters could be expained, and explained
clearly - to people who have the sophisication that it takes
to appreciate NASCAR. I don't think these folks like to be
misled, lied to, betrayed any more than anybody else.
mazza9
- 07:58pm Sep 27, 2002 EST (#
4603 of 4617) "Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic
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Or how about this one. Iraq has used chemical weapons,
(oops gave the answer away!)in the past against its enemies.
Al Quida sources have stated that Iraq has given chemcial
weapon information/training to Al Quida terrorists. Can you
connect the Dots...(not the movie candy this time)? Why don't
you go back to your whining about "Bill Casey and the CIA that
done you wrong?"
lchic
- 01:04am Sep 28, 2002 EST (#
4604 of 4617) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
~~~~
There are people - alive over the past twenty years -
suffering the effects of chemical weapons:
http://www.oneworld.net/guides/cbweapons/front.shtml
''After the two bombings of the town, that day, children
and grown up women and men started to vomit blood,'' the
statement said.
It said a number of pregnant women in the affected
region have suffered miscarriages, while cattle, sheep,
goats and birds have been dying in large numbers.
lchic
- 01:24am Sep 28, 2002 EST (#
4605 of 4617) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
~~~~
Clinton was advised - letter April 1997 - that 'Top Brass'
USA forces were against Chemical Weapons ... Colin Powell a
signature.
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