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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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almarst2002 - 10:29pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6404 of 6423)

"...the real reason the administration wants to pursue missile defense is not so much to protect America per se (although that is largely how advocates couch their argument and rationale), but to protect U.S. forces so they can engage in military intervention around the world. Such thinking is not set forth in the new national security strategy. But it is explicit in the blueprint for the new strategy: "Rebuilding America's Defenses," a report by The Project of the New American Century published in September 2000 and whose many contributors include people in key policy positions in the Bush administration, including Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. It calls for the development and deployment of global missile defenses "to provide a secure basis for U.S. power projection around the world." - http://www.ocregister.com/commentary/warliberty/#pena

A SECURE BASIS FOR US POWER PROJECTION AROUND THE WORLD!

almarst2002 - 10:35pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6405 of 6423)

Fourth-Generation Nuclear Weapons - http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd67/67op1.htm

almarst2002 - 10:36pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6406 of 6423)

Return of the Iran-Contra brigade - http://observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,856095,00.html

bbbuck - 10:42pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6407 of 6423)
"You can't eat this, it's people, it's people"-B....."What about the cherry pie?"

Don't you just love the way almist2002 'bolds' all his posts.
And now he's capitalizing everything too.
You're at the right place partner.

bbback - out.

almarst2002 - 10:42pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6408 of 6423)

In retaliation for the terror attacks on Sept. 11, George W. Bush is vowing to strike at a shadowy network of international terrorists reaching into 60 countries. He has called this coming war a “crusade” and has led his friends to believe that he views his new duty as a mission from God. - http://www.consortiumnews.com/2001/092501a.html

almarst2002 - 10:44pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6409 of 6423)

bbback,

When you have nothing to say, SAY NOTHING.

almarst2002 - 10:47pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6410 of 6423)

HBO Recycling Gulf War Hoax? - http://www.fair.org/activism/hbo-gulf-hoax.html

bbbuck - 10:47pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6411 of 6423)
"You can't eat this, it's people, it's people"-B....."What about the cherry pie?"

Did he get his mission statement from the 'Blues Brothers' movie?
huh?

almarst2002 - 10:49pm Dec 9, 2002 EST (# 6412 of 6423)

bbback - out?

Did you lost your sence of direction?

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