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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 8:01 AM Omar Rahman via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>….<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'>>…Optimistic scenario: NATO is deescalating the situation.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'>>…Pessimistic scenario: NATO just blinked.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'>>…I’m looking at it from the optimistic scenario point of view.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'>>…Any thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'>Omar<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Will Steinberg via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Missile Coordinates<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…I'm a conspiracy theorist but this is kinda nonsensical imo. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Told ya Omar! That’s what you get for not sayin just sayin! Had you said just sayin, then we know it is idle speculation. I don’t wish to deter that, for it is my favorite brand of speculation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>… I'd reckon they have a fancier interface these days than just entering coordinates…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That isn’t clear to me, but it might be right. Seems like they shoulda had some kind of check and safety system, but you never know with these guys, either side.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In any case Omar, I hope you are right in that NATO calmly thinks it over and realizes this might be bad guy vs bad guy, decides it is the kind of conflict just not worth destroying civilization over. Might be best to just let it play out, live to nuke the planet another day. Just sayin.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>