If that's the case, then all bets are off.

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If that's the case, then all bets are off.

ER — 7/7/2006 7:51:24 PM (archived)

We no longer live in a world characterized by great powers jockying for position, the New World Order is here, dominated by multinational corporations and dotted with outlaw nation-states. It looks a lot more like the "Dune" universe than Asimov's "Foundation and Empire", or the United Federation of Planets. The ubiquity of nuclear and rocket technology in the hands of people like Iran, N Korea and the SW Asians,
is troubling. There will be others, too.

It appears that deploying missile defenses is the type of expensive technology which will continue to separate the major nations from smaller ones, so there may be a proliferation of these systems as well, a technology which only completely fulfills its purpose when it is never used, as with nuclear weapons. I agree that there are dangers in following these policies, but I'm afraid that its out of our hands now.

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North Korea launches some missiles. - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2006 9:44:03 PM
- re: North Korea launches some missiles. - ER - 7/5/2006 12:24:33 AM
  - I hope that it was the USA that blasted that missile. - David F Mayer - 7/5/2006 3:01:16 PM
    - I think ER is right. - REB - 7/5/2006 3:03:46 PM
- More... - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2006 10:08:47 PM
  - I think you've been eating SDAI's Wheaties. (n/t) - tony - 7/5/2006 10:47:47 AM
  - Six launches? - Robert - 7/4/2006 11:14:05 PM
    - "Fascinating"? - Lindy - 7/4/2006 11:26:01 PM
      - re: "Fascinating"? - Marcia - 7/5/2006 2:03:25 AM
        
        Rumsfeld Calls Taepodong Failure A Fact - LJK - 7/6/2006 3:55:21 PM
        
        Mr. Starwars - Lindy - 7/6/2006 4:48:05 PM
        
        re: Mr. Starwars - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2006 6:18:29 PM
        
        you lost me completely - alcaray - 7/6/2006 6:30:11 PM
        
        I'm afraid I'm going to have to side with Tom on this one. - ER - 7/6/2006 6:52:01 PM
        
        Wait till China has thousands of the things, and tell me that again (n/t) - alcaray - 7/6/2006 8:34:56 PM
        
        So far... - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2006 9:41:17 PM
        
        I can't imagine anyone would support that scarecrow. - alcaray - 7/6/2006 11:37:23 PM
        
        It's a MAD, MAD,world. - ER - 7/7/2006 12:35:28 AM
        
        Bet you that within 10 years China is deploying something. - alcaray - 7/7/2006 3:42:45 PM
        
        In 10 years China will be a Liberal Democracy (n/t) - Scott Evil - 7/7/2006 9:09:28 PM
        
        And China never signed the treaty. (n/t) - ER - 7/7/2006 5:31:43 PM
        
        Niether did we. - alcaray - 7/7/2006 6:09:22 PM
        
        The Middle Kingdom or chainsaw duel in the dark - ER - 7/7/2006 6:47:54 PM
        
        treaty never ratified. we upheld its requirements voluntarily. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/7/2006 7:05:53 PM
        
        If that's the case, then all bets are off. - ER - 7/7/2006 7:51:24 PM
        
        I should hope so. - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2006 5:21:08 PM
        
        I wouldn't doubt it. - ER - 7/7/2006 5:11:18 PM
        
        re: It's a MAD, MAD,world. - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2006 1:54:33 AM
        
        If you have a missile defense, you stop thinking about first strikes. - alcaray - 7/7/2006 3:37:03 PM
        
        It's a MAD, MAD, MAD,world. - ER - 7/7/2006 3:05:56 AM

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