Wealth, Women, and War is released in accordance with the solidarity principals of Occupy Wall Street adopted on February 9, 2012.
Cliff Potts
December 3, 2014
World War III
Thus far we’ve discussed many possibilities
concerning the outcome of globalization. Some of the discussion is speculative
to the point of being fantastic fiction. However, the threat is not fiction.
The attack on the United
States on September 11, 2001 by Saudi
nationals operating under the guise of Islamic radicals did happen. NATO did
combine forces with the Afghan resistance to topple the Taliban. The United States did invade Iraq , and depose Saddam Hussein.
The world is in turmoil, and we are at war with the
radical forces of Islam. As of this writing, Pakistan
remains an ally in the struggle against the Islamic fundamentalists, but the
future of Pakistan
is looking grim. Internal forces are rising to oppose the moderate dictatorship
in control of that nation. At the same time, the NATO forces are now making
incursions into Pakistan
in opposition of Al-Qaeda operatives. This is further enraging Pakistani nationalists.
As Greg Knapp of KLIF in Dallas , Texas
We are seeing is not World War Three, per se. It is a
precursor to World War Three. These events seem to match up more with the
Spanish Civil War. That war was the test bed for the tactics and equipment of
the fascists in Italy and Germany and the communists in the Soviet Union . Much of what was perfected during the
Spanish Civil War was employed by the Nazis in the opening days of World War
Two. The Blitzkrieg aerial assault followed closely by the massive thrust of
mechanized armor and foot solders in occupation came out of the Spanish Civil
War. Using that as a model, it is safe to project that we will continue to see
the asymmetrical warfare observed in Iraq
and Afghanistan
spreading around the world. However, the nature of the war may soon change.
With the fluidity and escalation of the situations
around the world, the state of affairs may actually bloom into full
manifestation or war before this report is completed. Events are decaying
swiftly. There can be little doubt that our enemies are well aware of the U.S.
political cycle and are moving into position to make strategic advances around
the November 2008 general election.
Some argue that such escalation would help secure the
presidency for the GOP, while others point out that the radicals are jockeying
for tactical or strategic positioning to move aggressively when the GOP is out
of office. This is a bit self-absorbed. It is more likely that the opposition
is simply taking advantage of the confusion during the change of office that occurs
in from November 4, 2008 to January 9, 2009. George W. Bush will be stepping
down. Remember it was mis-cues in this time frame in 1860 which led to our own
Civil War.
The conspiracy theorists have focused on these
elections as the time of great turmoil as well. It is worth noting only as it
shows the level of anxiety on the domestic level. According to the conspiracy
theorists, the Illuminati, backed by the Rockefellers in conjunction with the
Zionists and players from Bohemian Grove, are planning to overthrow the Unites
Sates. According to the current theory, multinational factions are planning on
moving into position to dissolve the United States under marital law
following another 9/11 type of attack. That will, in turn, lead the way to
utilizing the forces of the United Nations in conjunction with the Blackwater
private security firm to subjugate the citizens of the United States and fuse Canada , the United
States , and Mexico into the North American
Union. All of this is supposed to occur under an emergency extension of the
presidency of George W. Bush. There are a few variations on this theme. This is
worth noting just how uncertain and distrustful we have become to our federal
government in general.
In the closing days of the Clinton administration, right
wing factions were broadcasting the rumor that Clinton was going to crown
himself king of the United States using Y2K as an excuse. Much the same
rhetoric is coming from the left and libertarians concerning the last days of
the Bush Administration in conjunction with some supposed terrorist attack.
To people living and operating at level two of
Maslow’s pyramid, there is always some great threat looming to topple the
United States and enslave the to some evil empire. Inevitably these conspiracy
theories go back to the “Anti-Christ,” the “One world government,” the “End
Times”. Needless to say, in one form or the other, these conspiracies all point
to the Jews as being the world’s opponent to freedom loving people. There has
been some clinical research advocating that some 60% of the U.S. population is clinically
neurotic. From what is observed in the workplace, and the political debates, it
is hard to discount those numbers.
