Thursday, November 09, 2006

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING

Much ado has been made about the comments of senior members within the Democratic Party regarding the possible impeachment of President Bush. Some, such as myself support it vigorously, however I am fortunate enough that I do not have to do all the leg work, legal research and logistics to participate in determining whether such actions are warranted. Those to whom it is left to determine that particular fate are required to pursue it through means that are much more subtle, intricate, delicate and complex than any blog rant of mine. I believe that it would be improper, for any politician, without having performed the required due diligence, to suggest whether the President will be impeached. That would show bias.

Yes, we writers are able to say that the President should or should not be impeached. We are also able to ask with fervor, “Are you going to impeach the President”? We have that right because we are American’s and the laws of the land preserve that right. Politicians don’t have such liberty so as to throw timing to the wind. So, if pressed in an untimely manner on such an issue a wise politician would certainly say no. They would probably do that for a couple of reasons. First, as I mentioned, there is much work to be done before there can be any such determination. Secondly, there is no need for the Democratic leadership to be guilty of the same brusqueness, arrogance and hubris of which the current administration has been a participant.

In the political field, let us have two things happen which have absent from American politics for some time. Let the laws of the land which were created by the founders of this country do their work for the American people and let the representatives of the people truly represent the people. If we trust in those factors contained in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and the truths they contain therein then, we can rest assured and secure that Justice and Balance will reign.

If there is a bit of Diplomacy occurring in the early stages of the Democratic resurgence then that is beautiful. Because diplomacy is also something that has been missing for far too long. Congrats to the Crats; as the polls reflected, America is looking forward to your reign.

Security or Strategy: Either Way, Bush Must Go!

Now that the House and Senate are surfing on the anti-Bush big wave there is a moment of opportunity that must not be squandered. President Bush must be impeached or forced to resign before he can be impeached.

First and foremost, from a national security perspective, President Bush has made this country weaker. Whether it is long term access to proven oil reserves or, the 5 Billion gallons of oil that has been consumed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or, the loss of potential oil properties to other nations or, the global hatred for America or, the missing weapons of mass destruction or, creating more terrorists that hate America, or leading 3,000 American soldiers to their death or, turning the US into the world’s biggest tyrant or, nurturing hatred for the United States around the world, or trying to impose his personal beliefs on the rest of the world or, approving the largest domestic spying operation on American citizens in US history or, reading a book while the world trade centers burned. There is no good thing left about Bush. Every move, every action he has taken has made America weaker. Not to mention Abu Graib, Plamegate, secret prisons and Jack Abramoff. Without a doubt, George W. Bush will go down as one of the worst, if not the worst, President in the history of the United States. His legacy will be one of how not to be President.

At what time in American history has the US Bill of Rights and Constitution ever been so viciously attacked? While America’s youth is dying in some godforsaken—hold on…deep breaths; while America’s men and women in uniform give everything they have, sacrificing life, limb, family and home for America; George W. Bush and the neocons are shoving the Patriot Act down our throats, doing end runs around the FISA courts and spying on more Americans than J. Edgar Hoover ever did. Thank God, for all the military people which have stepped forward to question this President regardless of the threat to their careers. They placed principles before power.

George W. Bush has done more damage to this country’s reputation during his term than anyone in the history of the country. The NeoCon deception, backstabbing, attacking, lying, propaganda machine was an unstoppable behemoth until the Democratic Party and its strategist put an end to its lies with victories in the House and Senate. The next day; Donald Rumsfeld resigns while Bush makes nice with Nancy Pelosi. It’s so obvious and so sick; that we are dealing with a culture of corruption that has no commitment to anything except greed and survival. It is so ugly, snakelike and separate from our natural process that we don’t want to see it. The truth is that there are a people who care only about themselves, their power and their money. Anything that comes from their mouths is to protect one of those things. It has nothing to do with principles.

Impeaching George Bush is the only way for America to wipe the slate clean. It is the only way for America to get a fresh start at home and abroad. It is the only proper way for America to cleanse its wounds and start a sincere healing process. It is the only way to get our soldiers home and protect them while they are overseas. Impeaching George Bush is really the only way that America still has a real future. It is a window of opportunity. Before you can clean up a huge mess you have to stop the mess maker.

If impeachment isn’t pursued Democrats are going to get kicked in the ass and may not win the next election. Even if they win the next election, if impeachment was not pursued, they are not going to be able to blame Bush while they clean up behind him. And there is, oh so much cleaning to do! Speaking of elections, I came upon a fascinating point while reading David Swanson’s excellent article, “A Bulk Rate on Printing Subpoenas?” published in the American Chronicle. As Mr. Swanson so eloquently put it, “In each of the nine cases in the past when one party has raised impeachment, that party has benefitted in the next elections. In other cases when a party has failed to press for impeachment when the grounds for it were widely known, that party has suffered. (Remember Iran Contra?)” Thank you, Dave. When I read that it resonated, it touched a chord. Karl Rove and the neocon strategist would be eating up and utilizing that type of information like a free all you can eat buffet at Denny’s. So whether it is for America’s security or Democratic strategy, George Bush has to go. At this time, both security and strategy go hand in hand. The timing looks auspicious.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

CHINESE DIPLOMACY AND THE ART OF THE REAL

What a day for news and an ironic day at that. As the neocon establishment heads for the hills, finally forced to look at the quagmire known as Iraq; China is busy making moves on the diplomatic front. Synchronicity or coincidence, I’m not sure, but as President Bush and Co. is getting rebuked by the military establishment and deserting neocons; China just finished hosting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Interestingly enough, the points China is scoring are exactly the ones the US is losing.

The war in Iraq has not only cost lives and tax dollars but the US has lost a lot of love in the Arabic and Muslim nations. According to the Harvard International Review

(http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:epqX5oaTs5EJ:hir.harvard.edu/articles/1297/+saudia+arabia+us+relationship&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1)

“…the development of Saudi-US relations held the seeds of its own destruction and was all but destroyed after the crisis of September 11, 2001.”

Those words were written in the winter of 2005 and trust me; the ongoing war in Iraq hasn’t done anything to help improve US relations with the Arab world. That really is too bad because, historically there was a great deal of strength to the Saudi-US relationship and its’ foundation with the historic meeting between FDR and King Abdulaziz. Unfortunately, America is now viewed as an occupier and biased colluder with Israel in attacking the Arab world while supporting the continued development of Israeli settlements on the West Bank. To put it more simply the US is viewed as a perpetual accomplice in the wholesale destruction of the Palestinian people. This is not a way to win friends and influence people in the Middle East. Let us see what China was doing today.

From the People’s Daily Online:

“Chinese President Hu Jintao and Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak Tuesday pledged to further strengthen bilateral strategic cooperative relations as the two countries are celebrating 50-year-old official ties.”

Later we see this.

“Mubarak introduced the situation of Middle East and Egypt's viewpoints on the issue.

Hu said China will always stand on the side of Arabian people, and advocates to settle the issue through political negotiations based on relevant UN resolutions.”

Wow, I thought to myself, did he really say the “always” word? I’m no Georgetown graduate but, that is pretty heavy diplospeak. I had to do some more research to confirm and yes; there it was in black and white. I found it at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies. (http://www.ipcs.org/Jun_06_china.pdf)

June 1, 2006

“China will always support the just cause of the Arab people for national legitimate rights.”

Wow! Again; I didn’t even know you were allowed to do that. Isn’t AIPAC or some media outlet going to give them a spanking? I remembered when Israel approved the Dubai Ports deal doesn’t China have to go through some red tape? I’d never read anything like this in my life; which tells you; I really don’t get out much. Then I thought about it…China…strategy…Lao Tzu. What was China’s motive? Why were they capitulating to the Arab and Islamic world instead of blind allegiance to Israel? Then I came across a wonderful little chart at www.globalfirepower.com and it all started to make sense.

