* Or Here Comes Osama Claus
On 9/11/2001 after the planes hit the twin towers and the damage was done, the Bush administration ordered all planes grounded except one peculiar one, the plane carrying the members of the bin Laden family out of the US to safety far from these stricken shores.
Later, the US goes after Osama and his terrorist organization by sweeping over Afghanistan and bombing the Taliban and their children. Osama bin Laden they let escape.
Then instead of finishing the job, they determine to attack Iraq preemptively and depose Saddam Hussein who had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks and was no particular threat to the USA.
So now they have Saddam, occupy Iraq, and have tentative control of its oil. But, that won't do them much good if Osama bin Laden and his followers are not prevented from acquiring the nuclear weapons currently in Pakistan.
And so, for Christmas this year you get continued cheap prices for oil and a terrorist threat at high alert.
Merry Christmas.
Thursday, December 25, 2003
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
On Finding Osama
*
This is just my opinion but ...
Osama bin Laden has been living in the tribal regions of Pakistan near Afghanistan for the last two years, ever since he left his tunnels in the Tora Bora mountains riding on the back of a donkey.
The American people may want Bush to go after Osama now that they have Saddam Hussein in custody. But if he does, he risks exacerbating what is a huge problem and finding himself in something worse than the quagmire he created for the troops in Iraq.
Why do you think Osama hasn't been found yet? The tribal people aren't going to give him up. Osama is more popular in Pakistan than President Musharraf is.
If Osama is captured by the Pakistan or US military, the people of Pakistan will likely rise up against General Pervez Musharraf and his government in rebellion and overthrow him. And then, al Qaeda and the Taliban might gain control over the nuclear weapons and missiles of that country.
And that is why Musharraf hopes that the Sheik Osama dies from disease before he is caught.
This is just my opinion but ...
Osama bin Laden has been living in the tribal regions of Pakistan near Afghanistan for the last two years, ever since he left his tunnels in the Tora Bora mountains riding on the back of a donkey.
The American people may want Bush to go after Osama now that they have Saddam Hussein in custody. But if he does, he risks exacerbating what is a huge problem and finding himself in something worse than the quagmire he created for the troops in Iraq.
Why do you think Osama hasn't been found yet? The tribal people aren't going to give him up. Osama is more popular in Pakistan than President Musharraf is.
If Osama is captured by the Pakistan or US military, the people of Pakistan will likely rise up against General Pervez Musharraf and his government in rebellion and overthrow him. And then, al Qaeda and the Taliban might gain control over the nuclear weapons and missiles of that country.
And that is why Musharraf hopes that the Sheik Osama dies from disease before he is caught.
Friday, December 19, 2003
Commentary*
*Right now I'll leave the commentary to others because I'm a little tired. Maybe the American people will listen and pay some attention to what Mr. Putin has to say, but probably not.
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From AFP at Australian Broadcasting Corp.: Fri., Dec. 19, 2003 1:03am(AEDT)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1013128.htm
Iraq war was unjustified, Putin says
... "The use of force abroad, according to existing international laws, can only be sanctioned by the United Nations. This is the international law," Mr Putin said in an annual live televised question-and-answer session. ... "I must say that in all times, great countries, empires, always suffered a series of problems that complicated their situation - this was a feeling of invulnerability, a feeling of grandeur, and a feeling that it never sins," ...
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Commentary From Joe Vialls: 20 December 2003
http://www.joevialls.co.uk/subliminalsuggestion/whatshisname.html
America Commits Suicide in Iraq
They should have left bearded whatshisname in the hole
Copyright Joe Vialls
... "The bottom line is that Cheney, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld have taken the brakes off a giant million-man Shi'ite war machine called the Mehdi Army, and all Moqtada al-Sadr has to do now to start it rolling, is turn the ignition key. Remember, the Shi'ite Mehdi Army brackets all American exfiltration routes south towards Kuwait, which is the only way out for 110,000+ American servicemen." ... "Put simply, the U.S. political leadership is deliberately undermining the U.S. military, in order to assist in the subordination and partial destruction of the American people."
