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i am not sure of the significance of this test: it seems to me mostly theater aimed at some diplomatic end, probably somehow tied in with the (presumably dormant, but who knows) bush people signal from a few years ago to pursue the reagan-era delusion called "star wars".
but maybe i too am an optimist.
i am much more concerned about what the neocons are thinking about doing relative to iran.
what appears to be happening there is curious: ahmadinejad finds himself in a very weak position politically of late, and there seems to be alot of pressure on him to back off the confrontational posture he has adopted about the nuclear program--which has more to do with the un sanctions than with american carrier-gathering in the gulf--but i wonder if the bush people would be stupid enough to do something, like launch airstrikes. if ahmadinejad's government falls, then i think the pretexts would fall with him--so the weakenss of his position at present may not be a good thing.
i would not be surprised to read something about an american strike against iran soon.
then the shit would hit the fan.
i dont want to think about it much, though.
paranoia is way too easy.
as for the future of the us, i have no idea.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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