US,Russia still face mutually assured destruction.

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Interview: U.S., Russia still face mutual destruction threat
By Martin Sieff
UPI Senior News Analyst
Published May 18, 2005
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050518-072100-9737r

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Helen Caldicott is an Australian physician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 and is the president of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute based in Washington. She spoke with UPI National Security Correspondent Martin Sieff.

Q. The New York Times reported Wednesday that the U.S. Air Force is seeking approval from President George W. Bush for new weapons to secure the United States from attack from space. As a prominent opponent to the militarization of space, what is your response to that news?

A. Everything that was predicted at our conference this week on the weaponization of space in Airlie, Virginia, is already coming true. It seems as if the Bush administration and the Air Force are going to go ahead with everything that was said at our conference on the weaponization of space that was most alarming. This issue was under the radar of public opinion for a long time, but it is now coming into view.

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1. Well, if the American electorate can't control...

the murderous impulses of its own government then I suppose we have left it up to the heads of foreign states to do that job. Too bad.

Pass me one of them irradiated burgers, Ray.

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