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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (68764)	1/25/2003 3:16:59 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 281500

Which of course, makes his comments more about himself, rather than the review of the books.... oh, those darn egos...always in the way....<g>

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (68764)	1/25/2003 4:31:35 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 281500

Looking to the future: With the proliferation of world violence being a threat to all nations ( even the attacking nations, because they will suffer retaliation from those they specifically target) the need is for an effective organization similar to the UN but with the power to take action or to direct action against those who do not abide by the rules. They will have to chose more firmly, black or white, fair or evil , instead of the brown colored, hesitant, time consuming decisions of today- when immediate action could be required to quench tomorrows Terrorist act. The fuses are lit, the set-clocks are ticking He who hesitates is lost As for allies in this conllict, if it occurs, note that several countries did not permit the Coalition to use their bases until the day the Gulf conflict started Thats the day when nations must stop discussions and negotiations for how much their rewards could be to join and finally chose sides -Are you with us, and if not, you are against us- IMO we will have more support than it appears at this moment . On the technical/military issues: Every ten years technology can make as much progress as occured in the previous 100 years. To give some examples I would not be considered 'rich' but I own a laser A pencell size Christmas gift that did not cost $1000's as they did not long ago I could probably illuminate a neighbors goat with it and tell one of those low-flying F-16's thats often using my 'airspace' as a practice zone to "take him out" with a missile. Radios now transmitting digital signals over multiple varying frequencies ( as opposed to one analog frequency) can now work fine in rain, hail, storms, and even some lightening storms. Static free 911 calls on wireless phones can now be traced to their point of origin via satellites or transponders I just ordered a new computer with a CPU that is 4 times as fast as one I bought 3 years ago for 3 times the price of the one I ordered Expand these little things to include exotic military equipment and ask or speculate what kind of progress has been made in the 12 years since the last Gulf conflict . 24% of our casualties were self inflicted( friendly fire) It could have been expected when shortly after it began the majority of airplanes in the air ( representing a potential target) were Coalition airplanes. And most tanks still moving on the ground were 'friendlies' Much work will have been down to cure that problem- like having 8 accessible satellites to get better coordinates than provided by the 3 or 4 available in the first conflict > and the years of Joint training by Bristish/US aircraft in the no-fly zones since 1992. Saddam, if he chooses, will get to witness some of the new stuff , but only if he stands outside because his radios and TV's will not be working even if had power to run them Sig