TOP PROVEN OIL RESERVES IN THE WORLD (In Barrels)
Data Up Through 2005
NR = Not Reported
Saudi Arabia

262,700,000,000

Canada

178,900,000,000

Iran

133,300,000,000

Iraq

112,500,000,000

Venezuela

75,590,000,000

Russia

69,000,000,000

Libya

40,000,000,000

Mexico

33,310,000,000

United States of America

22,450,000,000

China

18,260,000,000

Brazil

15,120,000,000

Norway

9,859,000,000

India

5,700,000,000

Indonesia

4,600,000,000

Great Britain

4,500,000,000

Australia

3,664,000,000

Argentina

2,950,000,000

Egypt

2,700,000,000

Syria

2,500,000,000

Italy

586,600,000

Three of the top five countries in the world with proven oil reserves were Arab/Muslim countries. The other two in the top five were Canada whose oil reserves require more expensive refining methods and Venezuela, who’s President Hugo Chavez, recently suffered sulfur burns inside his proboscis while referring to George Bush as the devil.

As far as long term oil supplies go it looks like the diplomatic score is China/Diplomacy 1, America/War 0.

In another synchronous example; we have the return of an American and a Brit who were kidnapped while mapping petroleum deposits of Nigeria’s coast. The fact that they were returned safe is good news. The fact that the kidnapping was one incident among a host of violent acts that has cut Nigeria’s oil production by roughly 25%, is not a good indicator for US strategy in the area. That is, of course, if you believe that it is no coincidence that both kidnapped men worked for Chevron. Thus stands the US relationship with Africa’s largest oil producer and one of the world’s top ten petroleum exporters. So let us once again take a look at China’s diplomatic, “Art of the Real”.

On this same day, during Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s visit, some of the Chinese strategy is revealed. In the same speech mentioning, “the just cause of the Arab people”, Chinese President Hu Jintao, says the following.

“On Sino-African relations, Hu said China and African countries are sincere friends and close brothers. The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is a milestone in China- Africa mutually beneficial cooperation and will have a special impact in the history of Sino-African relationship, he said.”

Did Hu Jintao just hi-five his African “brothers”. Damn! (By the way, for those of you unaware, yes, Egypt is in Africa; I know that causes no small amount of pain for certain intellects, but it is true). Well, you might say, that is a very general commitment and has no specific bearing on China and Nigerian oil. And you know what I would say, “You are right!” Then I would say, give me a moment for some brief research and I’ll tell you what China is doing with Nigeria. Then you might say, well, how do you know they are doing anything? Then I would say, “I know because, they are doing it all over the world.” Let’s have a look.

According to Reuters here is what is happening with China and Nigeria. To include everything that China is doing with Africa would require pages.

July 2005 - China and Nigeria sign an $800 million crude oil deal between Petrochina International and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. to supply 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day to China.

Jan 2006 - China's top offshore oil producer CNOOC agrees to pay $2.3 billion for a stake in an oil and gas field in Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil-producer. The deal is China's largest ever overseas acquisition.

November 2006 - At a summit in Beijing, 12 Chinese firms and African governments and companies sign deals worth $1.9 billion involving 11 African countries covering areas such as infrastructure, telecoms and technological equipment, mineral resource development and insurance.

That should be sufficient evidence. The incredible thing about the Chinese style is once you know it; you don’t have to know what they are doing, because you already know.

Today’s Oil Scoreboard wraps up with a final score of China 2 America 0. I hope this foreign policy thing doesn’t go the way of US Men’s Olympic Basketball. Perhaps, America should steal a glance at China’s legendary playbook, The Art of War.

Chapter Three, Attack by Strategem, states the following.

“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

From the outside; it looks like somebody has been studying their Playbook.

Monday, November 06, 2006

HE'S NAKED

HE’S NAKED

How much information does one need? How many times does something have to be reiterated? How many people, in how many places, in what occupation; have to say the same thing in order to get the message across?

Now the Military Times is speaking through at least four of their newspapers which happen to be, The Marine Corps Times, The Air Force Times, The Army Times and The Navy Times. Can anyone guess what they are saying? They are asking, no…wait, they are telling President Bush that Rumseld must go. How many straws does it take to break in to a red stater’s noggin or a blue state politicians’, for that matter. Excluding, of course, the ones that objected to Bush’s election and the War in the first place. How many of those were there? Not to get sidetracked, it will be hard to ascribe this Military Times editorial to a bunch of left wing kooks that just can’t identify with Middle America. I really think you would be hard pressed to find any pro gun control, gay marriage supporting atheists, in their newsroom or drinking chi-chi’s by the copier, although; it is hard to resist a good chi-chi. No, no my friendly reader let me tell you what the Military Times is all about or better yet I shall show you.

The following quote is taken from http://www.defensenews.com/index.php?S=aboutus, or more simply put DefenseNews.com. It is located in the “About Us” section. Ask and ye shall receive.
“Defense News and its Web site, DefenseNews.com , are part of the Army Times Publishing Company, the leading military and government news periodical publisher in the world. The defense business-to-business unit of the Army Times Publishing Company is called the Defense News Media Group, and includes the following publications: Defense News, Armed Forces Journal, Training & Simulation Journal and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Journal, along with their Web sites. Army Times Publishing Company’s products also include Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Time and Marine Corps Times, collectively known as the Military Times Media Group. The Military Times Media Group newsweeklies and companion Web sites are for the rank and file of the U.S. military, covering pay, benefit, career, operational and lifestyle issues affecting the active duty military and the wider U.S. military community. Army Times Publishing Company also produces Federal Times, the leading newsweekly for federal government managers, covering key management issues within all U.S. government departments and agencies.”

Now, when The Military times is telling the President that “Donald Rumsfeld must go”, it could also be inferred that if Donald Rumsfeld doesn’t go that the President’s leadership is in question. It is also a statement that selecting Donald Rumsfeld to be the Secretary of Defense was a horrendous decision and responsible for the mess in Iraq. That’s a pretty hefty statement from “the leading military and government news periodical publisher in the world.” Then you can throw into the pot a host of neocon prototypes fleeing from the scene. According to Vanity Fair and The Guardian; Keith Adelman, Richard Perle, Michael Rubin, David Frum and a host of others are turning on President Bush. Oh my, oh my, timing is everything, is it not? The real irony is that some of these names are hugely responsible for the failed neocon strategy that has consumed world since the Bush Presidency began.

Adelman wrote that “liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk”. Then there is Richard Perle of Plamegate, Chalabi and Mujahedin-e-Khalq.
See (http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:aUoBJn2rlNQJ:antiwar.com/deliso/%3Farticleid%3D2005+richard+perle+osp&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1)

Then there is David Frum i.e. Mr. Axis of Evil. I tell you Michael Jackson never moon walked this good. When these guys are running; you know the house is on fire. Not to mention, the recent loads of corporate cash flowing over to the Democrats. They always say follow the money. So wake up everybody and check out the Open Source Internet Intelligence Service, specifically,

http://osiis.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_osiis_archive.html

It’s an April 27, 2006 article called “Blood on the Water” and it is exactly what’s happening now.
The funny thing is that when this whole debacle is over it’s going to be hip to be “progressive”. The unfortunate thing is that many of the supporters of the failed neocon agenda may still be ensconced in their Washington seats, similar to all the Iran-Contra types still loitering around D.C. Who knows, maybe there are some openings at Fox News or The World Bank? Just remember what happened to Joe Leiberman. Where is he now anyway? Wasn’t he a democratic choice for President? John Kerry, well, I think he is pretty much out of it. America has had enough Skull and Bones all over the desert sand for a while. How deep is this political cleansing going to go? Well you check out http://www.osiis.blogspot.com/ and http://www.intertel.blogspot.com/. And we will talk again soon.

Friday, November 03, 2006

Big Island Reflections

The following is one of the most memorable dialogues I had on the Big Island.

Jonas: Tell'em, I'm out. It's over. I'm done. It's through.

77: (shocked) What do you mean your out..(pause). You've already been chopped up. The hard part is over.

Jonas: (chuckle) Chopped up...that's a nice way of putting it. Tell your boys I'm out.

Jonas and 77 stare at each other.

77: Well, don't ever tell anyone about this.

Jonas and 77 stare at each other.

