Godlikepro Buff Stumbles onto the Pentagon's QDR Prophecies

by **Gouda** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:05 am

Couldn't resist the onion-esque spoofed subject heading. (By the way, I am not a GLP buff) But here it is, the Pentagon, in which any pretense that it is not dominating the USA has by now ended, offers its home and world prophecies for the years 2006, 2007 and beyond. The revelations are set out in quadrennials. The latest is the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). Here she is: <a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/dod/qdr-2006-report.pdf">www.globalsecurity.org/mi...report.pdf</a> Right off the bat, in the Preface, the QDR states: "The United States is a nation that is engaged in what will be a long war." 911 is immediately referenced. On 911, in a section titled "The Department's Role at Home" I read this: "The long war has also seen US forces taking on a greater role at home. Immediately following the 911 attacks, US forces were called upon to assist in securing the homeland. Working aside other Federal Agencies, the Department answered the call. At the President's direction, active and reserve forces conducted combat air patrols over major cities to prevent follow-on attacks..." Amazing. I have not read through the whole thing but have noted the language employed. Innovated by RAND and former SecDef/CEO McNamara, the Department of War's business strategy is super-saturated with the language and modalities of corporate capital. This is business, and they say so. This is nothing less than a mercenary corporation sucking the people's capital to defend corporate capital. The QDR is released in harmonious conjunction with President Bush’s proposed budget which calls for a 7% increase in military spending: to a total of $440 billion. A summary of the Review is provided here: "Pentagon spells out strategy for global military aggression" By Bill Van Auken 9 February 2006 <a href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/feb2006/pent-f09.shtml">www.wsws.org/articles/200...-f09.shtml</a> OK, so the headline is a bit slanted, but is nothing compared to the full scale tilt of the defense review. Some features (from Van Auken article): * The bloated Pentagon budget includes $5.1 billion—a 20 percent increase—for special operations, i.e., to expand elite killing squads, such as the Army’s Special Forces and the Navy Seals, which are trained for use in far-flung counterinsurgency interventions, including the deployment of assassination squads to kill insurgent leaders. The plan envisions adding 14,000 more troops to these units by 2011, bringing the ranks of such forces up to 64,000. * Defense contractors such as General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Lockheed Martin saw their stock prices increase sharply in the wake of the budget announcement. * In another significant terminological shift, the Pentagon document defines the main enemy not as terrorists, but rather as “violent extremists” or merely “extremists.”..The counterinsurgency methods elaborated in the document are aimed not merely at Islamist terrorist groups, but at any popular movement that emerges against US imperialism and its client regimes.  * Significantly, the QDR includes repeated references to both Latin America and Africa. In its sections on Special Operations Forces (SOF), the document states: “SOF will increase their capacity to perform more demanding and specialized tasks, especially long-duration, indirect and clandestine operations in politically sensitive environments and denied areas. For direct action, they will possess an expanded organic ability to locate, tag and track dangerous individuals and other high-value targets globally... For unconventional warfare and training foreign forces, future SOF will have the capacity to operate in dozens of countries simultaneously... while increasing regional proficiency specific to key geographic operational areas: the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America.” * In regards to Latin America, the document presents as a growing concern in US military planning the “resurgence of populist authoritarian political movements in some countries, such as Venezuela,” which it says “threaten gains achieved and are a source of economic and political instability.” * Listing a series of ongoing changes being made by the US military to meet “the new strategic environment,” the document includes the following: “From conducting war against nations—to conducting war in countries we are not at war with;” “From responding after a crisis starts (reactive)—to preventive actions so problems do not become crises (proactive);” “From static defense, garrison forces—to mobile, expeditionary operations;” and “From a battle-ready force (peace)—to battle-hardened forces (war).” * The Pentagon, it states, will, on the order of the White House, use military forces to support “civil authorities for designated law enforcement and/or other activities.” It adds that it intends to “provide US NORTHCOM [the military command created in 2002 to oversee the US itself] with authority to stage forces and equipment domestically prior [prior??] to potential incidents when possible.” * In particular, the document singles out China, describing it as “having the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States and field disruptive military technologies that could over time offset traditional US military advantages.”...This marks a significant change over the last such QDR, issued in 2001, in which China was not even mentioned by name, though indirectly referred to as “a military competitor with a formidable resource base.”

by **professorpan** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:39 pm

Good find, Gouda. And absolutely chilling. Welcome to war without end, forever and ever, amen.

by **Rigorous Intuition** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:14 pm

Thanks Gouda. I'm writing a similar-themed post for the blog and this makes an excellent resource.

by **nashvillebrook** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:09 pm

they believe people have more rights than corporations.

by **dbeach** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:51 pm

"to expand elite killing squads, such as the Army’s Special Forces and the Navy Seals, which are trained for use in far-" and could be easily ordered to shoot dissidents or anyone who disagrees with BIG BRO 'Yep just following orders mam...'

