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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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lchic - 08:52pm Mar 8, 2003 EST (# 9680 of 9693)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/

lchic - 08:54pm Mar 8, 2003 EST (# 9681 of 9693)
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GU | UK nuclear evidence a fake

UK: British intelligence claims that Saddam Hussein has been trying to import uranium for a nuclear bomb are unfounded, according to UN nuclear inspectors in Iraq.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,910113,00.html

lchic - 08:58pm Mar 8, 2003 EST (# 9682 of 9693)
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"Close scrutiny and cross-checking of the documents, the letterheads on them, the signatures on them, led us to conclude with quite absolute certainty that the documents were false," an IAEA official said.

"They were fabricated," said another IAEA official.

The fabrication was transparently obvious and quickly established, the sources added, suggesting that British intelligence was either easily hoodwinked or a knowing party to the deceit.

lchic - 09:08pm Mar 8, 2003 EST (# 9683 of 9693)
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The NYT photograph of a very small-lonely decision making Bush confirmed suspicions that next to the Giddion Bible on his bedside table lay the complete works of Swift | A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT

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gisterme - 10:23pm Mar 8, 2003 EST (# 9684 of 9693)

rshow55 - 04:43pm Mar 7, 2003 EST (# 9595 of ...) http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.xjvqa7bc5at.822591@.f28e622/11135

"...The United States is being criticized by people all over the world for being forceful - but the questions "what would Saddam do to us if he could?" and "what would the Arabs do to us if they could?" are very good questions..."

Not to criticize, Robert; but the second question, in my view, casts to wide a net. It's true that Saddam is an Arab; but all Arabs do not support him nor do they hate the US and UK.

I don't think Arabs have any particular dislike for us just because they're Arabs. The truth of that statement is evidenced by the fact that nearly all coalition forward bases are in freindly Arab states. Those Arab states wouldn't allow that unless thir dislike for Saddam and what he stands were much greater than any dislike they may have for us.

gisterme - 10:53pm Mar 8, 2003 EST (# 9685 of 9693)

almarst2003 - 05:15pm Mar 7, 2003 EST (# 9599 of ...)

"The "golden rule"? Are you serious? How many people US military killed, nations destroyed, dictatorships established and supported since WWII? How many Americans where harmed by those nations? Do we live on the same planet?"

Robert and I do, almarst.

In case you hadn't noticed, the Cold War was a titanic battle between Soviet Imperialism and a Western policy of containment. Regrettably, as in any war, some innocents were caught in the middle. However, now that it's over, the world is a better place.

You're quite consistant in your failure to mention that all those cases of the Westen alliance supporting "dictators" occured within the context of prevention of Soviet sponsored "revolutions" which would have established communist dictatorships in those same places, similar to the one that still extists in Cuba.

The Soveits were successful in Cuba and Cuba still suffers. Where are all those Western-sponsored dictatorships now that Soviet imperialism is no longer a threat? Would you care to make a list? Of course not. Most have disappeared because the conditions that made them temporarily necessary no longer exist.

As a matter of fact, wouldn't you agree that the nations of Eastern Europe are much better of now that the communist dictatorships installed by Stalin have been disestablished? If you can't agree with that I'd have to ask, "What planet are you from almarst?"

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