I saw very little all year on the proposed missile shield in Poland, etc, and Putin's negative reaction to it--the missile shield itself has usually been viewed as an expensive ineffective indulgence on our part, so why would either side be so adamant about this issue, and why is the story itself so underreported, or more imporantly, so underanalyzed?
Dec. 26 2007 11:26 AM
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Jessica
Another list of underreported stories:
Doctors Without Borders Releases 10th Annual "Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007 http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/topten/
Dec. 26 2007 11:24 AM
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David in Brooklyn
Sure, war-robots can save lives on our side -- the way bomber jets and other long-distance killing technologies can. But whenever we replace soldiers with yet more machines, we lose touch with morality, honor, and all of the costs of war.
And you have to wonder if such machines could bankrupt us in some large, optional conflict. You can buy machines with money you don't have, but you can't fight with soldiers you don't have.
Dec. 26 2007 11:21 AM
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Joe Corrao
from Brooklyn
I hope Ron Paul is high on the list....
Dec. 26 2007 11:10 AM
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I saw very little all year on the proposed missile shield in Poland, etc, and Putin's negative reaction to it--the missile shield itself has usually been viewed as an expensive ineffective indulgence on our part, so why would either side be so adamant about this issue, and why is the story itself so underreported, or more imporantly, so underanalyzed?
Another list of underreported stories:
Doctors Without Borders Releases 10th Annual "Top Ten" Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/topten/
Sure, war-robots can save lives on our side -- the way bomber jets and other long-distance killing technologies can. But whenever we replace soldiers with yet more machines, we lose touch with morality, honor, and all of the costs of war.
And you have to wonder if such machines could bankrupt us in some large, optional conflict. You can buy machines with money you don't have, but you can't fight with soldiers you don't have.
I hope Ron Paul is high on the list....
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