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From AFP at Australian Broadcasting Corp.: Fri., Dec. 19, 2003 1:03am(AEDT)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1013128.htm
Iraq war was unjustified, Putin says
... "The use of force abroad, according to existing international laws, can only be sanctioned by the United Nations. This is the international law," Mr Putin said in an annual live televised question-and-answer session. ... "I must say that in all times, great countries, empires, always suffered a series of problems that complicated their situation - this was a feeling of invulnerability, a feeling of grandeur, and a feeling that it never sins," ...
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Commentary From Joe Vialls: 20 December 2003
http://www.joevialls.co.uk/subliminalsuggestion/whatshisname.html
America Commits Suicide in Iraq
They should have left bearded whatshisname in the hole
Copyright Joe Vialls
... "The bottom line is that Cheney, Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld have taken the brakes off a giant million-man Shi'ite war machine called the Mehdi Army, and all Moqtada al-Sadr has to do now to start it rolling, is turn the ignition key. Remember, the Shi'ite Mehdi Army brackets all American exfiltration routes south towards Kuwait, which is the only way out for 110,000+ American servicemen." ... "Put simply, the U.S. political leadership is deliberately undermining the U.S. military, in order to assist in the subordination and partial destruction of the American people."
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Saturday, December 13, 2003
What threat? Where? Oh, this one. "Say hello to my li'l friend."
*
See my post from Monday the 8th about this article:
From The San Francisco Chronicle: Sunday, December 7, 2003
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2003%2F12%2F07%2FMNG5Q3GH941.DTL
A new era of nuclear weapons: Bush's buildup begins with little debate in Congress
By James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer
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From the Lawyers' Commitee on Nuclear Policy, Inc.: December 9, 2003
http://lcnp.org/disarmament/usgarecord.htm
The Shameful U.S. Record in 2003: Disarmament Votes at the United Nations
By John Burroughs
"On December 8, 2003, the United Nations General Assembly voted on this year’s resolutions on disarmament and security. The United States consistently voted against the most important resolutions on nuclear and space disarmament:
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The United States cast the only vote against this resolution calling for bringing the CTBT into force. It was adopted by a vote of 173 to 1, with 4 abstentions.
Path to the total elimination of nuclear weapons: The United States and India were the only countries to vote against this resolution. Sponsored by Japan, it calls for compliance with the program for transparent, verified, and irreversible reduction and elimination of nuclear forces agreed by all states (including the United States) participating in the 2000 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. It was adopted by a vote of 164 to 2, with 14 abstentions.
New Agenda for a nuclear-weapon-free world: Sponsored by Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden and South Africa, this resolution centers on a call for compliance with the 2000 NPT program and also addresses missile defenses, weaponization of outer space, and reduction of non-strategic weapons. It was adopted by a vote of 128 to 6, with 41 abstentions. The negative votes came from the United States, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom.
Obligation of nuclear disarmament: Paragraph one of the resolution on follow-up to the 1996 opinion of the International Court of Justice underlines the Court’s unanimous conclusion that there is an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations on nuclear disarmament in all its aspects. In a separate vote, the paragraph was approved by a vote of 165 to 4, with 3 abstentions. The four countries voting no were the United States, France, Israel, and Russia.
Prevention of an arms race in outer space: This resolution calling for negotiations to prevent the weaponization of space was overwhelmingly adopted by a vote of 174 to zero. Four countries abstained: the United States, Israel, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands."
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From The Independent: 12 December 2003
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=472441
Bush laughs off critics of 'spoils of war' bidding
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
George W. Bush: "International law? I'd better call my lawyer" ...
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*
Could it be that reason the US voted against these treaties is that
it is accelerating all their plans in these areas? Of course it could.
And, do you think the US will be the only one to enter the race? Of course not.
It says all these were adopted, doesn't the USA have veto power in the UN?
Treaties? We don't need no stinkin' treaties.