77: I mean no one will believe you. They'll think your crazy.

Jonas: Hmmm...crazy. Yeah..well, I've seen crazy. Those motherf___'s are the ones that are crazy.

77: They're always going to be there, watching. Your never going to understand what happened.

Jonas: Let'em watch. I know all I need to know.

Two great movies:

ENEMY OF THE STATE
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?p=%22enemy+of+the+state%22&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&b=3&oid=a9f2afe42095bd6e&rurl=www.movie-list.com&vdone=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fvideo%3Fp%3D%2522enemy%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bstate%2522%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8

THE RECRUIT
http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/43295c80c61b7a/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382f668c9329e0375e8178bfa6fd23aad2190fe6392066ed332a4096cde53bc30/the_recruit_m480.mov

Saturday, October 28, 2006

World War III?

I had a dream. In this dream World War III was on the horizon. I hope it is just a dream. For more info. contact OSIIS.

Friday, October 27, 2006

POLL

The question for today ladies and gentlemen, faithful, lovable and loyal readers, is the following. This one is a doozie so take your time.

Should people be able to think whatever it is they want to think? Or, should people only think the way that they are supposed to think? Guarantee this is going to be a 50/50 split?

Personally, I think that people should only think the way they are supposed to think because that's good for Democracy...i think? Or somewhere, somehow I got that understanding that not thinking but going rah...rah...rah stay the course made me a better human being. It glorified me into a world of thinking that I am better than everybody else or superior because I go rah...rah...rah...

Life became Monday Night Football. Except, on MNF there is more strategy and logic than in world geopolitics. I don't know if you sense it but, everyone seems to think there is something brilliant about not thinking. Therefore, if you are the greatest non-thinker you should be the President. There is no need for deep thought. Iran is ready to wipe any opponent off the face of the map. North Korea is giving America the Middle Finger. We are spilling our own blood all over Iraq. Taiwan is about to invest all its money in China. Korea is giving America the Middle Finger. South America is giving the USA the Middle Finger. Basically, the US is sitting and spinning on a whole lot of Middle fingers.

I tried to help. I really did. I never meant to get involved. I was an artist, you know? So, I decided to draw some cartoons one day under the pseudonym of Al Weisman.

Why? Because, as a child I devoured MAD magazine, along with any other available reading material including shampoo bottles and mouthwash labels. I am a reading maniac. Anyhoo,I started drawing political cartoons because it is creative, it is funny and I can.

Before you know it someone finds me, sponsors me and the next thing you know; I am testing to be an FSO at the US Department of State. It was crazy shit!!! Honestly, I didn't even know who the Dept. of State was. I was living in the woods, remotely, peacefully, just looking for a steady living that wasn't the "corporate world". But I am no dummy, once I started studying what I was into, not because I wanted to be a spook, but because I was attracted to the longevity, income, mental utilization and patriotism of it, I started soaking things up.

(What I am trying to say is that until the Dept. of State popped into my life; I had never ever contemplated, much less written a political paper.) So when I wrote what I wrote, I think it caught some people by surprise. They couldn't understand but to me it was easy, still is. I think if I ever took the time to be amazed, it wouldn't be so easy anymore.

Anyway, to make a long story short, my two dogs are dead, my ex is my ex but my life goes on. So, if anyone is interested in hiring a guy that can draw some cartoons and keep a somewhat decent conversation then you can find me at Aloha Discount Liquor in Kihei, HI. That was my reward for my patriotism and trust me even that was hard won.

PS. I am a little tired of being dragged around by the current State of the Union and I would love to go to Europe and learn languages or whatever.

ppss. I would like to xpress my regrets that the private European corporation that was originally interested in my skills got scared away but I understand, you were probably intimidated but you guys looked like and still appear to be a class outfit.

pppsss. And yes, I am unusually candid about this whole scenario. That is because, I have nothing to hide and was just looking for honest work in the first place. You can see some of my toons at http://im-agefilms.blogspot.com/ Aloha!

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Bad Content?

Geopolitical Realities of the Chinese–North Korean Relationship

Theory: China is in full support of North Korea belligerence.

Why: North Korean belligerence acts as a military/nuclear deterrent for China.

Research: Chinese involvement in NK War. Chinese 38th parallel involvement.

Why: North Korean belligerence enhances China’s status and reputation in the areas of Stability and Diplomacy.

Why: North Korean belligerence offers China nonimplicative first strike capability.

Why: North Korean belligerence isolates them from the world community and thereby makes China the primary beneficiaries of North Korean dollars and trade.

Why: North Korean belligerence gives China more global negotiating power.

Why: North Korea and China have common political ground, Communism.

Why: North Korea provides protection to Chinese ports and coastline by sealing off the
Korean Bay.

Research: Tanjian

Why: North Korea provides Northeastern China with coastal access to the Sea of Japan.

Research: Shenyang

http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Bourne_Supremacy,_The/Trailers/

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Rock N Me

Don’t ask me. I don’t know what happened to America. We used to be sex, drugs and rock n roll. Then somehow we lost our soul. Has the heartbeat of Woodstock been reduced to a Mountain Dew commercial or a Homeland Security Operation? Shit, or better yet, Geeezus Christ, didn’t we used to jam to Swingtown by the Steve Miller band? Weren’t people from around the world flocking to get here? I mean when is the last time we had to rescue some Cuban refugees? Is the land of Castro actually more exciting now then football, hamburgers and Baskin Robbins? Remember when all we had to worry about was the weather? Of course, freedom isn’t free. But what happens when it is not Freedom anymore? Should we change the National Anthem? Remember when there were good fights between the Democrats and Republicans but we all went out to watch Mike Tyson knock someone the f—k out? Somehow, when Iron Mike bit off that chunk of ear we all stopped listening to our Souls.

I mean who has got better music than the USA? No one, baby! I’ll put money on that. Who invented the car, television, phone, and light bulb? I mean without America the world would be some walkin’, no communication, in the dark mutha…shut your mouth! So, let’s can all this right wing, left wing, abortion, gay marriage bullshit. It is starting to look like divide and conquer. Our informed dissent has always made us stronger as a country. From Rage Against The Machine to Sinatra; that was the great thing, everybody in America did their own thing. I don’t know how we went from most loved to most despised overnight. Just listen to “Take the Money and Run” by Steve Miller. I think it is self explanatory.

The bottom line is once we stop havin’ fun and get stuck in some lock step, robotic, automaton-like existence, well, then we ain’t livin’ in the U.S.A. anymore. To tell you the truth, I don’t know who is responsible for f—kn things up so much. It seems like it would have to be a joint effort to do so much damage so fast. I knew the end was near when Janet Jackson’s titty almost shut down television broadcasting. I mean is that the future, we become so self-righteous that while we shed blood around the world we pray with a bullet in our hand. Did you know North Korea’s literacy rate is 99%. I don’t even want to know what it is in America. How important is staying the course when we can’t even spell it? Who knows, I am no magician, or genie. If anything, my friends say I am to idealistic. But, if I can’t be idealistic about America in America then we are all in trouble. You know what I’m talkin’ about!

For inspiration check out Jet Airliner. I guess, this is Steve Miller day for us old coots.

Geopolitical Realities of the Chinese–North Korean Relationship




If I die b4 I wake it was D.O.D. make no mistake.

The following are preliminary focus points on the Geopolitical Realities of the Chinese-North Korean Relationship.

Geopolitical Realities of the Chinese–North Korean Relationship

Theory: China is in full support of North Korea belligerence.

Why: North Korean belligerence acts as a military/nuclear deterrent for China.

Research: Chinese involvement in NK War. Chinese 38th parallel involvement.

Why: North Korean belligerence enhances China’s status and reputation in the areas of Stability and Diplomacy.

Why: North Korean belligerence offers China nonimplicative first strike capability.

Why: North Korean belligerence isolates them from the world community and thereby makes China the primary beneficiaries of North Korean dollars and trade.

Why: North Korean belligerence gives China more global negotiating power.

Why: North Korea and China have common political ground, Communism.

Why: North Korea provides protection to Chinese ports and coastline by sealing off the Korean Bay.

