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That and history has shown that defensive arms races
Post #2,919
by
Simon_Jester
7/27/01 8:36:08 AM
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That and history has shown that defensive arms races
never work. Both World Wars involved defensive arms races...and the countries that relied on them both lost.
Stainless steel traps breed stainless steel rats.
Shrub is singlehandedly undoing years of foriegn policy work
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inthane-chan
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- (67)
- July 26, 2001, 12:21:25 AM EDT
just spent a few hours revewing Potsdam
- (
boxley
)
- July 26, 2001, 03:03:00 AM EDT
Tom Tomorrow feels our pain
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Ashton
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- (6)
- July 26, 2001, 08:06:44 AM EDT
sumbitch outa be arrested for spying :)
-NT
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boxley
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- July 26, 2001, 10:32:41 AM EDT
On global warming
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drewk
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- (4)
- July 27, 2001, 09:07:33 AM EDT
I'd read that too
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SpiceWare
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- (3)
- July 27, 2001, 09:19:38 AM EDT
I'm looking for a reference
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drewk
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- (2)
- July 27, 2001, 09:38:34 AM EDT
Here's a good quote from the report
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drewk
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- (1)
- July 27, 2001, 09:48:55 AM EDT
There's More
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Steve Lowe
)
- July 27, 2001, 11:16:41 AM EDT
I dunno
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SpiceWare
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- (12)
- July 26, 2001, 11:13:46 AM EDT
I could understand it if...
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inthane-chan
)
- (3)
- July 26, 2001, 11:38:13 AM EDT
Not quite
- (
Fearless Freep
)
- (2)
- July 26, 2001, 11:47:16 AM EDT
In other words...
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jb4
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- (1)
- July 30, 2001, 09:32:50 AM EDT
Of course
- (
Fearless Freep
)
- July 30, 2001, 11:25:07 AM EDT
Exactly why...
- (
Fearless Freep
)
- July 26, 2001, 11:44:06 AM EDT
NMD == waste of money.
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pwhysall
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- (6)
- July 27, 2001, 02:39:21 AM EDT
That and history has shown that defensive arms races
- (
Simon_Jester
)
- July 27, 2001, 08:36:08 AM EDT
What would you have said in the 30s? 50s?
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addison
)
- (4)
- July 27, 2001, 10:58:00 AM EDT
Question...
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Simon_Jester
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- (3)
- July 30, 2001, 03:26:54 PM EDT
Re: Question...
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addison
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- (2)
- July 30, 2001, 03:57:04 PM EDT
The same Patriot missile system used in Desert Storm?
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Simon_Jester
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- (1)
- July 30, 2001, 07:01:55 PM EDT
The very same.
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addison
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- July 30, 2001, 07:23:35 PM EDT
Interesting points
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Fearless Freep
)
- July 26, 2001, 11:52:14 AM EDT
Is that bad?
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addison
)
- July 27, 2001, 11:15:17 AM EDT
Re: Shrub is singlehandedly undoing years of foriegn policy
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bepatient
)
- (43)
- July 28, 2001, 11:31:16 AM EDT
OK.. but if the cold war is over:
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Ashton
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- (42)
- July 29, 2001, 05:01:07 PM EDT
Re: OK.. but if the cold war is over:
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addison
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- (20)
- July 29, 2001, 05:09:08 PM EDT
Priorities.
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Ashton
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- (19)
- July 29, 2001, 05:31:13 PM EDT
Support Faith Based Missle Defense Systems.
-NT
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mmoffitt
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- (18)
- July 30, 2001, 01:35:05 PM EDT
Believe that's called, 'karma'___________________:-\ufffd
-NT
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Ashton
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- July 30, 2001, 07:10:25 PM EDT
That's what we have now.
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addison
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- (16)
- July 30, 2001, 07:24:33 PM EDT
Exactly How Hard Do you think it is...
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mmoffitt
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- (15)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 05:56:18 PM EDT
Thanks, Mike - wouldn't have found that one. LRPD below:
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Ashton
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- (1)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:29:31 PM EDT
Eerier and eerier. LRPD speaks again:
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Ashton
)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:35:05 PM EDT
Only one question
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wharris2
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- (1)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 07:03:57 PM EDT
Also..
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Fearless Freep
)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 09:57:56 PM EDT
Pretty hard.
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addison
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- (10)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 09:05:18 PM EDT
I more interesting in why this was mentioned after the test.
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Simon_Jester
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- (9)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 12:07:27 AM EDT
Re: I more interesting in why this was mentioned after the t
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addison
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- (8)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 12:13:18 AM EDT
Actually it *IS* the same thing.
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Simon_Jester
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- (7)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 09:08:50 AM EDT
What I read...
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admin
)
- (6)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 11:07:09 AM EDT
Scott, it's certainly possible.
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Simon_Jester
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- (5)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 01:20:43 PM EDT
No, it shouldn't.
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addison
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- (4)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 03:03:16 PM EDT
Certainly.
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Simon_Jester
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- (3)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 03:48:16 PM EDT
Pot, Kettle, and Black.
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addison
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- (2)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:48:47 PM EDT
Nope. Sorry. Not the same at all.
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Simon_Jester
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- (1)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 07:12:51 PM EDT
Fine.
-NT
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addison
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- Aug. 2, 2001, 07:30:19 PM EDT
ok now...
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bepatient
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- (20)
- July 31, 2001, 08:38:45 AM EDT
Full agreement.
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a6l6e6x
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- July 31, 2001, 02:27:39 PM EDT
Ya got me there, partly. Smartass.
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Ashton
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- (18)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 02:39:36 AM EDT
Re: Ya got me there, partly. Smartass.
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bepatient
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- (9)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 07:32:36 AM EDT
So then: a suitable metric for er
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Ashton
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- (8)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:43:02 PM EDT
I'm not sure what your point is.
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bepatient
)
- (7)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 09:57:49 PM EDT
The need for defense spending will end...
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a6l6e6x
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- Aug. 1, 2001, 10:14:20 PM EDT
Cold war 5.0 avge; 2000 3.9 = 20% reduction
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Ashton
)
- (5)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:47:48 AM EDT
Avg vs High vs Trend
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bepatient
)
- (4)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 10:14:53 AM EDT
Nice chart.
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Ashton
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- (3)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:37:52 PM EDT
Well...
- (
bepatient
)
- (1)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 07:53:08 PM EDT
These points are of course, debatable. Simply they aren't
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Ashton
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- Aug. 3, 2001, 05:16:48 AM EDT
what price victory or defeat?
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boxley
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- Aug. 2, 2001, 08:42:43 PM EDT
Not any more
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Fearless Freep
)
- (5)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 03:20:32 PM EDT
Hmmm.. then what chimera are we using to replace it?
-NT
- (
Ashton
)
- (4)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:49:18 PM EDT
Nothing much
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Fearless Freep
)
- (3)
- Aug. 1, 2001, 06:55:47 PM EDT
That sounds relatively sane. But why so expensive still?
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Ashton
)
- (2)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:53:46 AM EDT
Simple, operational deployment costs more....
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Fearless Freep
)
- (1)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 11:09:04 AM EDT
LRPD below explains! 'We have a moral imperative.'
-NT
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Ashton
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- Aug. 2, 2001, 04:39:42 PM EDT
Gotta wory 'bout France, ya know... *snicker*
-NT
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jb4
)
- (1)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 01:51:26 PM EDT
More than you know ;)
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bepatient
)
- Aug. 2, 2001, 07:45:26 PM EDT
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Drop to the deck and flop like a fish!
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