The Illuminati died out in the 18th
Century. While the Freemasons and the Masonic Lodge still exists, they are
about as politically homogeneous as any community that can be named. They hold
to a hermetic philosophy of enlightenment and knowledge, beyond that there is
no ruling class within the organization. Added to that, the lodge is dying off
since the ideals of the Masonic order of God, family, and community do not play
well to the masses in western society. The Masonic lodge is a community service
organization, nothing more. Moreover, there is no connection between the
Masonic lodge and Skull and Bones of
Yale.
There is no world wide conspiracy to overthrow the
government save for the relationship which the capitalists have to the
respective governments to provide them with lucrative markets to ply their
respective trades. Even Adam Smith pointed that out. The U.N. is not a great
fan of George W. Bush, or his administration. They did not endorse the U.S. invasion of Iraq .
However, one cannot tell the conspiracy theorists
such things. They have an argument to refute every reasonable fact, and they
have a scapegoat to inject all their venom into. Add to this, the socially
inept and paranoid theorists also feel that they hold secret knowledge that the
people are unwilling to accept. They feel they are the only ones who have the real truth. They are the natural fringe
which develops when the majority of society is functioning in fear. The
problems in the United
States today do not stem from some specific
organization attempting to topple the government. They stem from the underlying
philosophical assertions of individualism within a functioning society.
As to the threat posed by the conspiracy theorist, it
is minimal. They are disorganized. They function in a paranoid environment of
chronic mistrust. And they fixate on some outside force to blame for their
inadequacies. Again, they function at Maslow’s level two of fear response.
Moreover, anyone who is not accepting their liturgy of paranoia is suspect. The
best response which can be made to individuals such as these is to stay far
away from them, or risk being sucked into their delusions.
There is one unfortunate aspect to the whirl of
conspiracy theories flung around the population. They distract from focusing on
the real threat posed within the world today. It is not the Illuminati which
need to be feared, it is the fundamentalists who spout hate rhetoric. They
exist in the United States ,
and in the world at large. It is interesting to note that the tales of the
Illuminati also infiltrate Islamic lore. This is the source material for the U.S.
being labeled the “Great Satan” by the Islamic fundamentalists. In their
version, the U.S. was
founded by Satanists who were expelled from Egypt
and fled to England
in the 1600s. It is further interesting that Islam has picked up on the same
theme to undermine the popular support for the various operations in the globe.
The main element in all these conspiracies is that the Jews are behind them. As
pointed out by Berman, the only thing that one can say is that they excel at
whatever they attempt.
The Jews who moved to Israel did make the dessert bloom. The Arabs, on the other hand, have done
little for their own people. The reason for this is simple: as long as they can
play the victim, they can get the western world to funnel aid into them and
excuse the atrocities. Those days are, however, coming to an end.
The western border of Pakistan
has been a sieve through which munitions and people have crossed into Afghanistan .
This was true in the 1970s to oppose the Soviets, and it is true today during
NATO operations. Pakistan ,
if we accept the reports of the main street media, is our ally in the War on
Terror. The current moderate government has been rewarded for cooperating with
NATO and the US .
The plot to blow up jets in flight over the Atlantic
was foiled by a joint effort between Scotland Yard and the Pakistani
government. However, there seems to be some scuttlebutt filtering through the U.S. media that opposition officials are now
complaining that the U.S.
bullied Pakistan into
complying with U.S.
wishes. That plays well in their press and allows them to make political points
at the expense of the U.S.
and their current government.
At the same time, however, in May of 2007 street
violence in support of as dismissed Islamic judge erupted in Pakistan . In June of 2007 a mosque
was taken over by Islamic fundamentalists holding women and children hostage.
They had to be expelled by the Pakistan
police under fire.