by **StarmanSkye** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:06 pm

Excellant heads-up, Gouda. I first read this some little time ago and thought to post it, but with one thing and another, etc. -- What's esp. great about this place is that eventually, the most important articles and issues seem to get posted. Spot-on definition, Nashvillebrook. Re: The Dept. of War's classification of Venezuala as an autocratic populist regime threatening to the US is an amazing bit of self-fulfilling delusional prophecy: To push a well-worn cliche even further --It is like the dingy, battered turn-of-century cast-iron rusty cookstove shrilly accusing the brand-new gleaming stainless-steel and chrome restaurant-grade dual-door refridgerator-freezer of being a 'dirty, soot-covered, black-spattered antique-relic corroded firebox!' Thank GOD not everyone is as dumb or numb as mainstream Americans. I recently read the following report of a Patriot Act raid, that keenly describes the kind of zealot stormtrooper mentality our law enforcement and military troops are being conditioned with, 'I WILL follow my superior's orders without question or delay. 'I WILL follow my superior's orders without question or delay. 'I WILL follow my superior's orders without question or delay. 'I WILL follow my superior's orders without question or delay. 'I WILL follow my superior's orders without question or delay. 'I WILL ... A chilling foretaste unless we do SOMETHING to change things. How MANY more raids have happened, will happen, that we will never did or will hear about? Esp. note the description of officers waving their guns around and demanding immediate no-questions compliance to their barked orders -- They clearly felt ANYTHING they did was necessary and protected. I'm sure if someone had actively resisted or argued or simply refused to go-along with demands they could easily have been shot for 'resisting arrest and assaulting an officer'. Starman <a href="http://www.freedomtocare.org/police277.htm">www.freedomtocare.org/police277.htm</a> USA PATRIOT ACT POLICE RAID (April 2003) ----------------------------------------------- Patriot Raid Jason Halperin <a href="http://www.truthout.org">www.truthout.org</a> Saturday 03 May 2003 A month ago I experienced a very small taste of what hundreds of South Asian immigrants and U.S. citizens of South Asian descent have gone through since 9/11, and what thousands of others have come to fear. I was held, against my will and without warrant or cause, under the USA PATRIOT Act. While I understand the need for some measure of security and precaution in times such as these, the manner in which this detention and interrogation took place raises serious questions about police tactics and the safeguarding of civil liberties in times of war. That night, March 20th, my roommate Asher and I were on our way to see the Broadway show "Rent." We had an hour to spare before curtain time so we stopped into an Indian restaurant just off of Times Square in the heart of midtown. I have omitted the name of the restaurant so as not to subject the owners to any further harassment or humiliation. We helped ourselves to the buffet and then sat down to begin eating our dinner. I was just about to tell Asher how I'd eaten there before and how delicious the vegetable curry was, but I never got a chance. All of a sudden, there was a terrible commotion and five NYPD in bulletproof vests stormed down the stairs. They had their guns drawn and were pointing them indiscriminately at the restaurant staff and at us. "Go to the back, go to the back of the restaurant," they yelled. I hesitated, lost in my own panic. "Did you not hear me, go to the back and sit down," they demanded. I complied and looked around at the other patrons. There were eight men including the waiter, all of South Asian descent and ranging in age from late-teens to senior citizen. One of the policemen pointed his gun point-blank in the face of the waiter and shouted: "Is there anyone else in the restaurant?" The waiter, terrified, gestured to the kitchen. The police placed their fingers on the triggers of their guns and kicked open the kitchen doors. Shouts emanated from the kitchen and a few seconds later five Hispanic men were made to crawl out on their hands and knees, guns pointed at them. After patting us all down, the five officers seated us at two tables. As they continued to kick open doors to closets and bathrooms with their fingers glued to their triggers, no less than ten officers in suits emerged from the stairwell. Most of them sat in the back of the restaurant typing on their laptop computers. Two of them walked over to our table and identified themselves as officers of the INS and Homeland Security Department. I explained that we were just eating dinner and asked why we were being held. We were told by the INS agent that we would be released once they had confirmation that we had no outstanding warrants and our immigration status was OK'd. In pre-9/11 America, the legality of this would have been questionable. After all, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized." "You have no right to hold us," Asher insisted. "Yes, we have every right," responded one of the agents. "You are being held under the Patriot Act following suspicion under an internal Homeland Security investigation." The USA PATRIOT Act was passed into law on October 26, 2001 in order to facilitate the post 9/11 crackdown on terrorism (the name is actually an acronym: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act.") Like most Americans, I did not recognize the extent to which this bill foregoes our civil liberties. Among the unprecedented rights it grants to the federal government are the right to wiretap without warrant, and the right to detain without warrant. As I quickly discovered, the right to an attorney has been seemingly fudged as well. When I asked to speak to a lawyer, the INS official informed me that I do have the right to a lawyer but I would have to be brought down to the station and await security clearance before being granted one. When I asked how long that would take, he replied with a coy smile: "Maybe a day, maybe a week, maybe a month." We insisted that we had every right to leave and were going to do so. One of the policemen walked over with his hand on his gun and taunted: "Go ahead and leave, just go ahead." We remained seated. Our IDs were taken, and brought to the officers with laptops. I was questioned over the fact that my license was out of state, and asked if I had "something to hide." The police continued to hassle the kitchen workers, demanding licenses and dates of birth. One of the kitchen workers was shaking hysterically and kept providing the day's date -- March 20, 2003, over and over. As I continued to press for legal counsel, a female officer who had been busy typing on her laptop in the front of the restaurant, walked over and put her finger in my face. "We are at war, we are at war and this is for your safety," she exclaimed. As she walked away from the table, she continued to repeat it to herself? "We are at war, we are at war. How can they not understand this." I most certainly understand that we are at war. I also understand that the freedoms afforded to all of us in the Constitution were meant specifically for times like these. Our freedoms were carved out during times of strife by people who were facing brutal injustices, and were intended specifically so that this nation would behave differently in such times. If our freedoms crumble exactly when they are needed most, then they were really never freedoms at all. After an hour and a half the INS agent walked back over and handed Asher and me our licenses. A policeman took us by the arm and escorted us out of the building. Before stepping out to the street, the INS agent apologized. He explained, in a low voice, that they did not think the two of us were in the restaurant. Several of the other patrons, though of South Asian descent, were in fact U.S. citizens. There were four taxi drivers, two students, one newspaper salesman -- unwitting customers, just like Asher and me. I doubt, though, they received any apologies from the INS or the Department of Homeland Security. Nor have the over 600 people of South Asian descent currently being held without charge by the Federal government. Apparently, this type of treatment is acceptable. One of the taxi drivers, a U.S. citizen, spoke to me during the interrogation. "Please stop talking to them," he urged. "I have been through this before. Please do whatever they say. Please for our sake." Three days later I phoned the restaurant to discover what happened. The owner was nervous and embarrassed and obviously did not want to talk about it. But I managed to ascertain that the whole thing had been one giant mistake. A mistake. Loaded guns pointed in faces, people made to crawl on their hands and knees, police officers clearly exacerbating a tense situation by kicking in doors, taunting, keeping their fingers on the trigger even after the situation was under control. A mistake. And, according to the ACLU a perfectly legal one, thanks to the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is just the first phase of the erosion of the Fourth Amendment. From the Justice Department has emerged a draft of the Domestic Securities Enhancement Act, also known as Patriot II. Among other things, this act would allow the Justice Department to detain anyone, anytime, secretly and indefinitely. It would also make it a crime to reveal the identity or even existence of such a detainee. Every American citizen, whether they support the current war or not, should be alarmed by the speed and facility with which these changes to our fundamental rights are taking place. And all of those who thought that these laws would never affect them, who thought that the Patriot Act only applied to the guilty, should heed this story as a wake-up call. Please learn from my experience. We are all vulnerable so speak out and organize, our Fourth Amendment rights depend upon it. *** Jason Halperin lives in New York City and works at Doctors Without Borders/Medicins San Frontieres. If you are in USA and are moved by this account, he asks that you consider donating to your local ACLU chapter.