This is my cynical sarcasm of the PNAC cabal in office over this land.
Which state is the rogue again?
If the USA is the number one leader, who are the followers?
In the quest for global domination, the whole world is a battlefield.
See my post from Monday the 8th about this article:
From The San Francisco Chronicle: Sunday, December 7, 2003
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2003%2F12%2F07%2FMNG5Q3GH941.DTL
A new era of nuclear weapons: Bush's buildup begins with little debate in Congress
By James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer
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From the Lawyers' Commitee on Nuclear Policy, Inc.: December 9, 2003
http://lcnp.org/disarmament/usgarecord.htm
The Shameful U.S. Record in 2003: Disarmament Votes at the United Nations
By John Burroughs
"On December 8, 2003, the United Nations General Assembly voted on this year’s resolutions on disarmament and security. The United States consistently voted against the most important resolutions on nuclear and space disarmament:
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The United States cast the only vote against this resolution calling for bringing the CTBT into force. It was adopted by a vote of 173 to 1, with 4 abstentions.
Path to the total elimination of nuclear weapons: The United States and India were the only countries to vote against this resolution. Sponsored by Japan, it calls for compliance with the program for transparent, verified, and irreversible reduction and elimination of nuclear forces agreed by all states (including the United States) participating in the 2000 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. It was adopted by a vote of 164 to 2, with 14 abstentions.
New Agenda for a nuclear-weapon-free world: Sponsored by Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden and South Africa, this resolution centers on a call for compliance with the 2000 NPT program and also addresses missile defenses, weaponization of outer space, and reduction of non-strategic weapons. It was adopted by a vote of 128 to 6, with 41 abstentions. The negative votes came from the United States, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom.
Obligation of nuclear disarmament: Paragraph one of the resolution on follow-up to the 1996 opinion of the International Court of Justice underlines the Court’s unanimous conclusion that there is an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations on nuclear disarmament in all its aspects. In a separate vote, the paragraph was approved by a vote of 165 to 4, with 3 abstentions. The four countries voting no were the United States, France, Israel, and Russia.
Prevention of an arms race in outer space: This resolution calling for negotiations to prevent the weaponization of space was overwhelmingly adopted by a vote of 174 to zero. Four countries abstained: the United States, Israel, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands."
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From The Independent: 12 December 2003
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=472441
Bush laughs off critics of 'spoils of war' bidding
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
George W. Bush: "International law? I'd better call my lawyer" ...
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*
Could it be that reason the US voted against these treaties is that
it is accelerating all their plans in these areas? Of course it could.
And, do you think the US will be the only one to enter the race? Of course not.
It says all these were adopted, doesn't the USA have veto power in the UN?
Treaties? We don't need no stinkin' treaties.
This is my cynical sarcasm of the PNAC cabal in office over this land.
Which state is the rogue again?
If the USA is the number one leader, who are the followers?
In the quest for global domination, the whole world is a battlefield.
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Lessons on How To Oppress and Subjugate
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From The New York Times: December 7, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/international/middleeast/07TACT.html?pagewanted=print&position=
Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns
By DEXTER FILKINS
ABU HISHMA, Iraq, Dec. 6 — As the guerrilla war against Iraqi insurgents intensifies, American soldiers have begun wrapping entire villages in barbed wire. In selective cases, American soldiers are demolishing buildings thought to be used by Iraqi attackers. They have begun imprisoning the relatives of suspected guerrillas, in hopes of pressing the insurgents to turn themselves in. ... American officials say they are not purposefully mimicking Israeli tactics, but they acknowledge that they have studied closely the Israeli experience in urban fighting. Ahead of the war, Israeli defense experts briefed American commanders on their experience in guerrilla and urban warfare. The Americans say there are no Israeli military advisers helping the Americans in Iraq. ...
From The New Yorker: Issue of 2003-12-15, Posted 2003-12-08
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031215fa_fact
MOVING TARGETS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
... An American who has advised the civilian authority in Baghdad said, “The only way we can win is to go unconventional. We’re going to have to play their game. Guerrilla versus guerrilla. Terrorism versus terrorism. We’ve got to scare the Iraqis into submission.” ...