In December of 2005 there were two separate attempts
to murder their current leader. The current unrest stems from the government
being moderate Muslims and the general population leaning towards a more
radical Islamic approach to life. This type of fundamentalist blow-back is not
unusual when a culture feels that it is being culturally attacked. It can be
seen in Hitler’s rise to power as well. Hitler represented the fundamentalist
German ideal of the superiority of the blond hair, blue eyed, Aryan (or Saxon)
people. Islam’s rise to popularity is similar in nature but it is based on pure
religious philosophy and activities. Men in Afghanistan
and Iraq
have been murdered for shaving their beards. Women have been hung for teaching
male children. Extremism is the appearance of any fundamentalist expression.
On the micro level the terms “Muslim” and “Islam”
designate an individual’s surrender to Allah. However, on the macro-level they
tend to denote specific and different world views. As such, the difference can
and often does constitute a wildly different approach to addressing society’s
issues. The Muslim approach is more individual, internal and spiritual. Jihad in this expression is the
spiritual battle to be more submissive to the goodness of Allah and his
expression in the individual’s life. Islam’s approach, as we have seen, is more
political and aggressive.
The violence coming out of Islam is not unique to
Islam, however. The deliberate bombing of soft civilian targets is, according
to one reputable source, the invention of the Irish Republican Army. It is
based on military principals first seen in World War One. It is meant to target
the opposition’s economy and disrupt their ability to sustain a war effort. In
the modern Islamic approach, the suicide bomber is no different than the
Japanese divine wind, or Kamikaze, which first appeared late in World War Two
when Japan
was losing the war. The Islamic use of that tactic may equally be an indication
that Islam is losing, or has lost, its war against Israel .
It is said that the car bomb is nothing more than a
poor man’s cruise missile. While that statement may not be politically correct,
it has value in keeping the tactics and delivery systems in perspective. The
western propensity for using technologically advanced weapons only serves to
divorce the delivery system from those who use them. In the end someone selects
the target, someone delivers the weapon, and someone dies as a result of the
weapon being used. Based on the 2007 Scotland bombing, the weapons are
becoming less and less effective and may indicate that the finances of the
Islamic extremists are drying up.
The low-tech terrorist weapons only increase the
psychological shock since they are triggered by men, and now women, willing to
die for their cause. The recent use of women, a protected class in Islam, as
suicide bombers designates a divergence from normal tactics. It could be an
indication of desperation to escalate the warfare. It could mean that the
gender barrier is breaking down. It could be an extreme way to chide men into
taking action. It could indicate a depletion of men willing and ready to die
for the Islamic cause. It could be a further indication that Islam is losing.
As noted before, the use of suicide bombers is a very
poor use of limited resources, and the bravest of Islam are being depleted by
the tactic. As General Patton said, “No one has ever won a war by dying for his
country; he won it by making the other poor, dumb, bastard die for his
country.”[2]
In Iraq
alone the estimated casualties is in the 60,000 range. The majority of that
seems to be Muslim on Muslim sectarian violence. In the same time frame we have
lost some 3,000 troops. It looks like our forces are collateral damage in the
wider civil war among the Iraq
people. Effectively speaking Islam is, right now, destroying itself for the
cause of capitalistic gain. Whoever is left standing once the killing is over is
the one who reap the rewards of developing the Iraqi oil fields. They want to
do this along religious tribal identification, that is their decision to make,
but it is effectively what is being fought for in Iraq . The corporations which rise
out of the dust of this mayhem will do business with anyone who has the price.
The news coming out of Pakistan is sketchy at best. The
country by and large is Islamic, if we are to believe our current media
releases, and the government is moderate Muslim. Some reports have placed the
Pakistani military at two thirds Islamic. The creator of Pakistan ’s nuclear program is also Islamic, but
has refused to cooperate with other Islamic elements in assisting in developing
a weapons system outside of Pakistan .