by **Gouda** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:50 am

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by **Gouda** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:09 am

If war is a racket, then this pre-set, open-ended global long war signals a new milestone in the runaway mutation of (martial) capitalism. The 2006 Quadrennial Review reflects a process of change which has gathered momentum since the release of its predecessor QDR in 2001. Now in the fifth year of this global war, the ideas and proposals in this document are provided as a roadmap for change, leading to victory. -- Donald Rumsfeld So this is World War. It has gathering momentum. Has been since 2001. and Victory? Victory will come when the enemy's extremist ideologies are discredited in the eyes of their host populations and tacit supporters, becoming unfashionable [emphasis mine], and following other discredit creeds, such as Communism and Nazism [emphasis mine], into oblivion. This requires the creation of a global environment inhospitable to terrorism. (QDR, 33-34) Catch that? "Nazism." Not Fascism. And please don't forget about Communism. Victory can only be achieved through the patient accumulation of quiet successes and the orchestration of all elements of national and international power. (34) This is just superb reading, but it does sometimes get a bit boring: To help shape the choices of countries at strategic crossroads...the Department will develop a wider range of conventional and non-kinetic deterrent options while maintaining a robust nuclear deterrent. (18 )  US Southern Command's support for Plan Colombia is yet another example of preventive action...a unified campaign against terrorism as well as drugs... (26) Haiti and Liberia demonstrate the advantage of taking prompt action to quell disorder before it leads to the collapse of political and social structures. (29). That last is of course a sick joke they make about Liberia and Haiti, but perhaps they aim to take this a little more seriously in the Homeland.

by **Gouda** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:18 am

Sorry - couple more things, still reading through it, albeit too quickly: * The Department of Defence is the world's largest employer, directly employing more than three million people. (QDR, 87) * Increase National Security Education Program (NSEP) grants to American elementary, secondary and post-secondary education programs to expand non-European language instruction. (91) [We 'mericans can't parlez vous no french, but damn we're proficient in Farsi!] * The Department will transform the National Defence University, the Department's premier educational institution, into a true National Security University. (91) That is "educational" indeed. Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=gouda@rigorousintuition>Gouda</A> at: 2/15/06 6:32 am

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