From The Guardian: Tuesday December 9, 2003
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1102940,00.html
Israel trains US assassination squads in Iraq
By Julian Borger in Washington
Israeli advisers are helping train US special forces in aggressive counter-insurgency operations in Iraq, including the use of assassination squads against guerrilla leaders, US intelligence and military sources said yesterday. The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has sent urban warfare specialists to Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the home of US special forces, and according to two sources, Israeli military "consultants" have also visited Iraq. ... US special forces teams are already behind the lines inside Syria attempting to kill foreign jihadists before they cross the border ...
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At Asia Times: Nov 26, 2003
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EK26Dg01.html
Bush's North Korea policy still a shambles
(By Aidan Foster-Carter)
George W Bush:
"Not every situation needs to be resolved through military action. And I would cite to you North Korea and Iran," he told British newspapers.
..................
Also a comment I posted at Baltimore Independent Media:
http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/5735/index.php
Of the ways for Bush to retain his office, one is to rig the election again and another is an emergency that requires the implementation of martial law. and due to his policies he will have plenty of opportunities to enflame present crises. Here's just one (and another one could be a war for oil in the Caspian Sea arena with Russia as an opponent):
[I've been saying this for a long time - that I don't expect a fair election in 2004, or even any election at all. But, in other news today, Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean's campaign.]
From AP at Yahoo: Tue Dec 9, 7:16 AM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031209/ap_on_re_as/k
N. Korea Sets Condition for Halting Nukes
By SANG-HUN CHOE, Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Tuesday it will freeze its nuclear weapons program if Washington takes the communist country off its list of terrorism-sponsoring nations and provides fuel aid. If this demand is met by the United States, North Korea also said it will join a second round of six-nation talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs. North Korea would "freeze" its nuclear activities in exchange for "measures such as the U.S. delisting the DPRK as a 'terrorism sponsor,' lift of the political, economic and military sanctions and blockade and energy aid including the supply of heavy fuel oil and electricity by the U.S. and neighboring countries," a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying by its official news agency, KCNA. ... "This would lay a foundation for furthering the six-way talks," the spokesman said. "What is clear is that in no case the DPRK would freeze its nuclear activities unless it is rewarded." ...
From AP at My Way News: Dec 9, 4:34 PM (ET)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031209/D7VB3VM00.html
U.S. Rejects New N. Korea Offer on Nukes
By SOO-JEONG LEE
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea announced Tuesday it would freeze its nuclear weapons projects in return for the United States providing energy aid and removing Pyongyang from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. President Bush rejected the offer. ... "The goal of the United States is not for a freeze of the nuclear program," Bush said at a White House news conference with Premier Wen Jiabao of China, which is spearheading the drive to resume talks with North Korea. "The goal is to dismantle a nuclear weapons program in a verifiable and irreversible way," Bush said. "That is the clear message we are sending to the North Koreans." ... Under its initial proposal, North Korea would declare its willingness to give up nuclear development, allow nuclear inspections, give up missiles exports and finally dismantle its nuclear weapons facilities. In return, it demanded economic and humanitarian aid, security assurances, diplomatic ties and new power plants. ...
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US troops are learning from the Israelis how to enrage and oppress people whose lands they occupy (not that they need any help), and Bush is showing NKorea what a tough negotiator and "diplomat" he is by accepting no terms and expecting to get whatever he wants for nothing. [I shouldn't say for nothing. It's the threat of nuclear war that he uses as a bargaining chip.]
