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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 - 05:36pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6871 of 6882)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

MD6345 rshowalter 6/30/01 4:02pm

Partly in response to Transforming Trust Into Trade By MIKHAIL S. GORBACHEV http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/30/opinion/30GORB.html I've set out things that the Russians could do, and that I think they need to work on, to make trade and economic cooperation between Russian and the US more workable. From MD6229 rshowalter 6/30/01 12:57pm ... to MD 6337 rshowalter 6/30/01 1:53pm I've set out issues, mostly discussed before on this thread, that emphasized Russian shortcomings.

After MD6339 rshowalter 6/30/01 3:05pm ...., I've referenced issues that involve central, essential issues that must be dealt with for any militarily sane b "trust" -- and these posts have emphasized American shortcomings -- shortcomings that Russia, from time to time, may also show.

The problems involved, as they relate to peace, cooperation, and military balances are mutually dependent, and the solutions are mutually dependent as well.

MD6348 rshowalter 6/30/01 5:27pm

The US "military industrial complex" could be fully and productively and profitably engaged, meeting needs of world development, and dealing with the issues Gorbachev raised.

almarst-2001 - 05:38pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6872 of 6882)

The end of the war or the beginning of occupation by U.S. / German colonizers? - http://www.iacenter.org/yugo_meet070501.htm

lunarchick - 05:39pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6873 of 6882)
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ATOLL
Kwajalein Atoll - Marshall Islands
USA - this weekend - a multi-billion-dollar effort to find out whether it is possible to shoot down an incoming ballistic missile.

The 10,000 (??) Marshallese inhabitants are confined to a 32ha site ... as 2500 USA personnel inhabit their Island home.

almarst-2001 - 05:41pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6874 of 6882)

FINAL JUDGMENT OF THE KOREA INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL - http://www.iacenter.org/ktc_verdict.htm

"The Members of the Korea International War Crimes Tribunal, meeting in New York, having considered the Indictment for Offenses Committed by the Government of the United States of America Against the People of Korea, 1945-2001, which charges all U.S. Presidents, all Secretaries of State, all Secretaries of Defense, all Secretaries of the armed services, all Chiefs of Staff, all heads of the Central Intelligence Agency and other U.S. foreign intelligence agencies, all Directors of the National Security Agency, all National Security Advisors, all U.S. military commanders in Korea and commanders of units which participated in war crimes, over the period from 1945 to the present...."

lunarchick - 05:43pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6875 of 6882)
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Alex: throw another dog on the barbie ..

almarst-2001 - 05:46pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6876 of 6882)

The Marshall Islands is one of those goodies, the British Empire payed the US for the help during WWII. The "present" included the "right" to prevent the native Citizens to return to their homes. To "free" the usage for the military purposes.

almarst-2001 - 05:47pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6877 of 6882)

lunarchick 7/10/01 5:43pm

"Hot Dog" you mean?;)

almarst-2001 - 05:49pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6878 of 6882)

Two trucks and a trailer containing two valuable anesthesia machines, EKG machines, defibrillators, and other medical equipment, remain in US Customs custody. The medical equipment is all designated to be donated to Cuba. - http://www.iacenter.org/cuba_aidseized.htm

The ULTIMATE "humanitarians". Or, may be ULTIMATUM?

almarst-2001 - 05:51pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6879 of 6882)

Declaration of ULTIMATUM of the People of Vieques to the Unites States Navy - http://www.iacenter.org/vieques_declar.htm

They surelly could benefit from a MD;)

almarst-2001 - 06:10pm Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6880 of 6882)

MAJOR CONFERENCE IN EL SALVADOR AGAINST PLAN COLOMBIA - http://www.iacenter.org/colombia_elsalvador.htm

Another "humanitarian" war.

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