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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?

almarst-2001 - 12:55am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5315 of 5339)

gisterme 6/15/01 12:44pm

gisterme:

"rshowalter wrote: "...I think the stakes involved on nuclear weapons issues are AS HIGH AS THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE..."

Couldn't agree more, Robert. I think the same."

One can recall that nuclear weapons where percieved in US as an ultimate guarantor of invencibility and domination. It was designed to eliminate any hope in war against US. Thus, eliminating the chance of war and the NEED of war by the US. Who would even contemplate fighting or resisting the nation armed with such a wearpon?

Should I remind you How long such an illusion stayed and in WHAT KIND OF THE WORLD resulted? Aren't we eager to pay dearly to ELIMINATE this spreading danger?

Now, the SAME ROLE is assumed to NMD! Coupled with militarisation of Space and overhelming US Conventional Forces spread all over the places and ready to strike anytime anywere on Earth. Smartly and Humanitarily, for sure;)

I only wonder, How dearly will we all pay for this one, trying to turn the clock back and eliminate the results of this "achievement"?

lunarchick - 01:18am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5316 of 5339)
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:)

almarst-2001 - 01:25am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5317 of 5339)

gisterme 6/15/01 5:56pm

"Under the MAD paradigm the risk of keeping strategic nuclear weapons MUST be assumed to be less than the risk of NOT keeping them. To me that doesn't make much more sense than the overall MAD concept in this post cold-war/empire era, but there it is. "

Tell it to all nations bombed, sunctioned and treatened by US in the last 10 years. Their "risk asessement" might be quite different.

For as long as US will be percieved as a military tread, the agressor ready to bomb the independent non-aggresive nations even against the rules of International Law and UN for no other reason but some obscurely defined "national interests" or even more bisarely and shamefuly visible double-standard "humanitarian" concerns or attempts to establish "US-Friendly" or "Western-Oriented" or "Business-Friendly" or "Open and Democratic" Government and society.

How could the parents of 97 Serbian children believe it? Or parents of half a million Iraqi children believe it?

What kind of redemption and assurance can US provide to change this?

lunarchick - 01:26am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5318 of 5339)
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+ Proverbs29:2

lunarchick - 01:40am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5319 of 5339)
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MAD is Mad

lunarchick - 01:45am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5320 of 5339)
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Alex said

For as long as US will be percieved as a military tread, the agressor ready to bomb the independent non-aggresive nations even against the rules of International Law and UN for no other reason but some obscurely defined "national interests" or even more bisarely and shamefuly visible double-standard "humanitarian" concerns or attempts to establish "US-Friendly" or "Western-Oriented" or "Business-Friendly" or "Open and Democratic" Government and society.

almarst-2001 - 01:47am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5321 of 5339)

lunarchick 6/15/01 8:17pm

"the missiles are UNSTABLE, that they need to COME DOWN, that the COLD WAR will only actually CLOSE when they do."

The Cold War started without missiles. And it may end only when there is NO MORE INTEREST in one.

Today, the CIA-Pentagon-Defence industry and some other parties interested in promoting their interests under the bunners I have listed above, seems to be convinced their "golden opportunity" of rulling the Glob have arrived. The Cold War or the Hot War - does not matter.

lunarchick - 01:51am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5322 of 5339)
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Others perceive that the

USA is a threat to world peace

There is a real worry to the world here.

The USA has to move back to training the military to act as a peace force, on the ground, with the people.

Rather than, take decisions

'to bomb everybody eles in the world at the drop of a hat'

lunarchick - 01:57am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5323 of 5339)
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Alex says

Today, the CIA-Pentagon-Defence industry and some other parties interested in promoting their interests under the banners I have listed above, seems to be convinced their "golden opportunity" of ruling the Globe have arrived. The Cold War or the Hot War - does not matter.

lunarchick - 02:00am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5324 of 5339)
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What do the 100,000 USA people stationed in Europe do at the moment ... just curious here .. presumably if the USA spends massive amounts on defence it is necessary to employ and deploy people.

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