From The New York Times: December 7, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/international/middleeast/07TACT.html?pagewanted=print&position=
Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns
By DEXTER FILKINS
ABU HISHMA, Iraq, Dec. 6 — As the guerrilla war against Iraqi insurgents intensifies, American soldiers have begun wrapping entire villages in barbed wire. In selective cases, American soldiers are demolishing buildings thought to be used by Iraqi attackers. They have begun imprisoning the relatives of suspected guerrillas, in hopes of pressing the insurgents to turn themselves in. ... American officials say they are not purposefully mimicking Israeli tactics, but they acknowledge that they have studied closely the Israeli experience in urban fighting. Ahead of the war, Israeli defense experts briefed American commanders on their experience in guerrilla and urban warfare. The Americans say there are no Israeli military advisers helping the Americans in Iraq. ...
From The New Yorker: Issue of 2003-12-15, Posted 2003-12-08
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031215fa_fact
MOVING TARGETS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
... An American who has advised the civilian authority in Baghdad said, “The only way we can win is to go unconventional. We’re going to have to play their game. Guerrilla versus guerrilla. Terrorism versus terrorism. We’ve got to scare the Iraqis into submission.” ...
From The Guardian: Tuesday December 9, 2003
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1102940,00.html
Israel trains US assassination squads in Iraq
By Julian Borger in Washington
Israeli advisers are helping train US special forces in aggressive counter-insurgency operations in Iraq, including the use of assassination squads against guerrilla leaders, US intelligence and military sources said yesterday. The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has sent urban warfare specialists to Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the home of US special forces, and according to two sources, Israeli military "consultants" have also visited Iraq. ... US special forces teams are already behind the lines inside Syria attempting to kill foreign jihadists before they cross the border ...
------------------------------
At Asia Times: Nov 26, 2003
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/EK26Dg01.html
Bush's North Korea policy still a shambles
(By Aidan Foster-Carter)
George W Bush:
"Not every situation needs to be resolved through military action. And I would cite to you North Korea and Iran," he told British newspapers.
..................
Also a comment I posted at Baltimore Independent Media:
http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/5735/index.php
Of the ways for Bush to retain his office, one is to rig the election again and another is an emergency that requires the implementation of martial law. and due to his policies he will have plenty of opportunities to enflame present crises. Here's just one (and another one could be a war for oil in the Caspian Sea arena with Russia as an opponent):
[I've been saying this for a long time - that I don't expect a fair election in 2004, or even any election at all. But, in other news today, Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean's campaign.]
From AP at Yahoo: Tue Dec 9, 7:16 AM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031209/ap_on_re_as/k
N. Korea Sets Condition for Halting Nukes
By SANG-HUN CHOE, Associated Press Writer
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Tuesday it will freeze its nuclear weapons program if Washington takes the communist country off its list of terrorism-sponsoring nations and provides fuel aid. If this demand is met by the United States, North Korea also said it will join a second round of six-nation talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs. North Korea would "freeze" its nuclear activities in exchange for "measures such as the U.S. delisting the DPRK as a 'terrorism sponsor,' lift of the political, economic and military sanctions and blockade and energy aid including the supply of heavy fuel oil and electricity by the U.S. and neighboring countries," a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying by its official news agency, KCNA. ... "This would lay a foundation for furthering the six-way talks," the spokesman said. "What is clear is that in no case the DPRK would freeze its nuclear activities unless it is rewarded." ...
From AP at My Way News: Dec 9, 4:34 PM (ET)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031209/D7VB3VM00.html
U.S. Rejects New N. Korea Offer on Nukes
By SOO-JEONG LEE
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea announced Tuesday it would freeze its nuclear weapons projects in return for the United States providing energy aid and removing Pyongyang from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. President Bush rejected the offer. ... "The goal of the United States is not for a freeze of the nuclear program," Bush said at a White House news conference with Premier Wen Jiabao of China, which is spearheading the drive to resume talks with North Korea. "The goal is to dismantle a nuclear weapons program in a verifiable and irreversible way," Bush said. "That is the clear message we are sending to the North Koreans." ... Under its initial proposal, North Korea would declare its willingness to give up nuclear development, allow nuclear inspections, give up missiles exports and finally dismantle its nuclear weapons facilities. In return, it demanded economic and humanitarian aid, security assurances, diplomatic ties and new power plants. ...
