-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ARTICLE 04 - Israel Should Rethink Its 'Patience of Job' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- By Patrick Hayes When it comes to dealing with terrorists, Muslim terrorists in particular, the Israelis can write the book - in blood. They've been bleeding at the hands of terrorists since nationhood in 1948 and before. In 1967, when we were slugging it out in Vietnam with one hand tied behind our backs and a one-sided Geneva Convention favoring the VC guerrillas and NVA regulars, the Israelis showed American decision-makers how to fight a war - fight to win! But maybe they've lost the edge. Muslims, we hear daily from mouthpieces of the Muslim communities in this country and the liberal media, never do anything wrong or against God's law. We have heard the same message over and over since 9-11: Whatever Muslim terrorists do, it is in response to American indifference, Israeli aggression and the memory of 12th century Crusaders trying to preserve the Holy Land - but it's never wrong! However, the reality is the bloody slaughter of innocent civilians - one attack after another in Israel. Then, when the Israelis respond against military targets, often giving warning of the coming attack, world outcry is loud and vociferous. However, what we should see is that the Israelis, while burying the dead women and children slaughtered by murdering suicidal madmen, have been nothing but restrained. Maybe it is time for that restraint to end. Former Fatah terrorist and leader of the Palestinian Council Yasser Arafat has done little to stop terrorist activities spreading from the Palestinian territories, instead providing Hollywood-style show-pieces for the international media. Following recent attacks from the Palestinian town of Rafah, Israeli bulldozers pushed back a row of Palestinian houses on the thin border road between the Gaza town and the Egyptian border. The Palestinians say they were family homes with families displaced. The Israeli Defense Forces say they were vacant houses, used by Palestinian terrorists to snipe and ambush Israeli patrols along the border. The United Nations has accepted Arafat as a "statesman" with his call for a "Palestinian State" and forgetting his terrorist past, while at the same time decrying the defensive actions of Israel. The reality is, the Palestinians had no state - ever! It is not, as the liberal media seems to assert, that the Israelis - or Jews - moved into an existing "Palestinian state" and took it over. Jews, or Israelites, have inhabited the area dating back to the 14th century B.C. Some basic history should be noted. With the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe during the 1880s, many Jews made their way to the "Promised Land," which alarmed the Muslim inhabitants who opposed what had been coined as "Zionism" by Theodor Herzl, author of the 1896 book, The Jewish State. Before the First World War, the region was made up of little more than roving Bedouin tribes and some farmers. There were no national boundaries of statehood, other than those imposed by the Ottoman Empire, which had ruled the region from 1517 to 1917. What exists today was, for the most part, a conglomeration of promises made by the British Empire to everyone involved. In 1915, the British bought the allegiance of the local Arabs, in the person of Husein ibn Ali of Mecca, against the Ottomans (which had sided with Imperial Germany in World War I) by promising them independence after the war. Unfortunately, they followed this up with the secret Sykes-Picot agreement with France and Russia in 1916, promising to divide and rule the region with these wartime allies. Also, in a sign of the times (anti-Semitism) and because Britain sought financial support from the Jewish community, Britain promised a Jewish Homeland following the war in the Balfour Declaration of 1917. This promise was acted upon by the League of Nations in 1922, mandating the region of Palestine under British control. The Brits had firmly placed themselves squarely in the middle of the local Arab and Jewish communities. It didn't take long for the action to begin. Anti-Jewish attacks by Muslims occurred in Jerusalem in 1920 and Jaffa in 1921. In an attempt to backtrack and appease the Arabs, the British severely reduced Jewish immigration and denied Jews access to most of Palestine. In the intervening years, the British faltered back and forth between their promises. However, after Jewish immigration to the region rose substantially in 1933 following the rise of the Nazis in Germany and neo-Nazi groups in other parts of Europe, including England's British Fascists, Muslim Arabs revolted in 1936 - a conflict that continued until 1939 when Britain again restricted Jewish immigration and the purchase of land by Jews. Aggravating the already volatile situation in the region, during World War II, Muslim Arabs threw in with the Nazis, supporting their anti-Semitism and global view. After the war, in 1945, Britain still played hardball with the Jewish survivors of the Nazi death camps and refused to admit 100,000 Jews into the Palestine Mandate. A three-way conflict ensued and, in 1947, Britain finally gave up and turned the mandate over to the United Nations. Although the Muslim Arabs in the region outnumbered the Jews over two to one, the Jews, many concentration camp survivors, were better prepared for a war, which for them, was one of survival. The Mufti of Jerusalem rejected a U.N.