measl@mfn.org wrote:
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 21:58:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Nathanael Dermyer <nate@zero.neohaven.net> Reply-To: free@zero.neohaven.net To: free@zero.neohaven.net Subject: [FREE] stratfor
This is a website about strategic forcasting. These people really know their shit.
Read these in order ... these are their forcasts for the war we're about be thrown into
http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109242145.htm (intro - conceptual framework) http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109252150.htm (war plan - afghan theatre) http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109262355.htm (war plan - us theatre) http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109272330.htm (war plan - intercontinental theatre) http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109282120.htm (war plan - follow up)
-Nathanael
What is this, Henry Kissinger's vanity website or something? It reads like one of his Nixon era State Dept. memos on Vietnam or some shit. Pure felgercarb. No state worthy of the name, benevolent or oppressive, and in it's right mind, declares war with individuals, or abstract concepts, despite the dangerously deluded metaphors. Mr. Bin Laden must be flattered no end if he thinks that the U.S. reallly considers him personally, or even his entire organization, that much of a menace. Doubt he's that stupid, though. That's not necessarily to say that military force is not going to be used, but even if a single judiciously placed CIA bullet could resolve the matter, and not just for the moment, it likely wouldn't have Bin Laden's name on it. Not for maximum effect, anyway. But, loose lips sink ships, etc. Plus, TV, newspapers, websites, etc.need circulation. Bin Laden is good copy. Hottest thing since O.J. Almost as hot as wallowing in the enormity of 5000+ dead, After a century which, as others on the list have pointed out, saw 100's of millions dead from war, famine, disease, state terror, etc. Ruwanda, Kosovo, Bosnia, etc, just in the last 5-6 years or so. Not to discount the horror, but I got over the "It can't happen here" syndrome as a kid in November, 1963. Get a fucking grip, America. And get off your high horse, too. Especially if you want to do anything about it, even if it's just to preserve more than an illusion of invulnerability. Jesus, it's Sunday, isn't it? Off soapbox, jbdigriz