Research: Tanjian

Why: North Korea provides Northeastern China with coastal access to the Sea of Japan.

Research: Shenyang


I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes (American Journalist and Author, 1937-2005)

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

OSIIS-SHUTDOWN

OSIIS IS BEING SHUTDOWN DUE TO RECENTLY EXPRESSED CONCERNS BY INDIVIDUALS CLOSE TO THE FOUNDER THAT HE MAY BE KILLED FOR EXPRESSING HIS VIEWS. SO AS NOT TO CAUSE FURTHER DISTRESS TO THOSE PARTIES, AN EXECUTIVE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO REFRAIN FROM FURTHER PUBLICATIONS ON WWW.OSIIS.BLOGSPOT.COM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Open Source Internet Intelligence Service OSIIS INFINICRYP

Serious questions for the U.S. Armed Forces relating to the North Korean missile tests on July 4, 2006.

While taking defensive measures against a possible attack by North Korea; how has the United States exposed its strategy and tactics in the Pacific theatre of operations?

How will this information be interpreted by other nations?

What adaptations and adjustments will be made by other nations in relation to this intelligence?

Was the long range Taepodong missile meant to fail? If so, then why?

How is the inability of China to dissuade North Korea from missile testing to be interpreted?

Has a risk assessment of simultaneous engagements in North Korea, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan been completed?

Where was the failure in U.S. diplomacy?

What was the worst case scenario for the United States in this situation? How can it be prevented in the future?

What adjustments and movements did other nations make to their military apparatus during this crisis? How is that data interpreted?

How is the missile launch timing to be interpreted?

What adjustments need to be made in South Korea and Japan?

Is America underestimating its opponents and overestimating its foreign relations?

Are America’s defensive capabilities more efficient and effective then they were on September 11, 2001?

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

More Fun Fiction

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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Check out this Wine!!!

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

OSIIS-Open Source Internet Intelligence Service

Sanity is a prerequisite of morality. Jonas Holmes III

In the era of globalization; it is the country that shows itself to be most uplifting for the world citizenry that shall ascend to leadership through the collective will of the masses. Such is the nature of authentic democracy. Jonas Holmes III

Ruling by fear exerts control in one portion of the populace yet inspires resistance in another. Most importantly, those that rule by fear shall find themselves subject to fear and its inherent restriction. That in turn creates an authoritative attack on creativity. Creativity equals growth and once growth is attacked on a societal level; the breeding grounds for malaise, putrefaction and death are fertile. A great philosopher once said restriction is sin; therefore those who promote fear are the greatest of sinners. Jonas Holmes III

Friday, May 26, 2006

The Euro-Asian Alliance Part 2 G.U.T.R.U.S.H. Globally United Terror Response to United States Hedgemony

