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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 - 07:37pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8984 of 9003)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Assume, as I do, that gisterme is a responsible member of the Bush administration, with a voice.

Most people, looking at the record as a whole, would assume that.

Is gisterme morally obligated to deal with these issues, are not?

What are the consequences, from the standpoint of the national interest, if these key technical issues are not dealt with - and mistakes fatal to the success of large programs are made?

rshowalter - 07:41pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8985 of 9003)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

If gisterme's judgement is as weak as it appears to be on matters of missile defense, why should we defer to it, and the staff judgements behind it, in matters of military action on which the future of the world may well depend?

That seems a reasonable question to me.

lunarchick - 07:56pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8986 of 9003)
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Incompetence twice over ?

Wasn't stormingNorman alarmed when Bush pulled out of Iraq without taking down Saddam?

Wasnt't the world concerned when Bwsh spent the first 200 days playing the fool!?

Can the USA afford to have BushBwsh playing America for kicks to enhance their pockets via the Carlyle connection ?

How many losses does America have to suffer before critical appraisal kicks in ...

Americans are flaunt high numbers of Doctorates ... how come these guys can't put their brains into 'think' gear and truely evaluate world concerns.

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On Australia Talks Back Oz tv talk show ... a person raised a question regarding CIA activity in Central America - implying that the way the CIA has conducted itself the past half century - worldwide - and without either the approval or understanding of the American people - is an explantation for the events and happens of the 11th. It had to happen - the USA have worked so hard for it to come about.

lunarchick - 07:59pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8987 of 9003)
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Amnesty International cautions the world to offer great respect to innocent individuals !!

Germany warns America to act with Caution!!! To look to a LIMITED response.

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Seems America must be looking at the armoury to pull out the 'toys' to throw at .. at ...

that's the question ... exactly who at?

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Why isn't the Court of the Hague the correct place to run this through?????????????????

lunarchick - 08:02pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8988 of 9003)
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The second worst ever civil mishap in Australia's history has happened. SEE

rshowalter - 08:08pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8989 of 9003)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Now, more than ever ....
MD8395 rshowalter 9/3/01 9:16pm

lunarchick - 08:09pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8990 of 9003)
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Chapter I - what a terrible place New York would be if THIS happened

It happened

lunarchick - 08:13pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8991 of 9003)
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Butler (GMA tv10 Melbourne) just speaking expressed concerns, re the first months of the Bwsh presidency, to the effect that:

America moved towards isolationism ... unilateralism .. America First - ism .... What ever suited America is what they'd do ... and they reduced America's generosity.

lunarchick - 08:16pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8992 of 9003)
lunarchick@www.com

Butler said that the world has changed ....

Showalter .. has the world changed?

I can see quality improvement with regard to security service at American airports.

QANTAS (Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service) has determined to do a Cobb and Co approach re flights into the USA ... armed security will ride shot gun .. with plastic bullets.

rshowalter - 08:26pm Sep 13, 2001 EST (#8993 of 9003)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

The world has changed, and there are new things to hope for, and old things, long feared, are becoming progressively more dangerous.

People are doing things that are classifying hope out of existence. Deferring to experiences, and assumptions, that are completely wrong for the new conditions.

A lot had happened in the world, just in in the few months before the NY-DC tragedy. Much that was promising was taking shape.

It may be a good thing, too.

And Condoleezza Rice may be one of the worst choices possible for National Security Advisor for this President, under these conditions.

She's been thinking about ways to use nuclear weapons, and excuses for using them, all her life. And now "nuke 'em" - isn't a workable answer.

And she may have the worst possible background for her job -- she's been a college Dean and Provost - - and the things that make a University good are terrible things to have in a military and diplomatic system.

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