----------------------------------------------------
US troops are learning from the Israelis how to enrage and oppress people whose lands they occupy (not that they need any help), and Bush is showing NKorea what a tough negotiator and "diplomat" he is by accepting no terms and expecting to get whatever he wants for nothing. [I shouldn't say for nothing. It's the threat of nuclear war that he uses as a bargaining chip.]
Monday, December 08, 2003
Heads Up!
.
From The San Francisco Chronicle: Sunday, December 7, 2003
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2003%2F12%2F07%2FMNG5Q3GH941.DTL
A new era of nuclear weapons
Bush's buildup begins with little debate in Congress
By James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer
Congress, with only a limited debate, has given the Bush administration a green light for the biggest revitalization of the country's nuclear weapons program since the end of the Cold War, leaving many Democrats and even some hawkish Republicans seething. "This has been a good year," said Linton Brooks, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, which develops and manages the country's nuclear weapons arsenal. "I'm pretty happy we essentially got what we wanted." Reversing a decade of restraint in nuclear weapons policy, Congress agreed to provide more than $6 billion for research, expansion and upgrades in the country's nuclear capabilities. While Congress approved large sums to maintain the existing nuclear arsenal even during the Clinton years, this year's increases will finance multiyear programs to design a new generation of warheads as well as more sophisticated missiles, bombers and re-entry vehicles to deliver them. ...
... the administration is seeking a new stockpile of both some Cold War-era warheads and new, smaller weapons that can be used for limited attacks and for destroying caches of weapons of mass destruction, especially in buried bunkers, without causing indiscriminate destruction and loss of life. It has also proposed a policy of possible pre-emptive first use of nuclear weapons in emergencies, even against non-nuclear states. A recent study entitled "Missiles of Empire: America's 21st Century Global Legions," by Lichterman of the Western States Legal Foundation highlights not only the administration's push for new kinds of warheads, but also the billions it is planning to spend on reducing the time it would take to launch a nuclear strike and on a new generation of missile re-entry vehicles, among other things. The re-entry vehicles would allow the military to steer warheads toward targets, even moving targets, entering the atmosphere from space. ...
... the administration succeeded in pushing through the repeal of the law banning the development of smaller, more usable low-yield warheads, and it got approval to begin research into advanced weapons concepts for the future. ...
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From AFP at SpaceWar: Nov 27, 2003
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-03zzr.html
Bombing Anywhere On Earth In Less Than Two Hours
Washington - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the US Air Force share a vision of a new transformational capability that aims to provide a means of delivering a substantial payload from within the continental United States (CONUS) to anywhere on Earth in less than two hours. ...
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From AFP: Tue Nov 4, 3:50 AM ET
Putin reaffirms Russia's right to preemptive strikes
MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin has reaffirmed his position that Russia can resort to preemptive military strikes because the policy is also practiced by the United States. "If the principle of preventive use of force continues to develop in international practice, then Russia reserves the right to act in an analogous manner to defend its national interests," Putin said in an interview whose transcript was released Tuesday. "All nuclear powers are improving their nuclear potential and Russia will do the same," Putin said in an interview with Italian journalists ahead of this week's visit to Rome, according to Interfax. ...
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Folks, this isn't really news anymore, but we're in an arms race kicked off by the Bush administration where anything goes. The weaponization of space has begun and the doctrine of pre-emptive nuclear strikes is now in force and being readied for use. They say "to the victor belong the spoils", but we will all be losers and the world will be what is spoiled. It seems American greed has no limit whatsoever, and there are no treaties to ward off self-destruction anymore. This comment is just a "heads up". Watch out for those nukes from space. You can look up, but all you can do when the time has come is to say your final prayers - that is if you see it coming in time.