While there is a movement within Pakistan to keep the nuclear
arsenal out of the hands of Islamic radicals, radical Islam, according to our
press, is only a stuttering heart beat away from securing a source of
developed, tested, proven, ready to deploy nuclear weapons. Islam does not have
to wait for the development in Iran
or negotiation with North
Korea to secure such weapons. It only has to
topple the moderate government currently holding power in Pakistan . It is not unreasonable to
conclude that it is only a matter time until the government of Pakistan
changes hands. They too have an election coming up in 2008. And it is that
election, not the U.S.
election which Pakistan
is concerned about.
For better or worse, President George W. Bush has the
world very concerned about what reprisals can be expected if the Islamic war of
liberation is escalated. Even in Iraq , with some 3,000 military
fatalities and some 1,000 civilian contractor fatalities, the aggression
against Collation forces has been minimal. While it is open to interpretation,
these numbers alone, when compared to the same time frame in the Korean
Conflict, would suggest that the Collation forces are more collateral damage in
an on-going Iraqi Civil War. This is not the spin we chose to put on the
reports since sensationalism brings in viewers, listeners, and readers. Based
on the actions of the Islamic fighters – it is hard to call them freedom
fighters, since it is a sectarian war for control of resources and not any war
of liberation – even they are thinking twice before pushing this administration
any further. They took one lucky shot at the U.S. on September 11, 2001 and have
taken losses around the globe since then.
A rational person would need to pause at that
statement. There is, again, a lot of noise in the underground about the attack
being an inside job. The link is usually with the Rockefeller group in
conjunction with the Messsaude (Israeli Secret Service) and the CIA/FBI
orchestrated by the Bush Administration as a pretext to go to war on behalf of Israel in the Middle East .
Israel has not substantially
gained anything from our war in Afghanistan
and Iraq .
Two , Saudi Arabia U.S.
was given special treatment by Bush following the attack on September 11, 2001.
They were literally evacuated out of the U.S. by Presidential order,
according to Fahrenheit 9/11.
Furthermore, the Saudi Air force flies sophisticated F-16 so it is not outside
the scope of plausibility that some of their pilots could have flown those 757s
into the World Trade Center
The persistence of the rumors and accusations that
the attacks were committed under the direction of the Bush administration only,
again, show how fearful the people of the United States have become of their
own government. How factual we can take these counter accusations is left to
the individual to decide. If it is an indication that much of this is very
dirty politicking, it would be in the absence of anyone in the leftist
leadership quietly raising a private army to oppose the Bush administration. If
they truly believed that Bush was responsible then logic would dictate that
they would be taking some kind of action to drive him from office as a
murderous traitor to the United
States . Since that is not happening, not
even at the level of the Militia in the 1990s, one can conclude that these
charges are nothing but hot air to promote a further right or left radical
agenda. This fear and paranoia, however, may be another indication of the corporations
losing control of the competitive force which they have done so much to
cultivate over the past two and a half decades. There are questions remaining
unanswered for the events of 9/11. Not one of which is how can the U.S.
spend so much money on intelligence and get it so wrong. They were wrong about
the terror threat of 9/11 and they were wrong about the WMDs in Iraq .
Since the U.S.
spends something close to 80 billion dollars a year on Intelligence Services,
one has to conclude that it was not going for Intelligence.
While it is not within the scope of this report to
take any position on what occurred outside of a skeptical acceptance of the
9/11 Commission’s assertions, there are questions which still remain. As of
August 3, 2007, the day after the bridge in Minneapolis ,
Minnesota collapsed due to faulty maintenance,
it does not look like the U.S.
citizens are going to get any clear answers as to what happened in the fall of
2001. While it is pure speculation, the collapse of the World Trade Center
Towers One, Two, and Seven may equally be due to improper construction. It
would not be beyond the scope of plausiblity that corners were cut during
construction which had a direct impact on what occurred on that fateful day in
September of 2001. Maybe, if we wake up to a rational world in the future there
may be some form of Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the U.S.
to find out what happened. Too many answers are left to speculation right now.
