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- From: garrett@Ingres.COM (TRUTH IS. BELIEF IS NOT REQUIRED.)
- Subject: Re: Quayle's Latest Star Wars Scheme
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.032716.5909@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Summary: Luke!Luke!
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- References: <B7H1XB20w165w@nyxfer.uucp> <1993Jan27.190728.27692@cs.ucla.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 03:27:16 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.190728.27692@cs.ucla.edu>, pierce@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Brad Pierce) writes...
- >In the newsgroup "alt.conspiracy" in article
- ><B7H1XB20w165w@nyxfer.uucp> ww@nyxfer.UUCP writes:
- > "Just before bowing out as lame-duck vice president, Dan Quayle made
- > a pitch for the latest version of Star Wars. In a report to Bush,
- > Quayle said the U.S. should develop space weapons to knock other
- > countries' communications, navigation, weather and spy satellites
- > out of the skies. In other words, he is advocating a U.S. monopoly
- > on the control of space.
- >and
- > "According to the Jan. 15 New York Times, 'Quayle raises the specter
- > of American foes' using spacecraft to help wage conventional warfare
- > on earth, and he calls on the United States to develop the ability
- > to block such moves. In effect, it articulates a new rationale for
- > space arms, calling for offensive military action rather than the
- > defense of a broad territory in the Star Wars plan.'"
-
- Well if anyone knows about "Star Wars" it's Our Man Dan. He's seen
- it 18 times!
- I know, I know, but someone had to say it.
- >
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