"...further, the distinction between military and commercial space systems – combatants and noncombatants – will become blurred. Information systems will become an important focus of attack, particularly for U.S. enemies seeking to short-circuit sophisticated American forces. And advanced forms of biological warfare that can 'target' specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool.
This is merely a glimpse of the possibilities inherent in the process of transformation, not a precise prediction. Whatever the shape and direction of this revolution in military affairs, the implications for continued American military preeminence will be profound.
...the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor. "
The Project For a New American Century, Rebuilding America's Defenses, September 2000
The Project For a New American Century was a think tank founded in 1997 by Robert Kagan and William Kristol, with John Bolton, Bruce Jackson, and Devon Gaffney Cross as Directors. Robert Kagan is the husband of Victoria Nuland. PNAC was replaced in 2009 by the 'Foreign Policy Initiative' which was also founded by Kristol and Kagan.
In addition to promoting 'neo-conservative' policies within the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Administrations, the organization issued a major position paper called Rebuilding America's Defenses which you may read about here.
PNAC was a leading proponent for regime change and wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran. There is a list of the original signatories and contrbutors on the last page although there is no evidence that they specifically approved of this position paper.
Jesse, Whiling Away the Stabilization Phase, 13 August 2015
"I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I've come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It's the one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy."
G. M. Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary, 1947
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Ephesians 6:12
As a reminder there will be a triple witch stock option expiration next Friday. It could be significant.
Wall Street and the politicians honored the national observance of 9/11 by doing their best to cloak their scheming and conniving for personal gain by draping them in the American flag.
Oil fell to 'profit-taking' which was a bunch of baloney.
The situation with energy related products is going to rock the Western economies.
The war situation is only getting worse, caught in a spiral of escalation.
Dollar chopped.
Bitcoin held its ground.
VIX fell.
Gold and silver bounced back a bit.
May God have mercy on us.
Have a pleasant weekend.