Why did tower seven collapse? The fire in Tower Seven
from the debris from One and Two simply could not have gotten hot enough. What
hit the Pentagon? The official explanation of a 757 vaporizing doesn’t make
sense. Based on the penetration and debris field, it does not resemble a Jumbo
Jet crash site. For that matter the debris field in Pennsylvania looks a bit dubious when
compared to photographs of other Jumbo Jet crash sites. Then there is the
mystery of the Anthrax letters sent shortly after 9/11. Was that a domestic
terrorist attack piggy backing the international terrorist attack? Was it part
of the original attack?
The idea of sending biological agents through the
mail goes back to 1975 in a science fiction called the 11TH Plague. In that work of fiction it was an attack by
an Islamic nation to cripple the United States
just before an attack on Israel .
Could some rogue individual gone off half-cocked attempting to achieve the same
end? This would not be dissimilar to Tim McVeigh’s bombing of the Murrah Federal
Building
In this day and age, with so much computerization and
the amount of money funneled into law enforcement at the federal level, it is
hard to believe that anyone can play the market at that level and remain
untraceable. In May of 2007, credible independent investigators concluded,
based on forensic evidence, that there probably was a second shooter from the
“Grassy Knoll” when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. This verified the finding
reported in the 1990s as well. The magic bullet is not so magical if it comes
from a different weapon fired from a different location. However, that
knowledge does little good some forty-four years after the fact. It would
behoove the citizens of the United
States to demand a clear accounting for what
occurred in the Fall of 2001 before we stumble into World War III based on some
very bad assumptions.
There is a great deal of criticism of the U.S.
having developed an idiot culture. We
have delved on that to some degree in the previous chapters. However, when a
culture is faced with this kind of uncertainty and official disinformation
(which is apparent in the recent Kennedy findings) how can the people can be
anything other than disconnected from the body politic? They know they are
being scammed. They know they are going to be lied to. The most they can expect
is half-truths which are self-serving to the power brokers themselves. What is
left but to respond to the carnival of
the absurd with more absurdity?
At that point, given the general gloom, what is left
but to fixate on getting stoned and/or drunk, and laid? Based on reports out of
England
and the E.U., it doesn’t sound like they are doing much better. There is a
general “feel” that a cataclysmic confrontation is looming, and as is often the
case with a fear response humanity seeks solace in human companionship and
escapism. Hence the perpetual “party” of the idiotic culture. With stating it
as such, it is still “eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we shall die.” Everything out there seems
to point towards some form of doomsday.
If an Islamic takeover of Pakistan wait until after January
of 2009, when Bush leaves the White House, there is likely to be a prolonged
delay in any response by a new administration. The current political climate
with Bush’s approval rating just a few points above Nixon’s when he resigned
will haunt the next administration. They may be reluctant to follow in the
footsteps of George W. Bush. Hillary Clinton has already gone on record saying
that she will shut down the operations in Iraq if she is elected. The U.N.,
as of August 3, 2007, is beginning to ramp up its presence in Iraq . Bush may begin to withdraw
troops from Iraq
before the election for the sake of preserving some semblance of GOP victory.
There is a push to have the Iraqi government clean up oil revenue sharing and
security. This pressure is in direct response to popular support for U.S.
isolationism. The citizens of the United States do not like messy
engagements with no clear cut objectives. They have to be appeased just enough
to vote in the next general election.
Within twenty four hours of a switch in Pakistan ’s
government, any alignment with Islamic fundamentalists will be covered up. The
media will be bombarded with assurances that an orderly transition is taking
place. We will be told, if anything, that Pakistan ’s nuclear arsenal is in
the hands of responsible government agents. This will buy the new government
the time it needs to adjust itself to the situation. This period will go on for
about two weeks. The “responsible” agents of the current government will be
replaced by “responsible” agents of the new regime. Some of the old regime’s
agents will simply disappear. The whole situation could very well end right
there with little further international concern.
After a month or so, of assurances, the U.S. will begin organizing some sort of
diplomatic mission to Pakistan .
