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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 - 11:03am Nov 10, 2002 EST (# 5575 of 5575)
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.

Leaders have to explain themselves - and deal with their fields of responsibility - and Hussien seems to understand something about that:

Iraq Parliament to Discuss U.N. Plan By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-UN.html

"CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Sunday called an emergency session of parliament to consider the U.N. resolution to disarm, while Arab ministers indicated he was ready to accept the document. . . .

Here are some basic, universal relationships that we need to take into account -- and that make our opportunities clear. 666 rshow55 3/18/02 11:13am

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