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August 12, 2007 at 06:51:14

War By Every Possible Means

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In Iraq, China Arming Both Sides: U.S.

Report: Risk of nuclear warfare rising

Missiles Everywhere

A $1.5 trillion mistake: Pakistan, North Korea, Iran and the Nuclear Nexus

Well, you get the idea.

During the last year, China opened the world’s largest seaport: in Pakistan. China deflected international pressure on the genocide in Darfur so it could continue to hustle Sudan’s leadership to gain a monopoly over that county’s oil. China destroyed a satellite with an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test. A Chinese submarine maneuvered undetected into a position that allowed it to surface within sight of a U.S. aircraft carrier. North Korea tested at least one nuclear device. Iran threatened to go nuclear and tested missiles of increasing range: perhaps they can already reach into Europe. And while the U.N. and U.S. wring their hands about pollution and global warming, China continues to hide behind the legalese that it is a “developing nation” and exempt from restrictions like those in the Kyoto pact. That air pollution over Beijing is from manufacturing, my friend. A manufacturing juggernaut.

During the last year Vladimir Putin in Russia has opposed the U.S. on all fronts, invoking old Cold War rhetoric. Russia has been reinvigorated by oil wealth.

Chihuahuas like Ceasar Chavez upped their ugly rhetoric and initiated more anti-U.S. positions and actions.

Cindy Sheehan when to Venezuela to visit. Nancy Pelosi went to Syria to visit. And during a Democratic debate, Barak Obama said he’s go anywhere to visit.

While Meredith Viera of NBCs TODAY Show tasted Chinese cuisine in Beijing to the delight of some grinning Chinese stooge Olympic handler, China was sucking as much iron and tin out of Africa as it could find.

While Americans sat transfixed to Paris Hilton and other meaningless and fleeting news, some ground-shaking world events have occurred. What we need to know is: has this been due to geological shifts or nuclear testing?

I don’t want to be painted an alarmist and dismissed to a corner of the room. What we are urging is a reawakening of our view of the world situation and a change to the sleepwalking politicians at the debates so far. Get Dennis Kucinich off the stage for God’s sake and let’s hear what Mr. Gingrich has to say.

My friend Les Lothringer, who lives and works in China and has spent his lifetime understanding international business says, “The U.S. has made a mistake allowing so much manufacturing and R&D to come here [to China], or anywhere for that matter. It should be brought back to the U.S. The Chinese economy will slow. Americans will learn some financial discipline and American domestic technical know-how, which made the US pre-eminent, will assert itself.”

To ignore Les’ advice is folly, we believe. Viewed as a monopoly board, all the hotels and properties are headed out of the U.S.

And we are not even discussing this mass migration.

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John E. Carey is the former president of International Defense Consultants, Inc.

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Steven Leser specializes in Politics, Science & Health, and Entertainment topics. He has held positions within the Democratic Party including District Chair and Public Relations Chair within county organizations.

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You are asking the wrong questions and thus coming up with

the wrong solutions. This is standard operating procedure for right wing think tanks like the one of which you are a member.

A better question is: If so many people and countries all around the world are upset with us, what are we doing wrong?

Once you have exhausted the intellectual exercise of answering that question and figuring out what non military things we can do to change that, then you will be coming at this the right way.

by Steven Leser (227 articles, 49 quicklinks, 34 diaries, 1634 comments) on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 7:57:29 AM

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Rob KallRob Kall is executive editor and publisher of OpEdNews.com, President of Futurehealth, Inc, inventor . He is also published regularly on the Huffingtonpost.com and is a columnist with Northstarwriters.com. He is a frequent Speaker on Politics, Impeachment, The art, science and power of story, heroes and the hero's journey, Positive Psychology, Stress, Biofeedback and a wide range of subjects. He is a campaign consultant specializing in tapping the power of stories for issue positioning, stump s...