That will be accompanied by the U.S.
fleet just as a reminder that that the U.S. is vigilant in the game. This
show of force will be met with anything from official indifference, to concern,
to outrage. It depends upon who ascends to power and how much risk they are
willing to take. Initially the diplomatic initiative will be met with continued
assurance of mutual cooperation. This will buy the radicals time to organize
and develop a level of technology which they presume will give them an
advantage in opposing U.S.
intervention in the region.
Using low-tech delivery systems, Pakistan can move nuclear warheads
into strategic locations. They would probably attempt a time-on-target approach
so that the devices go off simultaneously. The target list would include the
government in Afghanistan, Bangalore, India, the Green-Zone in Iraq, the U.S.
fleet in the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, Washington, D.C. via the Potomac,
and New York via any one of a number ports. As to what constitutes low-tech
delivery systems, they can be fishing boats, cargo containers, zodiac rubber
boats, and rental trucks.
We are assured by Hollywood ’s fiction that we would be able to
“sniff” out such weapons. Mind you, this assurance is given after Tim McVeigh
executed his murderous attack on the Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ,
and nineteen terrorists struck in New York and
Washington , D.C.
The following is an excerpt from Ground Zero’s 1982
book Nuclear War: What is in it for you?[3]
It describes the effects of a one megaton nuclear weapon detonated at ground
level.
Starting at the point of detonation, you
would find yourself in a huge crater about a thousand feet wide and two hundred
feet deep. As you left the crater … the first recognizable landmarks would be a
few massive concrete bridge abutments and building foundations. You would not
find any significant standing structures until you had climbed over layers of
debris piled as high as … twenty feet. Most important … there would be
virtually no survivors.
As you worked your way through the second …
circle, you would find all homes blasted flat. Only basements and foundations
would survive more or less intact.[4]
Although most heavy industrial plants[5]
in the inner part of [this] circle would be destroyed, some industries on the
outer periphery of [this range] would remain in useable condition. About half
the area’s … population … would be dead, and most of the remainder would have
sustained [serious traumatic] injuries. Most of the fatalities would have
occurred from collapsing buildings, flying debris, fire and the like.[6]
When you reach the third … circle, most
buildings would be partially destroyed. Many automobiles in this area would be
working,[7]
but their usefulness would be limited by the debris that [clogged] the streets.[8]
In addition [to the serious casualties], fires would pose a severe threat [to
survivors] … since they start and spread with kindling material … in areas
smashed flat.[9]
The damage in the outer ... range[10]
would be light in comparison to the inner areas. For the first time you would
find something that still looked like a city. Commercial structures and homes
would have sustained only minor damage. Twenty-five percent of the population
in this area would be injured and a few percent – still numbering in the
thousands – would be dead.[11]
All of this occurs in a few seconds, much less time
than it took to read the description, and far less time than it took to write
it. This is the level of destruction which the Islamic fundamentalists would
like to bring to the cities of the world. It is not just the U.S.A. who is sitting on ground zero, but every
city in Europe and every city where western
culture has become popular. We hear that we could appease the Islamic fundamentalists
by leaving their holy lands. However, based on the recent saber-rattling coming
out of Turkey over a
resolution in the U.S.
declaring that the Armenian Massacre[12]
during World War I was genocide, the view that Islam only wants to be left
alone is called into question. The leftist idea that Islam is somehow innocent
of atrocities is somewhat childish wishful thinking, and flies in the face of
historic fact and current events. However, given that many people are still
functioning at level two of Maslow’s hierarchy it is of little wonder that
historical fact is called into question.
The Islamic fundamentalists have shown, going as far
back as the Munich Olympics in 1972 that they will die for their God and they care
who they take with them. This again is seen in Pakistan with the attempt to
assassinate Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto which left 136 dead and 250
wounded in October 2007[13].
It is only a matter of time until the aims of the Islamic terrorists meet up
with access to resources. This will extend their murders to the hundreds of
thousands, if not millions.
Following an attack on India and centers of Western
influence in conjunction with the disruption of world market functions, the E.U.
will begin a systematic detention of all Arabs to clear them of any connection
to Islamic radicals.
