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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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gisterme - 02:03pm Oct 16, 2002 EST (# 4944 of 4974)

lchic 10/16/02 1:50pm

lchic - No doubt the remarkable turnout of "yes to Saddam" votes is the result of the common folks in Iraq wanting to keep their heads attached to their bodies.

lchic - 02:09pm Oct 16, 2002 EST (# 4945 of 4974)
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Time to go back to first principles with the ME issues :

If Israel owes Palestine 'the rent' it should be paid

If the perverted-Islamic onslaught is really about the subjugation of women then 'fact' could enter in

W W W W W | of HOW
USA become the supposed 'enemy'
- should be determined
Seems something is going very wrong and off course!

lchic - 02:30pm Oct 16, 2002 EST (# 4946 of 4974)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

The thumb print required in Iraq election would be a unique give-away.

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X Mayor of NY has become a world consultant for reducing city crime - out working for Mexico City.

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Bali - the WTC form (exactly) is being used for that emergency - includes questions re a person's distance from the same when the event happened last weekend.

Need for a generic form to be developed for iternational incidents.

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This and next are interesting posts Showalter rshow55 10/16/02 8:35am it seems the First Family are super sensitive re Grandpa's lucrative Business links with Hitler's Germany!

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Any comment on the Chicago Philosopher I turned up .... she has thoughts in line with comments on the MD thread (this and previous).

Seems the numbers - out there - are actually PEOPLE, individuals, living breathing, thinking, humans .... pity that Nuclear Strategic Policy Makers won't conceed that the world is made up of real folk.

lchic - 02:35pm Oct 16, 2002 EST (# 4947 of 4974)
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Dots to truth keep building

Bali - USA workers were also taking R&R in
Bali ...
that there was to be an attack,
specifically there,
is seen to be an 'unknown' factor.

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