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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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bbbuck - 08:49pm Nov 21, 2002 EST (# 6102 of 6135)
"I know I have an expiration date. I just want it to be way in the future. Like a cheeto" - B

ahahahahaha.
huh?
I was judging your taunting style partner.
But you appear to have the right forum.
Please continue.
Ideological view? I think you lost me on that one.

wordspayy - 08:51pm Nov 21, 2002 EST (# 6103 of 6135)

My ideological view does not fall within the pattern that you and your fellow plebes on this forum understand.It has nothing to do with right,left,middle, or whatever else they want to call it.. The world is viewed as a system.

bbbuck - 08:55pm Nov 21, 2002 EST (# 6104 of 6135)
"I know I have an expiration date. I just want it to be way in the future. Like a cheeto" - B

I have not expressed my ideological views on this forum.
And I'm not sure I care about yours. uhhhh wait a minute, yes I think I am sure, I don't care about your ideological views.

wordspayy - 08:57pm Nov 21, 2002 EST (# 6105 of 6135)

bbbuck - 08:55pm Nov 21, 2002 EST (# 6104 of 6104

If you did not care about my ideological viewes you would not press me or others on posting on the Bush administrations forum now would you plebe..

No you would not..

Yet another lie on your part..

Stick around kid, you might learn a few things..

rshow55 - 09:03pm Nov 21, 2002 EST (# 6106 of 6135)
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.

From #323 on in Psychwarfare, Casablanca, and terror .. makes intersting reading. http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/346

#323 starts with this:

For a little while I've been distributing a sheet to a few key people that reads as follows:

Here is a copy of a CD -- “Missile Defense - New York Times on the Web - Science Forum rshowalt 7/19/02 8:16am - by distinguished anonymous posters and M. Robert Showalter.” Some of the anonymous posters are very distinguished - by their writing, and by their role - as “stand-ins” for the Bush administration, and for Vladimir Putin, of Russia. I believe that:

. this project and work closely related to it now represents a sunk cost to the New York Times of more than $100,000 ; .

. the work involves major efforts by the Guardian-Observer of London; .

. the work represents a probable cost to U.S. and Russian government staffs of more than a million dollars; .

. for an extended time this forum has probably been (or has prototyped) the largest bandwidth, clearest line of political-military communication that has ever existed between the U.S. and Russia.

I believe that these things are very probably true - insofar as I'm able to find out from my postion. There's reason to believe that some capable, placed people believe it. Related matters can be checked, in ways described in . . . rshow55 9/26/02 4:15pm . . the situation is awkward, but I'm handling it as responsibly as I can, keeping promises I made to Bill Casey, and acting, to the best of my knowledge and judgement, in the real interest of both the United States and the world.

The postings of "the poster" - just lately - tend to reinforce my belief that reading from #323 on would make sense to Russian staffs. And staffs of countries who care about NATO.

We're living in a dangerous time - a terrifying time - - and for good results from what is also a hopeful time - we need some things checked.

President Putin could serve his own country, and the world, by asking for some checking.

If Russia has a staff reading this - the responses of "the poster" just lately should reinforce that view.

wordspayy - 09:07pm Nov 21, 2002 EST (# 6107 of 6135)

rshow55 - 09:03pm Nov 21, 2002 EST (# 6106 of 6106)

You stupid puck at one point in time you thought my posts were from Bill Clinton you dimwit!!

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