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2006-02-07 Science & Technology

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Posted by ed 2006-02-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So?

Posted by RWV 2006-02-07 02:58|| 2006-02-07 02:58|| Front Page Top

#2 i find spacewar is normally very anti Bush and take with salt

Posted by ShepUK 2006-02-07 06:53|| 2006-02-07 06:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually the article isn't by spacewar. Its a UPI article

Posted by Valentine 2006-02-07 06:59|| 2006-02-07 06:59|| Front Page Top

#4 He's to busy attending a funeral in Atlanta today where people absolutely dispise him. Wake up Mr. President. They'll have forgotten about your gesture of friendship before your plane leaves Dobbins AFB.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-02-07 07:46|| 2006-02-07 07:46|| Front Page Top

#5 The billions lavished on missile defense could be much better spent on protecting U.S. ports and chemical plants, or on increased investments in locking down loose nuclear weapons and nuclear bomb-making materials in Russia and beyond."

Are they going to run with this? I'm really beginning to believe that Karl Rove is writing the Democratic party's platform.

Posted by 2b 2006-02-07 10:55|| 2006-02-07 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 One can only hope, 2b, one can only hope!

Posted by Karl Rove, evil genius 2006-02-07 11:04|| 2006-02-07 11:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Yet after a breakthrough year of successful tests, increased weapons and radar deployments with more major nations than ever around the world committing billions of dollars to buy U.S. systems and develop complementary defense systems on BMD, President George W. Bush did not say a word about any of it in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Why not?

Why should he?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-07 15:10|| 2006-02-07 15:10|| Front Page Top

#8 I see it as an indicator that the system is mostly built, yet not entirely finished. And yet, when finished, it won't be talked about, either.

Right now, the US faces at least two tangible ballistic missile threats. Imagine the shock and surprise if one of our enemies shoots one at us, and it just goes *poof*, disappears. And then the US does *nothing*. Says nothing, does nothing.

At that point, suddenly that enemy experiences all sorts of grave self-doubts. Call it "shitting themselves", if you like. We own them.

Do they button up against nuclear counterattack for a week? A month? Do they continue with their attack plan somewhere else? They can literally be paralyzed with fear.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-07 20:56|| 2006-02-07 20:56|| Front Page Top

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