<HTML>In a message dated 11/16/02 2:56:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, gcf@panix.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Is it, actually, marching ahead?  I mean physically.  The task is a considerable project which is only very modestly advanced by talk</BLOCKQUOTE> What do you call forward positioning of materiel, negotiating for overflight rights, widespread stoploss in the military, screaming about everything that happens in the no-fly zones ....? DC</HTML>