From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Adam Flinton"  wrote in
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> Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:17:34 +0000, Adam Flinton
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:50:56 +0000, Adam Flinton
>>>>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:20:57 +0000, Adam Flinton
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The point was, is, and remains that Saddam
was defying the
>>>>>>>> orld  --  a  luxury that he could not
continue to enjoy post-9/11.
>>>>>>>> It  doesn't  get  any simpler than that to me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bush is defying the world with GT. Does that
mean the world should
>>>>>>> get  together to enforce freedom on the US?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Adam
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Let "the world" try.  "The
world" can't stop Iran from getting the
>>>>>> bomb.   "The world" couldn't stand up to France.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Indeed. But the "world" can draw conclusions
& act appropriately &
>>>>> then  the "world" can steadily fill up with
nuclear states.
>>>>>
>>>>> If there is no law but the gun then get a gun & in
the case of modern
>>>>> inter state relationships that's a thermo-nuclear gun.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>
>>>>   Ah, back to the French and their very stiff backbone.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Their stiff backbone sails out out Brest & then goes deep.
>>>
>>> Here's a link to view their backbone:
>>>
>>> http://www.cdi.org/nuclear/database/frnukes.html
>>>
>>> Adam
>>
>>
>> 404.  How fitting.
>>
>
> For a US defence related website? Possibly. Maybe it only allows non-US
> people in to have a look at US defence issues. Maybe it's too sensitive
> post 9-11 for Americans.
>
> "CDI was founded in 1972 by recently-retired, senior U.S. military
> officers. CDI became an independent monitor of the Pentagon, and a
> watchdog on wasteful defense spending. In the 1980s, it played an active
> role in the debate about U.S. nuclear arms programs, such as the
> deployment of the MX mobile missile. CDI worked with grass-roots groups,
> state governors, church leaders, civic groups and national policy-makers
> on these issues. CDI also is credited with having produced in the 1980s,
> the first detailed analysis of so-called black programs at the Pentagon -
> projects so secret that their budgets are hidden from public scrutiny.
>
> CDI has evolved into one of the foremost organizations in the nation
> conducting security-related research - and is unique among major think
> tanks in its policy of total independence from vested interests.
>
> The Board of Directors and staff include retired military officers, former
> U.S. government officials, and civilians expert in a wide range of
> domestic and international security, defense and military arenas.
>
> Through a variety of publications and services, CDI provides information
> and analyses to policy-makers around the globe - including the U.S.
> Congress, government, international agencies, the media and the public. On
> television, radio, the Internet, and in print, CDI serves as an
> authoritative, impartial monitor of global security issues, while
> continuing to meet the increasing worldwide demand for information and
> independent ideas. "
>
> Adam
>

It's working today

Bob Lewis

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