As far as the Islamic radicals are concerned, if the
moderate Muslims are punished for the actions of the radicals, it is of little
concern. The Islamic radicals consider the moderates in bed with the Great Satan
and if they are punished they deserve to go to hell anyway. They have proven
this attitude in Iraq ’s
civil war. Barbers are murdered because they shave other men’s beards. They
lynch women who teach. We hear the “hue and cry” over Blackwater’s
trigger-happy security officers, but little attention is being paid to the
atrocities committed by Islamic radicals in war zones. The sectarian murders
are so numerous that they pretty much either go unreported by the media or
simply get grouped together under the title of sectarian violence. It is as if
the West accepts such murders as normal and acceptable behavior. The lack of
reporting smacks of politics. Even the conservative FOX news underreports the
murders that are occurring in Iraq
by Iraqi fundamentalists.
The only response that is left to the west will be to
round up, detain, screen, clear or deport immigrants of the Arab world current
within western borders. Under the Patriot Act in the U.S.
it can be done in the United
St
Beyond the point of initial engagement with a Pakistan
initiated strike against the West, it is anyone’s guess how the situation will
turn out. Questions concerning China
and Asia remain unanswered. Moscow
is warning the U.S. not to
take action against Iran .
China still backs North Korea .
Russia and China have a mutual aid agreement.
All of that is tossed into the mix. China
could support the Islamic radicals the same way that Russia
is supporting Iran .
On the other hand, China and
Russia could sit out the
situation and let the E.U. and U.S.
get bloodied by the Islamic fundamentalists. By doing almost nothing the
control of the globe shifts from the Saxon to the Asia .
The shift will not end the conflict. It will be a by-product of the conflict. China
wins by default.
Focusing back on the U.S. response, we could see the
internment, detention, and execution of both Islamic radicals and Muslims who
are falsely accused. Thus far our system has managed to avoid this extreme as
shown in the verdicts handed down on October 22, 2007 in the Holy Land
Foundation trial in Dallas ,
Texas United States ,
due process, if it exists at all, will become sloppy due to collective
paranoia. The control of the United States
will shift from a dead central government to the “Shadow Government” selected
in advance to survive an attack on Washington ,
D.C.
If the election of new federal officials is delayed,
it is possible that a rift would develop between the various legally, surviving
state officials and the appointed officials of the Shadow Government. This rift
could lead to a power struggle for control of the national government. Eminent
domain comes into play in this discussion. Who is left to best serve the needs
of the nation in the aftermath of a catastrophic but limited attack against the
U.S. ?
Much of the population of the east will migrate west
due to the fear of fallout and the inadequate infrastructure to sustain
employment and secure safety. This will mean millions of homeless and jobless
people taxing an already fragile economy. We will become the refugees we see on
our nightly news.
Any community which receives the displaced population
will be hard pressed to accommodate them. The displaced of Katrina numbered in
the hundreds of thousands, and yet the communities who received them found it
difficult to accommodate them. Texas ,
two years after accommodating the evacuees of the Gulf Cost following the
Katrina disaster, is still struggling with the effects on a social and economic
level. Lest we think this is somehow a new phenomenon, the refugees from the
Dust Bowl[14]
(1933 to 1939) were hard pressed to find acceptance elsewhere in the nation.
This is documented in the Grapes of Wrath,
a fictional work by John Steinbeck. The displaced from New
York , New Jersey , Rhode Island , Maryland , Virginia , Pennsylvania ,
would be in the millions even if it is only a limited evacuation. It is
difficult to speculate on how many people will be in movement based on
evacuations ordered by F.E.M.A. and the various Offices of Emergency Management
and how many people will simply run in panic. This would make the evacuation of
Houston
preceding Hurricane Rita look like a holiday traffic jam.
