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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?

rshowalter - 04:25pm Jun 26, 2001 EST (#6066 of 6070)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

almarst , I agree -- but the cost, not only to the rest of the world, but the the US, too, for maintaining our agressive posture is prohibitive.

Now, going back and forth, you and I have agreed, on this dry run basis, provisionally, that if other interdependent things were satisfactory we could get rid of nuclear weapons. That's a good start -- because we're laying the logic involved out -- so that it can be focused, and gotten to fit cases for the leaders involved.

But as of now, the Bush administration appears, either by intention or unwittingly, to be moving in precisely the opposite direction.

And this thread is discussing the right things -- because it is misinformation and wrong assumptions that are causing the mistakes to occur (and that's true whether there's fraud and treason involved, as I personally suspect, or whether it is just a "screw up.")

If the US would change its behavior -- in ways that are in its own interest -- we could have real peace.

It wouldn't be difficult - and the US, and the whole world, would be both safer and richer.

rshowalter - 04:28pm Jun 26, 2001 EST (#6067 of 6070)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?11@184.wrb3azikq6b^2591484@.f0ce57b

thanks. I want, very much, to live in a better country, and a better world.

I'd even like a world where I could use my training. I got some very inconvenient and arduous training, as a young man, that I thought would let me solve some problems. And I'd like a chance to solve some.

rshowalter - 04:34pm Jun 26, 2001 EST (#6068 of 6070)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

MD6024 rshowalter 6/25/01 4:52pm ....asked

What have I said that is not in the national interest?

I'D LIKE TO HEAR AN ANSWER THAT CAN STAND THE LIGHT OF DAY .

In light of the dialog since, I'd like to repeat the question.

rshowalter - 04:39pm Jun 26, 2001 EST (#6069 of 6070)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

And I'd like to repeat it in the context of other doubts, raised by a man who definitely cares about the best interests of the United States.

A Memo From Osama By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/26/opinion/26FRIE.html

Looking at the situation as a whole, and trying to weigh the evidence I can see, including my interpretation of gisterme's response, I have to ask:

" "Is missile defense crazy?

Or is it motivated in large part by fraud. - Fraud perhaps amounting to $500-$1000 for each and every American. --

Fraud that can best be described in terms of treason -- that is, gross disloyalty, to the real interests of the United States of America.

rshowalter - 04:41pm Jun 26, 2001 EST (#6070 of 6070)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

By people who've been telling so many lies, on so many subjects, for so long, that the bristle at the idea of being checked.

(Yes, I make mistakes too, sometimes -- and like to get them corrected -- go ahead and check me, too -- but let's look at the importance of the mistakes -- and how much difference the mistakes make -- and how much effort there is to get at the truth.)

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