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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 - 09:58am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8762 of 8787)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Some great references and comments from Chris Madison, cmadison@clw.org Council for a Livable World Education Fund:

Bush lost round one. The Senate Armed Services Committee cut the President's missile defense budget for 2002 by $1.3 billion and stipulated that any missile defense test or other action that might violate the ABM Treaty would have to be approved by Congress. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/08/politics/08MILI.html?searchpv=past7days

Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, mounted a two-day assault on the Bush missile defense policy, first on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday and then in a speech at the National Press Club the next day. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-091001dems.story

Brush clearing has begun for the construction next spring of five interceptor missile silos at Fort Greely, Alaska. Construction of this test range is one of the activities planned by Bush that would violate the ABM Treaty. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010909/pl/missile_defense_alaska_3.html

Few Republicans publicly question the wisdom of missile defense. But Lawrence Korb, a Reagan administration Pentagon official and veteran defense analyst, said last week that Bush's plan is "an end in itself" and is divorced from strategic or fiscal considerations. http://www.clw.org/nmd/korbcomments.html

ANALYSIS: Philip Coyle, former Pentagon director of testing and evaluation, explains why the administration will have difficulty keeping to an accelerated testing schedule that would be necessary for a 2004 deployment in Alaska. http://www.clw.org/nmd/coylecomments.html

COMMENTARY: To many Americans, missile defense is hard to understand, let alone justify. Humor columnist Dave Barry makes sense of it all. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/sunday/washpostmagazine/A54657-20 01Sep6.html

THE LAST WORD: "Let's stop this nonsense before we end up pulling the trigger." Sen. Joseph R. Biden on the Bush missile defense plans

lunarchick - 10:03am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8763 of 8787)
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Showalter - did you know your country was currently under attack?

Not Missiles.

Small planes.

Two suicide pilots have hit the twin towers of NY's landmark world trade center - (have you heard of it?) and the PENTAGON is on fire and has been evacuated!

Palestine has claimed responsibility.

Wonder if the guys flying the planes were over twelve?

lunarchick - 10:08am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8764 of 8787)
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Time for Daughter of Mohammed to take a decending cloud landing at Mecca (March) and give the whole of the Muslim world a new message on truth, love, and leadership.

lunarchick - 10:09am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8765 of 8787)
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Wonder if the small planes were picked up on any city radar systems re their route ?

lunarchick - 10:19am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8766 of 8787)
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GU Mother Russia

lunarchick - 10:26am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8767 of 8787)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1537000/1537469.stm

lunarchick - 10:31am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8768 of 8787)
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Nero fiddles while Rome burns ..

The quote may relate to Bwsh - that's what comes of having a president who doesn't understand the need to get out into the world and work at negotiating.

Clinton speaking this week in Australia made the point that he was in continual negotiation re the ME throughout his presidency and tried his hardest working for peace.

The current Bwsh admin is falling over for all the reasons, mentioned over the past weeks .. with an overall general lack of direction.

Peace is about the small things, from latrines up, and in that order.

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In relation to the pentagon - isn't it supposed to be a fortress with the important aspects underground?

lunarchick - 11:22am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8769 of 8787)
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Guardian Talk Threads on Tragedy: http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.ee8b554/0 http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.ee8b535/0 http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.ee8b575/0

lunarchick - 11:24am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8770 of 8787)
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A plane has been placed on standby for President Clinton - we still call him that - at Cairns Airport.

lunarchick - 11:27am Sep 11, 2001 EST (#8771 of 8787)
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Palestine/Israeli talk thread - Guardian: http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.ee84fa7/0

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