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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 - 07:46pm Sep 29, 2002 EST (# 4651 of 4676)
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.

Well, if gisterme is Condoleezza Rice , or if Ann Coulter has posted extensively on this thread - - the connection between high level republicans, close to the president, and this thread would be clear.

Wouldn't be hard to find those things out, if anybody with some rank cared much.

And a lot of discussions (in gisterme's case, 700 postings, most clearly connected to missile defense) would be clear.

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rshow55 7/17/02 7:55pm

A lot connected to what I said in MD2765-2766 rshow55 6/29/02 7:59am> can be checked in many ways - - involving things said on this thread, and involving other checkable things, as well.

With some fact checking -- there's enough detail, I believe, to make a case in court - in the US, or elsewhere. I believe that it would be in the national interest (as well as my own) for me to pursue things that far. I shouldn't have to.

Getting to the truth, and honoring committments, is quite often the most efficient, most stable, as well as the most satisfying thing to do - - for all concerned. Especially when people, both in the US and outside it - - are watching. As they may be in the case of this thread - which has been so active since September 2000.

There's a lot at stake. And this thread is complete enough, and has enough checkable bits, that it would work very well as pretrial discovery.

rshow55 - 07:51pm Sep 29, 2002 EST (# 4652 of 4676)
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.

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