tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post8285075459399579972..comments2024-03-29T09:08:47.702-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: A Few More Trouble Tree SeedsSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-50278519700912183442015-01-01T20:31:45.331-05:002015-01-01T20:31:45.331-05:00Interesting post.
While I largely agree with it,...Interesting post. <br /><br />While I largely agree with it, I would like to point out that in the "15 threats to the US" list only 2 or maybe 3 are actual threats to the territory of the United States.<br /><br />If we consider the United States as the Corporate/Military Neocolonial Empire that it seems to have become then the CFR is absolutely correct. <br /><br />I don't think that it is a coincidence the CFR had a huge hand in making us exactly that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04245345365265060881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-21059851133861099762015-01-01T17:09:36.499-05:002015-01-01T17:09:36.499-05:00I don't disagree about the violence and almost...I don't disagree about the violence and almost subhuman actions of ISIS. But do not forget that Saddam did the same things to his onw people and worse, much worse. He did this day after day, month after month and year after year throughout his long reign. Iran does it, Saudi Arabia does it, Syria did it. It isn't new, maybe a little more blatant and attention seeking but not new. <br />There is no compromise or possibility of sharing this world with Islam. I know that sounds prejudice but it is not it is reality. There will/must be the big fight/war sooner or later. The only question is will it happen before they get nukes or after? Will we understand it in time to prepare or will it be Pearl Harbor/911 again? Will it begin here, maybe in NY City or Tel Aviv? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-20092610582515495072015-01-01T06:23:21.846-05:002015-01-01T06:23:21.846-05:00For some time I have been convinced that the inter...For some time I have been convinced that the internal racial 2nd civil war is both inevitable and just around the corner.<br /><br />BTW - I too am a graybeard engineer approaching retirement and for the last decade have been primarily working in threat analysis and response planning for various tactical situations.<br /><br />I have run TA's on this subject for myself several times a year for the last several years. Depending on external events and natural (i.e. non planned/controlled crisis - hurricane, earthquake etc)<br />most TAs indicate tipping point between summer 2015 and 1st quarter 2017.<br /> <br />However, very recently I have been re-examining several initial conditions and goal conditions (one of the most critical inputs to a Threat Analysis and also to planning response is to understand the goal of the threat)<br />and I believe that many may be missing the "goal behind the greed" ( a term we use for understanding longer term and less obvious goals obscured by<br />what appear to be the obvious "1st order" goals - often simple greed). Intelligent people are quite well aware of who will win a simple B vs W race war.<br /> So who benefits. I have become convinced that it is this regime's method of reaching one of its longest held and earliest proclaimed goals of a civilian FEDERAL police force comparably armed and as powerful as the current Armed Forces.<br /><br />The near geometric growth in size and power of Homeland Security is a good start. Now what is necessary is to federalize all police and get rid of troubling and powerful local authorities like Sheriffs( look closely at how independent county Sheriffs can be if needed).<br />A racial conflict requiring strong coordinated action by a Federal agency will go a LONG way to accomplishing that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com