From The San Francisco Chronicle: Sunday, December 7, 2003
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2003%2F12%2F07%2FMNG5Q3GH941.DTL
A new era of nuclear weapons
Bush's buildup begins with little debate in Congress
By James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer
Congress, with only a limited debate, has given the Bush administration a green light for the biggest revitalization of the country's nuclear weapons program since the end of the Cold War, leaving many Democrats and even some hawkish Republicans seething. "This has been a good year," said Linton Brooks, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, which develops and manages the country's nuclear weapons arsenal. "I'm pretty happy we essentially got what we wanted." Reversing a decade of restraint in nuclear weapons policy, Congress agreed to provide more than $6 billion for research, expansion and upgrades in the country's nuclear capabilities. While Congress approved large sums to maintain the existing nuclear arsenal even during the Clinton years, this year's increases will finance multiyear programs to design a new generation of warheads as well as more sophisticated missiles, bombers and re-entry vehicles to deliver them. ...
... the administration is seeking a new stockpile of both some Cold War-era warheads and new, smaller weapons that can be used for limited attacks and for destroying caches of weapons of mass destruction, especially in buried bunkers, without causing indiscriminate destruction and loss of life. It has also proposed a policy of possible pre-emptive first use of nuclear weapons in emergencies, even against non-nuclear states. A recent study entitled "Missiles of Empire: America's 21st Century Global Legions," by Lichterman of the Western States Legal Foundation highlights not only the administration's push for new kinds of warheads, but also the billions it is planning to spend on reducing the time it would take to launch a nuclear strike and on a new generation of missile re-entry vehicles, among other things. The re-entry vehicles would allow the military to steer warheads toward targets, even moving targets, entering the atmosphere from space. ...
... the administration succeeded in pushing through the repeal of the law banning the development of smaller, more usable low-yield warheads, and it got approval to begin research into advanced weapons concepts for the future. ...
---------------------
From AFP at SpaceWar: Nov 27, 2003
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-03zzr.html
Bombing Anywhere On Earth In Less Than Two Hours
Washington - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the US Air Force share a vision of a new transformational capability that aims to provide a means of delivering a substantial payload from within the continental United States (CONUS) to anywhere on Earth in less than two hours. ...
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From AFP: Tue Nov 4, 3:50 AM ET
Putin reaffirms Russia's right to preemptive strikes
MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin has reaffirmed his position that Russia can resort to preemptive military strikes because the policy is also practiced by the United States. "If the principle of preventive use of force continues to develop in international practice, then Russia reserves the right to act in an analogous manner to defend its national interests," Putin said in an interview whose transcript was released Tuesday. "All nuclear powers are improving their nuclear potential and Russia will do the same," Putin said in an interview with Italian journalists ahead of this week's visit to Rome, according to Interfax. ...
--------------------------------
Folks, this isn't really news anymore, but we're in an arms race kicked off by the Bush administration where anything goes. The weaponization of space has begun and the doctrine of pre-emptive nuclear strikes is now in force and being readied for use. They say "to the victor belong the spoils", but we will all be losers and the world will be what is spoiled. It seems American greed has no limit whatsoever, and there are no treaties to ward off self-destruction anymore. This comment is just a "heads up". Watch out for those nukes from space. You can look up, but all you can do when the time has come is to say your final prayers - that is if you see it coming in time.
Sunday, December 07, 2003
Today's "Gag" - a miserable failure
OK, I'll go along with this one.
Search Google for "a miserable failure" and check the results. :-)
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22miserable+failure%22
Due to search engines looking through pages on the internet, when enough people link the words
"a miserable failure" to George W. Bush's biography at the White House on their webpages, it rises
to the top of the list of search results for those words. I think someone started doing it on their blog
some time after this quote was made, and spread the word:
"This president is a miserable failure on foreign policy and on the economy and he's got to be replaced."
- Dick Gephardt at the DNC presidential debate in New Mexico, 9/4/03
http://www.amiserablefailure.com/plugin/template/gephardt/220/*
It's a technique called "Google bombing" from what I've heard.
Here's an explanation from Newsday:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzgoog1206,0,2339508.story?coll=ny-business-headlines
Also check out the comment about Bush's real biography at this webpage:
http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/5686/index.php
(Under the title "Following the Leader...")