“The Euro-Asian Alliance: Shifts in the Global Balance of Power”, makes the case for a cooperative effort between France, Germany, Russia and China, “to create a rival power center capable of opposing the execution of detrimental foreign policy by the United States”.
The greatest threat of such a cooperative alliance is the possibility of its expansion throughout the globe and utilization of covert terror operations to achieve its objectives. This threat concept is called GUTRUSH or Globally United Terror Response to United States Hegemony. The likelihood of a GUTRUSH initiative is strong when consideration is given to the expanding political, economic and military relationships of the Euro-Asian Alliance members with countries that pose potential nuclear and/or terror threats to U.S. interests.
Only ignorance and hubris could allow anyone to believe that countries many years older than the U.S. would not resort to cooperative terror operations if world opinion, international law and U.N. resolutions did not protect their interests. In many parts of the world, the U.S. is viewed as a deaf bully, unwilling to hear or listen to any other countries opinion. This fact and the perception that the U.S. unfairly supports Israel through a biased and prejudiced foreign policy gives America’s enemies more than one thing in common, more than one motive in common and forces them to be creative in their responses to U.S. hegemony.
Concerning the EU, the CIA’s, 2003, Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction, states the following. “Iran continued to successfully procure dual use goods and materials from Europe. In addition, several Western European countries remained willing to negotiate Advanced Conventional Weapons sales to Libya, India, Pakistan and other countries to preserve their domestic defense industries. North Korea approached Western European entities to obtain acquisitions for its uranium enrichment program.” This information makes it quite evident that Europe does not share the United States “axis of evil” philosophy.
EU members certainly consider their Islamic population and geographic proximity to Islamic countries. According to former career CIA agent, Robert Baer, in his book, “See No Evil”; “It didn’t take a sophisticated intelligence organization to figure out that Europe, our traditional ally in the war against bad guys, had become a hothouse of Islamic fundamentalism”. Spain and Turkey have already suffered significant terror attacks for their support of the US‘s war in Iraq. It is reasonable to believe other European countries have given these potentials careful consideration.
We have also seen the terrorists express their appreciation for a European policy of non-intervention in the US led war in Iraq. A blatant display of such appreciation occurred when terrorist released their hostages after learning that they were French. In the meantime, American hostages continue to be beheaded with rapidity. In these base physical actions the implied understanding between Europe and the terrorists is one of cooperation. The following facts also make a strong case for the likelihood of European involvement in Operation GUTRUSH. Much of the planning for the 9/11 attacks took place in Europe. If nothing else this indicates a level of comfort that violently anti-American terrorists feel in the European environment. No terrorist attacks have occurred in France or Germany since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This indicates that the terrorists believe any possible statement they could make in these countries is not worth jeopardizing the current relationship, whatever that relationship may be. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks took place a French author published a number one bestseller that stated the Pentagon was hit by a missile and not an airplane. The implication is that America purposely struck its own Department of Defense for political purposes. That such an accusation reached bestseller status indicates that its theme was popular and/or was intended to be so. The challenges in US-French relations since 2001 are well documented.
We can imagine that the French are throwing temper tantrums like misbehaving children whose greatest threat is to our eardrums or we can believe that the French, who have survived two World Wars and heavy attacks by foreign troops on their own soil, have made contingency plans. If the latter is true, then GUTRUSH, a Globally United Terror Response to United States Hegemony, may be considered a viable option by the French and other EU members for protecting their interests. Once we understand how our former allies could feel pushed far enough into a corner to participate in a GUTRUSH it is that much easier to envision participation by Russia and China. The key to a effective GUTRUSH is that world powers like the EU, Russia and China, who have already voiced their displeasure, discontent, and desire to limit US hegemony, begin proactively enhancing the economic, political and military apparatus of second tier or perimeter nation states outside the Alliance.
In the CIA’s, 2003, Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Weapons of Mass Destruction, the CIA expresses continuing concern about Chinese nuclear cooperation with Iran and Pakistan. China has offered significant assistance to Pakistan and Iran on ballistic missile related projects. Thanks to Chinese assistance Pakistan has moved toward domestic serial production of Short Range and Medium Range solid propellant ballistic missiles. Chinese entity ballistic missile related assistance helped Iran move toward it’s goal of becoming self-sufficient in the production of ballistic missiles. In addition, firms in China provided dual-use missile-related items, raw material, and/or assistance to several other countries of proliferation concern-such as Iran, Libya and North Korea. Chinese firms are still providing dual-use chemical weapons related equipment and technology to Iran, as well as, Advanced Conventional Weapons to Pakistan and Iran.
According to the Secretary of Defense’s, 2003, “Annual Report on the Military Power of The People’s Republic of China”, Beijing apparently believes that the US poses a significant long-term challenge. China’s leaders have asserted that the US seeks to maintain a dominant geostrategic position by containing the growth of Chinese power, ultimately “dividing” and “Westernizing” China, and preventing a resurgence of Russian power. Beijing has interpreted the strengthened US-Japan security alliance, increased US presence in the Asia-Pacific region-including Central Asia—and efforts to expand NATO as manifestations of Washington’s strategy. While seeking a stable relationship with Washington, Beijing will continue to seek opportunities to diminish US regional influence.
The PLA’s (People’s Liberation Army) strategy places a strong emphasis on surprise. Their writings indicate a number of methodologies that could enhance the success of surprise, including strategic and operational deception, electronic warfare, and wearing down or desensitizing and opponents’ political and military leadership. At least one objective would be to reduce indications and warning of military action. For there to be no indications via satellite or humint would require that the PLA does not move. Subsidizing covert terror attacks through jihaddi organization would allow for that while providing the ultimate surprise.
Most interesting in this Department of Defense report are the following sentences. “Beijing apparently believes that the US poses a significant long-term challenge. China’s leaders have asserted that the US seeks to maintain a dominant geostrategic position by containing the growth of Chinese power, ultimately “dividing” and “Westernizing” China, and preventing a resurgence of Russian power.” What’s interesting in this analysis, if accurate, is that it states clearly that China and Russia have the same geostrategic national security interests.
To prevent the resurgence of Russian power the US is determined to divide and Westernize China. That is another way of stating what the Chinese believe regarding US policy and strategy in the region. The word “divide” is a direct assault on what China considers the most essential condition for its national survival and development…”national unity”. That makes the US the number one security threat and concern of Chinese policymakers and intelligence heads. The US may want to ask itself the following question and carefully consider the answer. What are the implications of Chinese and Russian participation in a Globally United Terror Response to United States Hegemony (GUTRUSH) if China places its own sovereignty and stability second to “national unity” under a Marxist/Maoist government?
This brings us to the final and perhaps most important nation in the Euro-Asian Alliance’s push into a GUTRUSH, Russia. Many in US intelligence understand the formidability of the KGB far better than the author. With that in mind it is quite doubtful that KGB spy Vladimir Putin reflects fondly upon his Soviet Republic’s Cold War losses as he decides upon Russian foreign policy. As documented in “The Euro-Asian Alliance: Shifts in the Global Balance of Power”, the result of a 2003 meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov resulted in the following statements out of China’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Regarding President Hu Jintao and President Putin,
“They emphasized that whatever changes the international situation may undergo, China and Russia will give priority to bilateral relations in their respective foreign policies and their policy of deepening and developing bilateral strategic coordination in various fields will remain intact, and that the mechanism of high level contacts and the cooperation between the two countries will continue to be intensified.”
Foreign Ministry Comrades Ivanov and Jintao agree on many things including “the Iraqi issue, North Korea nuclear issue and other international issues.”
Whatever Vladimir Putin is thinking in regards to the Old Cold War, the United States and the future of Russia, China is on board. Not only is China on board diplomatically and politically but there is a few billion dollars in Chinese currency getting on board every year for Russian military training and hardware.
As we continue delving into the concept of GUTRUSH and analyzing the thoughts, feelings, actions and statements of the Euro-Asian Alliance it becomes apparent that the concept may already have moved into reality. The most likely brain center for GUTRUSH would be in Russia. China’s foreign policy appears to be one of deception, especially the appearance of amicability for purposes of economic gain. The EU is an ally of the US through NATO and other institutions, thus making it to risky a location to support the GUTRUSH brain center. Russia, on the other hand, has had a head start since it has been going head to head with the US for decades. One Soviet defector, Anatoly Golitsyn, said that the dissolution of the USSR was actually a KGB operation. Thus far 139 or 94% of his 148 predictions have been verifed. It would be interesting to know exactly what he meant.
According to the CIA’s Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction, Russia is an active player. Russia has assisted Iran in building the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. In relation to ballistic missile related goods and technical know how Russia has supplied Iran, India and China. Russian entities remain a key source of equipment, chemicals and expertise for countries of concern with active Chemical and Biological Weapons programs. Russia continues to be a major supplier of conventional arms. As of November 2000 Russian officials stated that they saw Iran as potentially being Russia’s third largest conventional weapons customer behind China and India. Other customers are Libya and Sudan.
A pattern has definitely developed. The Euro-Asian Alliance of the EU, Russia and China has been established. The relationships between all of the Alliance members are far superior to any alliance member’s relations with the US. The Alliance members have all experienced financial losses as a result of US unilateral action in Iraq. The Alliance members are all supporting Iran and North Korea both of which happen to be the two remaining countries in the US’s “axis of evil”. This support includes the procurement and development of Weapons of Mass Destruction. In essence, the Euro-Asian Alliance members are doing everything in their power to support countries that the US has identified as a proliferation and/or terrorist threat. The only thing the Alliance hasn’t done is make the following announcement.
“We the Euro-Asian Alliance will begin actively and directly supporting terrorist operations against the United States of America. We will begin by providing covert financing and operational strategy to terrorist attacks on the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan. We will then begin covertly attacking US assets throughout the Middle East and Eurasian continent. These attacks will certainly occur on Alliance members’ soil primarily impacting US interests while causing minimal collateral damage to Alliance members. This collateral damage will be small enough so as not to impact Alliance infrastructure, yet large enough to exacerbate anti-US sentiment. Initially these attacks will be carried out only through jihaddis whom the alliance will support through a multi-layered splinter cell structure. The actual executors of the attacks will have no inkling of Alliance support. Then on a selective basis attacks on US interests will be carried out by elite members of Alliance intelligence organizations within the framework and footprint of a typical jihaddi operation. As the US begins to find itself reeling to and fro from vast number of attacks on its international interests the Alliance will begin initiating Operation Nightmare Scenario (ONS) on US soil.”
The Euro-Asian Alliance may not have spoken these words and perhaps they have not even considered the thought. Nevertheless, the potential for a GUTRUSH cannot be ignored. This is especially so considering that a GUTRUSH may appear to be the most effective method for the Euro-Asian Alliance to achieve its goals while maintaining plausible deniability. These goals would be to see the United States consumed by conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Such consumption would allow Alliance members to pursue their goals with less opposition from the US. The ultimate goals of the Euro-Asian Alliance are a unified, militarily modernized EU capable of opposing unilateral US policy, a resurgent Russia, a united China, and strong nuclear powered neighbors in Iran, North Korea, India and Pakistan. These are just a few of the Alliance’s possible interests. A covert GUTRUSH could mutate into a push to get the US out of the Eurasian continent. This could further mutate into attacks on US interests in Canada, North and South America as the GUTRUSH expands. Ultimately, in Operation Nightmare Scenario (ONS), the EAA GUTRUSH will begin using the powers of space, the Galileo Satellite Network and the internet, as well as diplomatic pouches and NATO intelligence to achieve its goals.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

The Euro-Asian Alliance Part 1 Shifts in the Global Balance of Power Copyright 2003

The European Union (EU) is willfully expanding its alliances across the Asian Continent. French President Jacques Chirac’s motivation behind this unification is to create a rival power center capable of opposing the execution of detrimental foreign policy by the United States of America (US). The primary countries involved in this developing Euro-Asian Alliance (EAA) are United Nations (UN) members France, Germany, Russia and China. All of the aforementioned countries voted against the US led war in Iraq. All four countries are facing significant losses as a result of the war. Russia and China have continued making significant progress in their diplomatic relations as would be required to complete the triangular nature of the EAA. Additionally, India may be considered a peripheral member of this expanding Euro-Asian Alliance due to economic and geographical factors.


The European Union (EU) is willfully expanding its alliances across the Asian continent. French President Jacques Chirac’s motivation behind this unification is to create a rival power center capable of opposing the execution of detrimental foreign policy by the United Sates of America (US).

PM Blair warns against French President Jacques Chirac’s call for a stronger European Union to act as a counterweight to “unilateral” US foreign policy.
PM Blair warns of disaster and danger resulting from Europe and the US becoming two rival centers of power.
PM Blair says Europe will not accept anything that undermines NATO

VOA New.com
4/28/03

The aforementioned statements by Prime Minister Blair were made in regard to an EU mini-summit of four EU states: Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg. The focus of the summit was improving European defense cooperation. Great Britain was not invited.

Chinese walls between the US and Europe.
EU closer to imposing trade sanctions on US.
Washington and Brussels are currently locked on a number of bilateral trade issues.

Financial Times
FT.com
4/28/03

Mr. Blair’s grim assessment of the global situation was further evidence that divisions within Europe-caused by the French led blocking of a UN resolution authorizing military action-remained as wide as ever, despite the successful completion of the Iraq campaign.
Prime Minister Blair warns of EU split with America.