Additionally, at a time when the economy is less than
robust and with the diminished economic capacity of a declining middle class,
the ability of people to fend for themselves in advance of such an attack is
greatly diminished. Even those aware and willing to take precautions are hard
pressed to respond now with adequate supplies for the recommended three days it
will take F.E.M.A. to respond. The lack of response to Katrina, in conjunction
with the lack of credible information coming out of the E.P.A. concerning air
quality in Manhattan
following the 9/11[15]
attack, will be greatly diminished while the standing government is attempting to
establish order.
Within the civil and political upheaval following
such an attack, anyone who has ever done business in the Middle
East will come under public suspicion. This is especially true as
the economy grinds to a halt following the destruction of India ’s technical support for the
banking industry. Spurred on by the likes of FOX news and conservative talk
radio, following the obliteration of some 30 miles of prime east cost property,
the loss of the Navy’s fleet in the Indian Ocean, the annihilation of the
forces in Iraq’s Green Zone, the U.S. population will be out for blood.
The Pentagon holds the use of nuclear weapons in
distain. They prefer chivalry, heroics, and precision over mass destruction.
They prefer men with machines making decisions on a given battlefield. However,
a Dresden raid
in the future is not unthinkable.
Anyone in the Middle East
who utters distain against the West’s actions will be brutalized. The
conjunction of technical superiority, full mobilization of every able-bodied
person between the ages of 18 and 45, plus the enlistment of less able men to
secure the home front (all of which occurred in World War II), will produce a
fighting force capable to occupying all of the Islamic lands. There will be no
JAG investigations for atrocities during the duration of the war, and very
little done after the fact.
There is not a single nation on the earth who has not
resorted to barbarous tactics when attacked. The people of the United States ,
let alone the people of the West in general, are just people, and in the end
they will respond to any major attack with brutality. No matter what ideals
they hold, they will do whatever it takes to survive. This is not bravado or
rhetoric; it is simply the truth of human history.
Having said all of this, it is worth noting that
Pakistan is now engaging in an internal struggle to keep the radical Islamic
faction from taking over. Moreover, Iran
is as likely to take the trek towards nuclear suicide as are the radicals in Pakistan .
As this is written, relations between Turkey
and the West (specifically the U.S. )
are in decay over the issue of the Armenian genocide and the Kurds in Iraq .
All of this has to be taken into account before anyone decides to put Pakistan
on a watch list as a rogue nation. More than likely, no matter what happens,
the radicals in Pakistan
are contained.
[1]
Remark made by Greg Knapp and used by KLIF as a show promotional spot. KLIF
Rado promotion, KLIF, Dallas ,
Texas
[2]
General George S. Patton Quotes (2008). Retrieved June 18, 2008, from
http://www.military-quotes.com/Patton.htm
[3]
P. 131-137
[4]
This is similar to what is seen after an F5 Tornado struck in Moore , OK
[5]
Those not sold off and moved outside the United
States ; as of this writing in October 22, 2007, very few
are left in any viable U.S.
target range due to the elimination of industry following globalization.
[6]
Again, this is similar to the effects of an F5 tornado.
[7]
Depending upon the effect of the EMP (Electrometric Pulse) generated by a
nuclear detonation. Solid state electronics and micro-circuiting do not fare
well when a high voltage spike is inducted through the circuitry. This effect
was dramatized in the 1983 TV movie The
Day After.
[8]
Most of the population in this area would sustain serious injuries.
[9]
This is similar to what was seen in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
[10]
This is roughly fifteen miles away from the Hypocenter of the nuclear
detonation.
[12]
1.5 million Armenian’s were killed by the Turks from 1914 to 1918, and is still
not acknowledged as genocide by the Turkish government. It became a flashpoint
in U.S. /Turkey relations in October 2007.
[13]
Bhutto: Suicide squads plotted attack,
AP, Ashraf Kahn, October 19, 2007
[14]
2.5 million people moved out of the prairie states. 15% of the population of Oklahoma moved to California .
[15]
9/11
Toxic Dust: Official Who Knowingly Lied Refuses To Testify, Steve Watson, May 16, 2007
Sen. Clinton
seeks $1.9B for 9/11's sick, Devlin Barrett, AP, September 13, 2006
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