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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?

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lunarchick - 12:06am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5641 of 5676)
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Starting with the Greeks ... ?

lunarchick - 12:13am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5642 of 5676)
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Hope

lunarchick - 12:18am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5643 of 5676)
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hear

Wonder how Vermeer's 'Peace' might have sounded had he painted it.

lunarchick - 12:22am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5644 of 5676)
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Putin threat The Times and the Telegraph both lead with the story that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has threatened to tear up decades of arms control treaties if the US president, George Bush, does not halt his missile shield programme. Mr Putin said he would reinforce Russia's "capability" with multiple warheads if a deal could not be worked out with Washington. A Times editorial describes Mr Putin's strategy of wooing the American press after his meeting with Mr Bush as "nimble" and adds: "it harks back to the old Soviet dream of the two superpowers doing deals above the heads of the rest of Europe". The paper says it is something Mr Bush might entertain after his cool reception in Gothenburg last week. (Gu TheWrap)

lunarchick - 12:24am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5645 of 5676)
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You and me against the world senario ... Bwsh/Putin versus the rest .. are 'The Times' (London) editors reading too far into the future .. they say Bwsh won't make a second term.

lunarchick - 01:02am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5646 of 5676)
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http://www.junkscience.com/

~ Bwsh/Putin/Politeness http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,27698,00.html WASHINGTON — Sen. Jesse Helms, senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized President Bush Wednesday for "an excessively personal endorsement" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At a hearing on Bush's trip last week to Europe, Helms said he was "raising my eyebrows" over Bush's assertion that Putin was "trustworthy," "a remarkable leader" and a man with whom "we share common values."

lunarchick - 01:19am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5647 of 5676)
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Alex said: "He who lives by the sword dies by the sword"

Mt 26:52 "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

- an ancient concept

ndpnyt - 01:41am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5648 of 5676)

Why is this forum on the ABM issue listed under the "Science" heading? I don't see how science - as that word is usually used - is involved here. I can see why the editors might put it under "Technology" (which was in fact one of the places I looked for it) but that would be a mistake too. It really belongs under "International Relations".

I suppose this is a question for the editors but I think it's important because some readers with something to say about this subject may have been unable to find this forum due to this "misfiling" error. I first found it via the link in Patrick Tyler's article on the Putin interview in the 6-19 NYT, but I had a devil of a time finding it again this evening.

Who is the host of this forum and how can I get hold of him?

dirac_10 - 02:18am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5649 of 5676)

almarst-2001 - 11:48pm Jun 20, 2001 EST (#5638 of 5648)

I think you never knew "what started that whole thing."

It was the racial politics. Been there and done that.

That was why virtually all of Europe and Western Civilization rose up as one to stamp it out.

dirac_10 - 02:20am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5650 of 5676)

ndpnyt - 01:41am Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5648 of 5649)

Why is this forum on the ABM issue listed under the "Science" heading

It's probably a vain hope that someone that claims that it won't work might possibly have a scientific reason.

Absurd, I know.

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