The Scotsman
4/29/03

America vs. Europe: Another Cold War? Putin laughs at Blair, while France and Germany try to set up a European Army.

Online Pravda
4/30/03

The primary countries involved in this developing Euro-Asian Alliance are United Nation members France, Germany, Russia and China.

Russia and EU to form Common European Space.
A common European territory can only be created with a common security territory. We are interested in real cooperation aimed at preventing common threats.
Russia’s policy toward Europe is natural.
Although, Russia’s labor productivity yields to Europeans, Europeans in their turn have been recently lagging behind the USA. Accordingly…both parts of this continent have a common challenge to increase their growth rates to become competitive.

Online Pravda
1/27/03

Chairman of the Federation Council’s Foreign Relations Committee-Mikhail Margelov made the aforementioned statements.

European security and New World Order to be discussed at Russia-EU Summit in St. Petersburg.
The Russia-EU Summit will be the first of European leaders since events in Iraq. Therefore, the first problem to be discussed will be about the “new world order”.

Leningrado.com
4/22/03

“Thank god our leaders finally understood that the only power who have respect for us is the Russian Federation and not the USA”
Posted by Hastur (Strasburg on of the European Capital!)
“We need a strong Russia to counteract the madness that is US imperialism. Russian membership of the EU will be of benefit to Russia and the EU”

Leningrado.com
4/22/03

A further indication of Russia-EU solidarity is their recent joint request of the US to adopt flexibility with Syria.

The primary countries involved in this developing Euro-Asian Alliance are the United Nations members France, Germany, Russia and China.

France opens door of G8 Economic Summit to China. France, on Friday, issued an unprecedented invitation to China to a prestigious world economic summit at the same time praising Beijing’s role in trying to avert the war in Iraq.
He (Jacques Chirac) told me to send you (Chinese President Hu Jintao) his best regards for the quality of the contacts you regularly had with each other during the Iraq crisis, Raffarin (French Prime Minister) said.
Corporate scandals such as the accounting scams behind the demise of the huge US energy trading company Enron had hurt investor confidence and the job now was to restore investor confidence and better functioning of financial markets, Chirac said.

Reuters
4/28/03

China-EU Association Celebrates EU Enlargement. Chen Hausu, president of the association said that EU enlargement will create greater potential for its development and expressed hope that the new members will integrate their traditional friendship with China into the EU’ future cooperation with China.

Peoples Daily Online
4/18/03

All four countries are facing significant losses as a result of the war in Iraq.

Russia and Iraq in 60bn. Deal. 10 year contract to include oil, gas, transports and communication.

Online Pravda
8/20/020

French oil deals threatened by war on Iraq. French firms account for 22.5% of all goods imported into Iraq, scooping up and annual gross profit of $ 1.5 billion from this trade. The French oil company TotalFinaElf, has negotiated oil deals that would give it control over 25%of Iraq’s oil reserves. French companies have signed 798 contracts for parts and equipment for the Iraqi oil industry.
While the capitalists in Germany lag far behind their French rivals, they still pull in some $350 million in direct trade with Iraq.
The Russian and Chinese worker states each account for 5.8% of imports. Russia has signed 62 UN approved contracts to supply oil industry equipment and parts, while China has signed 227 agreements.
These deals with Baghdad are threatened by a US led overthrow of the Saddam Hussein government.

The Militant.com
3/17/03

Iraq’s Oil Ministry had planned last year to develop 350 wells across the country under contracts with several Russian and French oil firms. Major emphasis was to be on the huge southern oil fields, as part of an ambitious plan to increase production to 6 million barrels per day.
French analysts fear that contracts between French oil firms and Saddam’s regime are moot, recalling former CIA Director James Woolsey’s warning that only if the French and Russians cooperated with the United States would US companies be inclined to cooperate with counterparts in these countries.
Russia, with $7 billion to $8 billion of aging Soviet era loans owed to it by Iraq, would have benefited significantly form exploration and production deals between Russian oil companies and Iraq as part of a larger economic agreement.
Just last year France successfully negotiated an agreement to develop the Majnoun field believed to contain 30 billion barrels of oil. This agreement is in jeopardy, as is France’s favored commercial position with Iraq for the past 30 years in which Jacques Chirac, now its president, was a prime player.

Washington Times.com
4/30/03

One of the largest private shareholders in BNP Paribas, the French Bank that holds more than $13 billion in Iraqi oil funds administered through the United Nation oil-for-food program, is an Iraqi-born businessman…critics in the United States government and elsewhere say the United Nations has not policed the program effectively, and that some funds were diverted by Iraqi officials.

New York Times.com
4/30/03


Russia and China continue making significant progress in their relations as would be required to complete the triangular nature of the Euro-Asian Alliance.

Foreign minister Li Zhaoxing Meets His Russian counterpart Foreign Minister Ivanov.
Li said…China-Russia friendly relations and cooperation of good neighborliness and mutual benefit have not only been completely inherited, but also gathered momentum. President Hu Jintao and President Putin attach great importance to the development of bilateral relations. They often exchange views on bilateral relations and major international issues and have established a good working relationship and personal relationship in the process. They emphasized that whatever changes the international situation may undergo, China and Russia will give priority to bilateral relations in their respective foreign policies and their policy of deepening and developing bilateral strategic coordination in various fields will remain intact, and that the mechanism of high level contacts and the cooperation between the two governments and relevant departments of the two countries will continue to be intensified.
Ivanov said that Russia-China relations should not only be maintained, but also develop in a rapid and comprehensive manner. He added that the development of bilateral relations would exert positive impact on the current international situation.
The two foreign ministers also discussed how to highlight the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Iraqi issue, DPRK nuclear issue and other international issues. They were both of the view that the two countries share the same position and objective as far as the above-mentioned issues are concerned.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China
Fmprc.gov.cn
4/29/03

Chinese-Russian relations will develop on a stable basis and rest on the joint efforts of the two countries, new premier of the PRC State Council Wen Jiabao stated at a press conference in Bejing on Tuesday.

Online Pravda
3/18/03

New great leap forward in Chinese-Russian relations and defense technology cooperation? By Dr. Alexander Nemets and Dr. Thomas Torda, Russian Defense Minister Ivanov finished his first official visit to China and left for Moscow. Both Chinese and Russian media are describing the visit as a big success. Ivanov met Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Premier Zhu Ronji, Defense Minister Chi Haotian (and of special importance) Central Military Commission (CMC) First Deputy Chairman Lt.-Gen. Zhang Wannian.
Ivanov said before his departure that “a number of important documents relating to military and military-technical cooperation” had been signed.
Ivanov said this does not only refer to deliveries of military equipment, some 200 Chinese officers undergo training in Russian military colleges and over 2,000 Chinese military have undergone training in Russia since 1991.

RIA-NOVOSTI, ITAR TASS
Newsmax.com
6/2/2

China has been a major buyer of Russian military equipment and arms systems for the past 10 years. Trade in this sphere with China accounts for over 40 percent of the entire volume of Russia’s weapon technology exports. On May 3, 2002 Rosonboron Export signed a $1.5 billion contract for the supply of eight Project 636 (kilo) submarines equipped with Klub missile systems. The contract is for 5 years.

Interfax News Agency
Newsmax.com
0601/02

Ivanov [on TV screen]: I believe that relations between Russia and China, Both in security affairs as well as on the level of interstate relations as a whole, have a huge potential for development.

Moscow-based ORT TV
Newsmax.com
06/01/02

According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Russia exported $4.97 billion worth of arms in 2001, with the US delivering $4.56 billion worth.
China is one big client that is completely dependent on Russia for its arms imports, the SIPRI report said.
It is hard to get the precise figure, but it is possible to estimate that in 2001, from the entire official Russian weapons exports of about $4.5 billion, at least $2 billion went to China.
Who provided the additional $1 billion of weapons for China? Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Israel, the U.K… Detailed descriptions of this export for each country could not be given here).

