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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

lunarchick - 07:15pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2925 of 2936)
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Cambodia: the photographer who took the pictures of the thousands put to death was speaking on radio yesterday. He was sent as a child to China, later returning with photographic skills then posted to take photographs of those to be killed. A terrible abuse of a population using fear, torture, and killing of innocents.

A reminder that people in power MUST be brought into line by a national population and not given free reign .. absolute power corrupts ... absolutely.

Radio is a wonderful medium.

lunarchick - 07:19pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2926 of 2936)
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Bush statement on missile Star Wars

lunarchick - 07:21pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2927 of 2936)
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"""We must move beyond the constraints of the 30-year-old ABM treaty," the president said.

lunarchick - 07:25pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2928 of 2936)
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Were Eurasia to bond as a response to the BwshCrazyStarWar concept, the world balance of power would shift away from Washington. The USA's world superpower dominance would be eroded. Chances are Bwsh is re-designing the world to the point where ye olde USA will be largely written off as a Whacko!

lunarchick - 07:30pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2929 of 2936)
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Some current Guardian talk thread links on USA:

~ http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?13@@.ee827e9/0 http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?13@@.ee82610/0 http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?13@@.ee827f2/0

lunarchick - 07:36pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2930 of 2936)
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Moonwalking - back later ...

loopy370 - 07:40pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2931 of 2936)

I agree with Bush. The US needs to be prepared to defend itself and its allies against nuclear attack. The ABM treaty is outdated. A new agreement must be made.

lunarchick - 07:45pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2932 of 2936)
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"Look, your worship,'' said Sancho. "What we see there are not giants but windmills, and what seem to be their arms are the vanes that turned by the wind make the millstone go."

"It is easy to see," replied Don Quixote, "that you are not used to this business of adventures. Those are giants, and if you are afraid, away with you out of here and betake yourself to prayer, while I engage them in fierce and unequal combat."

So saying, he gave the spur to his steed Rocinante, heedless of the cries his squire Sancho sent after him, warning him that most certainly they were windmills and not giants he was going to attack. He, however, was so positive they were giants that he neither heard the cries of Sancho, nor perceived, near as he was, what they were.

"Fly not, cowards and vile beings," he shouted, "for a single knight attacks you."

A slight breeze at this moment sprang up, and the great vanes began to move.

gbella - 08:01pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2933 of 2936)

And so the US goes on record in establishing its leadership role in the world. Perhaps this what Bush Senior had in mind when he called for a "New World Order"

penny923 - 08:35pm May 1, 2001 EST (#2934 of 2936)

More money for the defense industry and business in general. What a waste! President Eisenhower was correct in his warning to America over 40 years ago:"Beware of the military-industrial establishment!" And this from a former general & Republican president. Dubya is playing to business interests with taxpayer money for a defense system("star wars") we don't need.

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