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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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almarst2003 - 09:00pm Mar 14, 2003 EST (# 9963 of 9979)

gisterme - 06:43pm Mar 14, 2003 EST (# 9944 of 9961) - War Scenario.

If you would consult the Holliwood, they could provide you with a much more realistic one based on a Rambo or Bond story.

You may ultimatly be right. Or totaly wrong.

For example, after the disasterous compain against tiny Finland, the Soviet army was written-off as a serious force by Wermacht.

What I am really concern of is that we even can't contemplate the worst case scenario, during and even more importantly, after the war.

You just took a chance to fall into the category of a complete ignorant and arrogant fool, Gisterme. Unfortunatly, you will be saved from solitude.

almarst2003 - 09:04pm Mar 14, 2003 EST (# 9964 of 9979)

On Saddam.

Is anyone here to assume that death of Stalin could bring the victory to Germans?

BTW. Why to go to war if there is no Saddam?

rshow55 - 09:10pm Mar 14, 2003 EST (# 9965 of 9979)
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.

No reason at all to go to war if there is no Saddam.

That ought to be clear - clear enough to make the matter worth checking.

There would be reason to insist that some messes be cleaned up. That should be doable, in a clean way - quickly enough, but without undue haste - through the United Nations.

It would be a wonderful turn of events if Saddam was dead - people knew it - and they took advantage of the possibilities built into that fact.

almarst2003 - 09:14pm Mar 14, 2003 EST (# 9966 of 9979)

"The Turkish government has been far worse to the Kurds than Saddam has," http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/14/opinion/14KRIS.html

There is no limit to what US is willing to sucrifice to promote the freedom and democracy:(

almarst2003 - 09:21pm Mar 14, 2003 EST (# 9967 of 9979)

US military says to use depleted uranium in Iraq http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2003/03/14/rtr907802.html

I am sure any freedom-loving nation should gladly accept huge increase in a several generations children's leukomia cases for their freedom:(

rshow55 - 09:22pm Mar 14, 2003 EST (# 9968 of 9979)
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.

Almarst , your "city dweller" posting from March 2001 was a very good one:

http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md00100s/MD949.HTM

( http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md00100s/MD946.HTM shows that I've been trying to make some points for a while, myself. Including points about deterrance, and Berle's laws of power. )

Just a thought about what a happy ending might be, if leaders (not mere posters such as you and I) actually chose to take a stand: http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/283

A point about Godel's Proof - and general thoughts about what a person cannot do -- are related to that, and in the following postings:

http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md01000s/md1761_1766.htm

http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md9000s/md9601.htm

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