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The Problem is that Right Wing Policy is the cause

Bush, support for transnational corporations over US industry, failure to realize that Globalism without prophylaxis is deadly-- these are right wing (including Clinton DLC) policies that are killing America. Then, we have Walmart-- handing our economy to the Chinese, with mostly right wing customers buying the goods.

And let's not forget, John, your and my favorite idiot Secretary of State-- Condi the incompetent- failing to do just about anything, except make things worse.

Did I miss something or does Bush not have a foreign policy, outside of talking about "evildoers" and fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran?

Let's face it, the right wing has to oversimplify so much to pander to its prime base of religious nuts, inadequate hypertestosterone males and cheap rich people who want to avoid taxes- that it is impossible to develop nuanced, intelligent policies.

There is no room any more for old fashioned, Goldwater type conservatives like I think you are.

by Rob Kall (858 articles, 3987 quicklinks, 343 diaries, 1821 comments) on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 7:59:25 AM

Student of history, religion, exoteric and esoteric, the Humanities in general and advocate for peace, justice and the unity of humankind, not through force, but through self-realization and mutual respect. I have also just come out with my first book, a combination of poetry, photography and essays entitled "Post Katrina Blues", my reflections on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans two years after Katrina struck, published by San Francisco Bay Press.
Mac McKinneyStudent of history, religion, exoteric and esoteric, the Humanities in general and advocate for peace, justice and the unity of humankind, not through force, but through self-realization and mutual respect. I have also just come out with my first book, a combination of poetry, photography and essays entitled "Post Katrina Blues", my reflections on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans two years after Katrina struck, published by San Francisco Bay Press.

Hostile People Live in a Hostile Universe

When an individual's (or country's) essential perspective is that he lives in a hostile world, where enemies lurk everywhere and everyone is out to get him, then he is creating the very conditions of mistrust and hostility that he worries about. His actions will disturb and threaten everyone else and lead to more tension and conflict. This is the situation America has put itself in, becoming the Paranoid States of America.

by Mac McKinney (47 articles, 75 quicklinks, 176 diaries, 1128 comments) on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 8:15:37 AM

Robert Chapman is greatly interested in developing political awareness among as many people as possible.
Robert ChapmanRobert Chapman is greatly interested in developing political awareness among as many people as possible.

War By Every Possible Means

Mr. Carey reflects the opinion of a large and powerful segment of the American spectrum which seriously misreads von Clauswitz's dictum, "War is the armed extension of politics."

Taken at face value, Mr. Carey's position is more similar to another German, Josef Goebbels, who believed that the entire energy of the nation should be mobilized into the service of "Total War."

I reject Mr. Carey's assertion that the rest of the world is ganging up on America.

What I see is an America that is too big for its britches and that is bullying smaller nations and imposing on everyone.

Mr. Carey expresses a shared concern about nuclear proliferation and the Iran's putative ability to deploy a nuclear weapons system.

Yet Mr. Carey is silent on the issue of security for smaller nations without nuclear weapons.

There is no reasonable expectation that nations will not pursue nuclear weapons unless they are convinced that there is a robust international security system that will assure their national integrity.

The GOP politically and the Bush Administration institutionally oppose such a system and have repeatedly articulated their preference for unilateral action unrestrained by any concern for other nation's perceived security interests.

With the world's predominant military power taking such a self-serving and aggressive stance toward international disputes what incentive is there for other nations to restrain their weapons deployment?

With the US taking such a Hobbesian approach to diplomacy, why wouldn't other powers seek the security of coalitions aimed at weakening the US.

Mr. Carey's article serves the useful purpose of explicitly showing how current GOP/conservative thinking increases the probability of conflict and diminishes US security.

Showing restraint in military initiatives is not a sign of weakness.

Agressively preparing to fight people who don't have quarrels with us is not defense.

We have enough enemies.

We should oppose policies that drive more people to oppose us.

by Robert Chapman (28 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 556 comments) on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 9:40:03 AM