It should be emphasized that official Russian weapons exports to China do not include.
1. The “unofficial part,” i.e. illegal supply of weapon technology to China by Russia defense plants and army units, which in 2001 came to at least $200 million (a modest estimate).
2. The “hidden technological part”, i.e., joint Sino-Russian developments of new generation weapons (both on Chinese and Russian territory), transfer of Russian weapon-manufacturing technology to China, dual use technologies export (space industry, nuclear industry, etc... How much did the hidden part constitute? At least $1 billion or even more.
It is very probable that in the environment of upgraded Chinese-Russian military technological cooperation, in 2003-2004 China will become capable of manufacturing all this weaponry in arbitrary quantities, with characteristics not inferior to international levels and with minimal or zero use of imported components. Chinese economic technological potential is on a steep rise and “digestion” of even the most sophisticated Russian military and dual-use technology is not difficult for this country any more.

Newsmax.com
07/03/02

Additionally, India may be considered a peripheral member of this expanding Euro-Asian Alliance due to economic and geographic factors.

Jiang Zemin, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China said…India should enhance exchanges and cooperation to upgrade bilateral ties, including military ones, to a new level.

Embassy-denmark.fmprc.gov.cn
4/27/03

Despite being the world’s largest democracy, India has always neglected Taiwan, the first Chinese society to reject authoritarianism, in favor of Democracy. And yet, New Delhi continues to be extremely sensitive about what it might do or say that might offend Bejing. Having surrendered its Tibetan interests to China, India seems determined to do the same vis-à-vis Taiwan. Economic relations between the two are in sorry shape. Bilateral trade in 2002 was US$1.1123 billion. Taiwanese investment in India stands at US$114.6 million and Indian investment in Taiwan at US$4.7 million. President Chen Shui-bian has been forced to loosen the restriction of the US$50 million on individual Taiwanese investments in China, and to lift the ban on the country’s high-tech manufacturers from building semi-conductor plants on the mainland. Chen has also allowed mainland capital to enter Taiwan’s troubled property and stock markets.

However, in the process, more than 300,000 Taiwanese doing business in communist China have become Beijing’s potential hostages. There is now the clear possibility that China could absorb Taiwan economically.

Jamestown.org
2/11/03


Summary Opinion

Jacques Chirac’s overt extension of diplomatic relation to China and Russia comes with a full recognition of a strong Sino-Russo relationship that contrasts greatly with former Cold War NATO treatment of both countries. Additionally, President Chirac has recognized the economic potential of trade with China and Europe’s dependence of Russian natural resources as essential linchpins in future European prosperity. Nor has the military might of the Euro-Asian Alliance and its unified foreign policy objectives been overlooked. Rather than play the role of nephew to an American Uncle Sam; Jacques Chirac chooses to be father to a Eurasian continent. Just French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing had the vision to the G8 in 1975; French President Jacques Chirac is now inviting China to the G8. He is also working with Russia on W.T.O concerns and creating a visa-free regime by 2007. In Chirac’s eyes, his former NATO ally, the U.S., is now the burglar of French treasures.

President Jacques Chirac’s French led opposition to the U.S. war with Iraq was an opening move designed to place Europe in a place of leadership in what he perceives to be the developing power of Russia and China. EU support offers Russia and China; both of which are long maligned, validity on the globe stage. France’s willingness to put aside any xenophobic tendencies in aligning the Eurasian powers is only one indicator of the Euro-Asian Alliances formidable potential and it is a small one at that. Of greater consideration is the economic and diplomatic loss France may be forced to endure as a result of its antagonistic position toward the U.S. It must be assumed that the French made forward calculations and they considered the risk well worth the return. In essence, for France to risk $1.% billion in annual trade, with Iraq, 25% of Iraq’s oil reserves and 798 contracts for parts and equipment by blatantly opposing U.S. policy, Jacques Chirac and the majority of the EU must envision a lucrative end game that result in a checkmate of the United States of America. With this in mind the U.S. must proceed with extreme caution regarding future international activities.

A defensive estimate should be made concerning all potential military conflicts involving the U.S. and members of the Euro-Asian Alliance. These estimates should include both direst and indirect opportunities for conflict. All traditional U.S. allies, such as Canada, Mexico, Israel, and Japan should be scrutinized in regards to increase diplomatic activities with members of the Euro-Asian Alliance. Full-scale overt military action with a fully developed Euro-Asian Alliance would result in global catastrophe. The potential of failed covert military action on strengthening the Euro-Asian Alliance beyond its organic potential should be carefully considered before such strategy is applied. Therefore, the following strategy is of a diplomatic nature and focuses on maintaining America’s position as the number one superpower in the world, exponentially increasing America’s economic strength and extending America’s political influence throughout the globe.

In order to achieve these three goals, America should consider maximizing its diplomatic relationships with China. Considerations in attempting such diplomacy would include offering permanent most favored nation status, permanent peace treaties, full recognition of China in all arenas and possible concessions on Taiwan. If Chinese absorption by mainland China is likely, then the U.S. should be its pro-active coordinator. This is especially so if Taiwanese business interests believe that the economic potentials outweigh the political downside. It could be perceived as an American exportation of capitalism and democracy to China via Taiwan. Certainly, such a move, properly promoted, would create agitation among the mainland Chinese population. China needless to say, would initially find such a reunification extremely satisfactory. It is a case of “be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.” Taiwan is the trump card for entrée that only the U.S. holds. At some point, its value will severely diminish. In exchange for these incredibly diplomatic activities China should make the U.S. its number one trading partner. Development of Taiwan and Taiwanese business interests should certainly play a pivotal role in this concession. A permanent peace treaty could provide the case for maintenance of a U.S. military presence in Taiwan. With a permanent peace treaty and trade agreement in place, China would gladly accept the U.S. deliveries of superior goods and technology, including military exports which Russia is currently benefiting from to the tune of roughly $4 billion a year. The U.S. could then continue to focus on developing a high tech, high productivity society while relying on China for other goods.

What would be the effects of the aforementioned strategy? The Euro-Asian Alliance would cease to exist. The U.S. economy and business interests would prosper due to demand by an insatiable China. Increased international investments would be drawn to the U.S. America’s flexibility, diplomacy, and acuity would be reinforced worldwide. The executors of this policy would be recognized as impacting the globe on a historical scale to which the falling of the Berlin Wall and the SALT treaties would pale in comparisons. Joint U.S.-China policy decisions would be hard to ignore. America would be in a greater position to capitalize and direct China’s future. The Russian economy would probably falter due to lost trade and revenues. Europe’s influence, except for Great Britain, would be severely diminished. Newly entered Eastern Bloc countries would be rewarded for adhering to U.S. policy. North Korea would be forced to fall in line. The United States would gain a major protective ally on its Western coast.

The implementation of this New Diplomacy with China requires agreement on one concept. That concept is that’ China’s growth, development, and movement towards democracy and capitalism is inevitable and that such development will be unparalleled in the annals of history. The only question is who will be the beneficiaries. It should be the United States and merci to Jacques Chirac for opening the door.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Is the NSA Conducting Electronic Warfare on US Citizens?

OSIIS OPEN SOURCE INTERNET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

Russ Tice, former NSA intelligence officer and current Whistleblower, will be testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee this week. Apparently, the story Mr. Tice wants to tell, makes General Hayden’s phone surveillance program look like very small potatoes. Mr. Tice’s testimony will reveal further illegal activity overseen by General Michael Hayden which even NSA employees view as unlawful.

“I think the people I talk to next week are going to be shocked when I tell them what I have to tell them. It’s pretty hard to believe,” Tice said. “I hope that they’ll clean up the abuses and have some oversight into these programs, which doesn’t exist right now.” According to Mr. Tice, what has been disclosed so far is only the tip of the iceberg.


What in the world could Russ Tice be talking about?! To figure it out let us take a look at Russ Tice’s work at the NSA.

According to the Washington Times and numerous other sources, Mr. Tice worked on special access programs related to electronic intelligence gathering while working for the NSA and DIA, where he took part in space systems communications, non-communications signals, electronic warfare, satellite control, telemetry, sensors, and special capability systems.