I also made some comments at that site on this page:
http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/5576/index.php
(About space bombers from the US, Stiletto missiles from Russia, and the non-start treaty)
Search Google for "a miserable failure" and check the results. :-)
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22miserable+failure%22
Due to search engines looking through pages on the internet, when enough people link the words
"a miserable failure" to George W. Bush's biography at the White House on their webpages, it rises
to the top of the list of search results for those words. I think someone started doing it on their blog
some time after this quote was made, and spread the word:
"This president is a miserable failure on foreign policy and on the economy and he's got to be replaced."
- Dick Gephardt at the DNC presidential debate in New Mexico, 9/4/03
http://www.amiserablefailure.com/plugin/template/gephardt/220/*
It's a technique called "Google bombing" from what I've heard.
Here's an explanation from Newsday:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzgoog1206,0,2339508.story?coll=ny-business-headlines
Also check out the comment about Bush's real biography at this webpage:
http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/5686/index.php
(Under the title "Following the Leader...")
I also made some comments at that site on this page:
http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/5576/index.php
(About space bombers from the US, Stiletto missiles from Russia, and the non-start treaty)
Thursday, December 04, 2003
So, When WILL Democracy Come To Iraq?
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From The White House: November 6, 2003 11:05 A.M. EST
President Bush Discusses Freedom in Iraq and Middle East
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031106-2.html
George W. Bush:
"The regime in Teheran must heed the democratic demands of the Iranian people, or lose its last claim to legitimacy" ...
"The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event in the global democratic revolution. ... the United States has adopted a new policy, a forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East. ... "
From The NYT: December 4, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/international/middleeast/04CENS.html?pagewanted=print&position=
U.S. Rejects Iraqi Plan to Hold Census by Summer, By JOEL BRINKLEY
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 3 — Iraqi census officials devised a detailed plan to count the country's entire population next summer and prepare a voter roll that would open the way to national elections in September. But American officials say they rejected the idea, and the Iraqi Governing Council members say they never saw the plan to consider it. The practicality of national elections is now the subject of intense debate among Iraqi and American officials, who are trying to move forward on a plan to give Iraqis sovereignty next summer. As the American occupation officials rejected the plan to compile a voter roll rapidly, they also argued to the Governing Council that the lack of a voter roll meant national elections were impractical. The American plan for Iraqi sovereignty proposes instead a series of caucus-style, indirect elections. ...
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Bush chides Iran that it is not democratic and yet champions his own cause in saying that he is bringing democracy and freedom to Iraq? If Bush lets the Iraqi people vote, do you think that they will vote to let Bush keep their oil and let the troops stay?
From The White House: November 6, 2003 11:05 A.M. EST
President Bush Discusses Freedom in Iraq and Middle East
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031106-2.html
George W. Bush:
"The regime in Teheran must heed the democratic demands of the Iranian people, or lose its last claim to legitimacy" ...
"The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event in the global democratic revolution. ... the United States has adopted a new policy, a forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East. ... "
From The NYT: December 4, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/international/middleeast/04CENS.html?pagewanted=print&position=
U.S. Rejects Iraqi Plan to Hold Census by Summer, By JOEL BRINKLEY
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 3 — Iraqi census officials devised a detailed plan to count the country's entire population next summer and prepare a voter roll that would open the way to national elections in September. But American officials say they rejected the idea, and the Iraqi Governing Council members say they never saw the plan to consider it. The practicality of national elections is now the subject of intense debate among Iraqi and American officials, who are trying to move forward on a plan to give Iraqis sovereignty next summer. As the American occupation officials rejected the plan to compile a voter roll rapidly, they also argued to the Governing Council that the lack of a voter roll meant national elections were impractical. The American plan for Iraqi sovereignty proposes instead a series of caucus-style, indirect elections. ...
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Bush chides Iran that it is not democratic and yet champions his own cause in saying that he is bringing democracy and freedom to Iraq? If Bush lets the Iraqi people vote, do you think that they will vote to let Bush keep their oil and let the troops stay?
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