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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 - 10:07am Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9269 of 9281)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

From The Independent http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/ :

It is meaningless and dangerous to declare war against terrorism 17 September 2001 http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=94353 What is a declaration of war against terrorism, apart from a rhetorical device? "Whatever the technical and legal issues about a declaration of war," the Prime Minister said yesterday, "the fact is that we are at war with terrorism."

Right and wrong ways for the state to intervene 17 September 2001 http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=94352 As the world assesses the cost of last week's terrorist attacks, the economic price to be paid comes a long way below the human suffering inflicted on an unprecedented number of people.

Reasons for hope, even as we mourn 16 September 2001 http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=94252 In the space of a few minutes last Tuesday, an act of terrorism became an epoch-making event.

When the dust clears, we will remember this week as a tragedy, not a turning point in history 15 September 2001 http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=94115 The world has changed.

Bring the murderers to justice, but tackle the causes of these outrages 14 September 2001 http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=93939 The global debate about the right way to respond to the attacks on New York and Washington is resolving into a choice between retaliation and justice.

This war needs to be won. But we must be sure of our weapons and our enemies 13 September 2001 http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=93743 The most significant passage of President Bush's television address to the American people, the text of which is published overleaf, dealt with the definition of America's enemies.

Hold fire until we have seen Mr Bush's response 13 September 2001 http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=93741 "This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world,"

Terrible acts of barbarism against America, but still the response must be civilised 12 September 2001 http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=93568 .

lunarchick - 10:11am Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9270 of 9281)
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Bwsh did not heed warnings of attacks

lunarchick - 10:17am Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9271 of 9281)
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Empire State tallest building in NY

rshowalter - 10:22am Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9272 of 9281)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

We have some common ground, and the motivations for missile defense have been emphasized by the tragedy-crimes of the 11th.

gisterme made some promises, and kept them in significant part.
MD3319 gisterme 5/4/01 11:25pm

Our responses must work practically, from an number of perspectives, and that means they have to be emotionally acceptable to the people involved. Who are many, and diverse:
MD3325 rshowalter 5/5/01 9:00am ... MD3326 rshowalter 5/5/01 9:01am

And we have to work on the basis of what has actually happened -- work on the basis of things that are actually true.

MD3327 rshowalter 5/5/01 10:06am

THREATS TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS: The Sixteen Known Nuclear Crises of the Cold War, 1946-1985 by David R. Morgan http://scienceforpeace.sa.utoronto.ca/WorkingGroupsPage/NucWeaponsPage/Documents/ThreatsNucWea.html

We have to consider terrorism in the full context in which it exists, and has occured. So that we can eliminate it. Deaths from the tragedy-crimes of September 11, horrible as they are, are less than 1/30,000th of the deaths from war in the last century. And now, we've set things up so that, with instabilities as they are, the world could end.

We need to be competent and careful.

lunarchick - 10:25am Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9273 of 9281)
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