Special Access Programs or SAPs refer to Black Budgets or Black Operations, Black means that they are covert and hidden from everyone except the participants. Feasibly there would be no arena with a greater potential for abuse and misuse than Special Access Programs. Even now Congress and the Justice Department are being denied the ability to investigate these programs because they don’t have “clearance”.

To put it in CNN’s Jack Cafferty’s words a top secret government agency, the NSA, the largest of its kind in the world, is denying oversight or investigation by the American people because investigators lack clearance. To add a layer of irony to the Black Ops cake this travesty is occurring in America, the supposed bastion of Freedom and Democracy, which we are currently trying to export to Iraq.

It just gets scarier. The Black Ops that Mr. Tice was involved in related to electronic intelligence gathering via space systems communications, non-communications signals, electronic warfare, satellite control, telemetry, sensors, and special capability systems. For greater insight as to the impact of these programs readers should review decades old FOIA authenticated programs such as MKULTRA, BLUEBIRD, COINTELPRO and ARTICHOKE. Radar based Telemetry involves the ability to see through walls without thermal imaging. Electronic Warfare is even scarier if we take a look at the science.

NSA Signals Intelligence Use of EMF Brain Stimulation

NSA Signals Intelligence uses EMF Brain Stimulation for Remote Neural Monitoring (RNM) and Electronic Brain Link (EBL). EMF Brain Stimulation has been in development since the MKUltra program of the early 1950's, which included neurological research into "radiation" (non-ionizing EMF) and bioelectric research and development. The resulting secret technology is categorized at the National Security Archives as "Radiation Intelligence," defined as "information from unintentionally emanated electromagnetic waves in the environment, not including radioactivity or nuclear detonation."Signals Intelligence implemented and kept this technology secret in the same manner as other electronic warfare programs of the U.S. government. The NSA monitors available information about this technology and withholds scientific research from the public. There are also international intelligence agency agreements to keep this technology secret.

The NSA has proprietary electronic equipment that analyzes electrical activity in humans from a distance. NSA computer-generated brain mapping can continuously monitor all the electrical activity in the brain continuously. The NSA records and decodes individual brain maps (of hundreds of thousands of persons) for national security purposes. EMF Brain Stimulation is also secretly used by the military for Brain-to-computer link. (In military fighter aircraft, for example.)

For electronic surveillance purposes electrical activity in the speech center of the brain can be translated into the subject's verbal thoughts. RNM can send encoded signals to the brain's auditory cortex thus allowing audio communication direct to the brain (bypassing the ears). NSA operatives can use this to covertly debilitate subjects by simulating auditory hallucinations characteristic of paranoid schizophrenia.

Without any contact with the subject, Remote Neural Monitoring can map out electrical activity from the visual cortex of a subject's brain and show images from the subject's brain on a video monitor. NSA operatives see what the surveillance subject's eyes are seeing. Visual memory can also be seen. RNM can send images direct to the visual cortex. bypassing the eyes and optic nerves. NSA operatives can use this to surreptitiously put images in a surveillance subject's brain while they are in R.E.M. sleep for brain- programming purposes.

Individual citizens occasionally targeted for surveillance by independently operating NSA personnel.

NSA personnel can control the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals in the U.S. by using the NSA's domestic intelligence network and cover businesses. The operations independently run by them can sometimes go beyond the bounds of law. Long-term control and sabotage of tens of thousands of unwitting citizens by NSA operatives is likely to happen. NSA Domint has the ability to covertly assassinate U.S. citizens or run covert psychological control operations to cause subjects to be diagnosed with ill mental health.

National Security Agency Signals Intelligence Electronic Brain Link Technology.

NSA SigInt can remotely detect, identify and monitor a person's bioelectric fields. The NSA's Signals Intelligence has the proprietary ability to remotely and non-invasively monitor information in the human brain by digitally decoding the evoked potentials in the 30-50 hz,.5 milliwatt electro-magnetic emissions from the brain.Neuronal activity in the brain creates a shifting electrical pattern that has a shifting magnetic flux. This magnetic flux puts out a constant 30-50 hz, .5 milliwatt electromagnetic (EMF) wave. Contained in the electromagnetic emission from the brain are spikes and patterns called "evoked potentials. "Every thought, reaction, motor command, auditory event, and visual image in the brain has a corresponding "evoked potential" or set of "evoked potentials." The EMF emission from the brain can be decoded into the current thoughts, images and sounds in the subject's brain.

NSA SigInt uses EMF-transmitted Brain Stimulation as a communications system to transmit information (as well as nervous system messages) to intelligence agents and also to transmit to the brains of covert operations subjects (on a non-perceptible level). EMF Brain Stimulation works by sending a complexly coded and pulsed electromagnetic signal to trigger evoked potentials (events) in the brain, thereby forming sound and visual images in the brain's neural circuits. EMF Brain Stimulation can also change a person's brain-states and affect motor control. Two-way Electronic Brain-Link is done by remotely monitoring neural audio-visual information while transmitting sound to the auditory cortex (bypassing the ears) and transmitting faint images to the visual cortex (bypassing the optic nerves and eyes, the images appear as floating 2-D screens in the brain). Two-Way Electronic Brain Link has become the ultimate communications system for CIA/NSA personnel. Remote Neural Monitoring (RNM, remotely monitoring bioelectric information in the human brain) has become the ultimate surveillance system. It is used by a limited number of agents in the U.S. Intelligence Community. RNM requires decoding the resonance frequency of each specific brain area. That frequency is then modulated in order to impose information in That specific brain area. The frequency to which the various brain areas respond varies from 3 Hz to 50 Hz. Only NSA Signals Intelligence modulates signals in this frequency band.

An example of EMF Brain Stimulation: Brain Area Bioelectric Resonance Frequency Information Induced Through Modulation

Motor Control Cortex10 HZ
Motor Impulse Co-ordination

Auditory Cortex 15 HZ
Sound which bypasses the ears

Visual Cortex25 HZ
Images in the brain, bypassing the eyesSomatosensory Cortex09 HZ

Phantom Touch SenseThought Center20 HZ

Imposed Subconscious Thoughts.

This modulated information can be put into the brain at varying intensities from subliminal to perceptible.Each person's brain has a unique set of bioelectric resonance/entrainment frequencies. Sending audio information to a person's brain at the frequency of another person's auditory cortex would result in that audio information not being perceived.

Additionally, A 1994 congressional hearing reported that “nearly half a million Americans were subjected to some kind of cold war era tests,” often without being informed and without their consent. In addition, experimentation law is well grounded in constitutional and international law. It is an under-reported fact that two major reports on human rights and torture in the U.S. recently listed illegal radiation experiments. Many more facts are documented below. Therefore, human research subject protections should be a high priority and are just as significant as current issues of torture and illegal wiretapping.

It is time for America to wake up. It is time for America to protect its Whistleblowers who are our last line of defense against dictatorship and despotism. It is time for America to take responsibility for oversight of its tax dollars and elect leaders who will assume such responsibility now. Yes, the war on terrorism is important. It is even more important and fearful if the terrorism is from within and unknowingly funded by hard working American citizens. There is no “Special Access Program” beyond the oversight of political leaders elected by the people and for the people. If these political leaders jeopardize national security then that shall be handled in al court of law. But to tell America, to tell the American people, to tell the political leaders elected by the American people that America does not deserve to know what happening in the NSA’s dark, black rooms, with billions of dollars, behind closed doors, when we know that privilege has already been abused; that is the true definition of terrorism. That is the true definition of Communism and a Police State, no oversight. So fellow Americans, you may hem and haw in the face of truth but know that one day you will realize that your country has been usurped from the very principles upon which it was founded. Godspeed, Russ Tice, the Patriots are with you.

SOURCES

www.osiis.blogspot.com

http://www.iahf.com/nsa/20010214.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_access_program

Congress daily

http://www.emhdf.com/nsact1947.html

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/12/more-unlawful-activity/

Washington Times

http://www.mindjustice.org/humprot2-06.htm