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To: Mike M who wrote (756)	3/20/2003 11:56:44 PM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 21614

Reliance on technology is also too linear and constraining. We have the most technologically advanced postal system in the world. That technological "advantage" did not enter into the anthrax demonstration.

To: Mike M who wrote (756)	3/21/2003 12:03:16 AM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

SenderBerl since March 2002 highlighted that President Bush's agenda was not Saddam or WMD but Iraqi oil, as a predicate to establishing a long term presence in Iraq, as a base to pursue regime change throughout the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia. Thus, while President Bush was intent in sending the message that his only mission was Saddam Hussein, no one else saw the halo over his head in his pursuit of Iraqi oil, and properly concluded that they were next or would be at risk, concurrently with any attack on Iraq. The most important facet that concerned SenderBerl was that the attack on Iraq would open Pandora's Box, since those countries targeted or perceiving themselves targeted would be compelled to deploy bioterrorism. SenderBerl commenced the argument that a nation with a vial of the appropriate biotoxin was equal in destructive power to the United States and its vast and recognized military complex.

To: Mike M who wrote (756)	3/21/2003 2:38:34 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

The technology gap is significant and continues to grow How would you support that the technology gap is growing? Technological innovation is typically open source. Whose technology? There's a lot of technology that isn't even created in the US. We commericialize a lot of it and the consumer [that be you] makes the association of the commercialization with the innovation. The Japanese have been competing with the US in supercomputing and we've been taking turns as of late with who has the most capable supercomputing power. The Japanese have won three of the last four Nobel prizes in Chemistry. The CATSCAN was a British invention; MRI was a shared innovation between Britain and the US. The US has turned to Brazil as the world leader in the field of bio-virus to combat the virus affecting the grape vines in Napa Valley. The most widely used firewall in the US Federal Government is Israeli code. The technology gap that the US may have had has been rapidly closing over decades. Microsoft code is being written in India. Electonics fabrication is dominated by the East. Intel design centers in Taiwan. Most recent job growth in the US has been from three sectors in the economy: Government, retail, and food service. High tech jobs and manufacturing are increasingly exported. The US is evolving towards a country of government employees, waiters and department store clerks. jttmab