-proposed partial statehood for the Jews in 1947, while the Jews accepted it. A short war ensued, which soundly defeated the Arabs. A Jewish state of Israel was declared on May 14, 1948, and the United States was the first to recognize it. Almost immediately, five Arab armies attacked the fledgling nation. They, too, were quickly defeated and Israel expanded its land, leaving the West Bank to Jordan and the Gaza Strip to Egypt. In 1967, when the Muslim armies tried again, Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula. With each successive attack, Israel has captured more land from its attackers. The question now is, what is to be done with it? Israel has been patient, negotiate and offer settlements to the conflict, but each time its olive branch is met with attacking Muslim armies or suicidal terrorists coming in the night to kill women and children. The Israeli response has been measured. But "measured" doesn't seem to get the message across. Rather than hit police stations and barracks, maybe it's time to go after the terrorists in the rat nests in which they reside - like the town of Rafah. Why move the buildings back 100 yards, when the terrorists just take up other positions? Maybe it's time to demolish that town and any other giving respite and support to terrorists. Isn't that the mandate against terrorism the United States is currently employing? The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a microcosm of the growing war between a civilized West and a 13th century Muslim mindset. Negotiations don't work. Arafat talks out of both sides of his mouth, so agreements mean nothing. The terrorists still come in the night. Restraint and patience have served no purpose. Terrorists, particularly suicidal terrorists, need to be sought out and destroyed. Patrick Hayes is a contributing editor to DefenseWatch. He can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ARTICLE 05 - Trident Missiles Safe From Unauthorized Launch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- By Robert G. Williscroft Remember the Cold War? Step into the past, to the decades between 1950 and 1990. In the United States, we had developed the Strategic Triad concept to protect our country-and the free world-from nuclear attack. Our defense against nuclear attack rested on three fundamentally different and independent legs. Leg one was manned bombers-beginning with World War II-era B-29s and ending in the 1990s with B-52Hs, B-1Bs, and B-2As.. Because these aircraft were continuously control by humans, in an emergency they could be launched and vectored towards the enemy-all the while negotiations attempted to prevent further escalation into full-blown nuclear war. At any time, the aircraft could be recalled, or ordered not to drop their lethal loads. In the event of an escalating situation, aircraft could be maintained in a local flight pattern, continuously refueled and ready on a moment's notice to fly towards designated targets. Leg two was land-based missiles carrying one or more independently targeted warheads. These missiles were stored in silos that were capable of withstanding all but a direct nuclear hit. They were capable of withstanding an enemy first strike and could then deal a devastating blow to his ability to follow through with further strikes. The third Triad leg was our fleet of missile submarines. These subs carried either sixteen or twenty-four missiles with multiple independently targeted warheads. Since submarines are nearly impossible for a potential enemy to track, we were, therefore, practically guaranteed the ability to deliver a killing blow to any attacking enemy, even after he launched a full-blown nuclear strike. This Triad assured our ability to deter an enemy from striking in the first place, because he could not survive such a strike. At least, that's how it was supposed to work. One could argue that since we did not have a nuclear war, it must have worked. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, documents found in the KGB archives, and reports from senior former Soviet government personnel, lend credence to this argument. The concept was called MAD, for Mutual Assured Destruction. Despite the wags who could not refrain from Dr. Strangelove analogies, MAD appears to have been very effective in deterring the Soviets from launching a preemptive nuclear strike against the United States and NATO. The good news is that the Cold War is over. In response, we and the Russians have destroyed most of our land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, and we have severely reduced the size of the remaining two Triad legs. In today's world, however, hitting a typical attacker with submarine launched nukes is overkill; but using expensive ballistic missiles to deliver anything smaller than large nukes is a huge waste of money. We can do much better with high-flying bombers and smart bombs. The bad news is that we still have a fleet of 18 Trident ballistic missile subs - soon to shrink to 14 -- floating around, but there really is no significant military adversary that they can effectively deter. It is clear that our missile subs and bomber fleet clearly did not deter the al Qaeda terrorist strikes on last September 11. For deterrence to work, you must know where the strike originated. In the wake of the destruction of the New York World Trade Center we face something completely different: the need to create a totally new deterrent. In Afghanistan, we have been able to use our bomber fleet effectively to combat terrorism, but fleet ballistic missile subs still have only one purpose, to deter nuclear armed adversaries. As long as Russia and China - despite current ties with the United States - possess nuclear arsenals that pose a potential threat - we still have an effective fleet of hidden and essentially unstoppable vehicles capable of totally destroying any nation choosing to attack us. As such, it still deters. Having these missile subs out there, however, raises an interesting and important question: Could a ballistic missile submarine commander launch his missiles without specific presidential authorization? Could a few men conspire and successfully bypass the built-in safety systems to launch nuclear weapons? The people who established our nuclear weapons control systems created the Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) to offset the element of human uncertainty. Anybody with access to any element of nuclear weapons is under continuous, close scrutiny. From the admiral in command of a flotilla to the least significant seaman swabbing the deck around a missile tube-every individual having even the remotest contact with nuclear weapons and their means of delivery participates in the most closely supervised "buddy-system" in the world. Every participating individual submits to an appropriate background investigation. Before being assigned to more sensitive positions, each individual's dossier is updated. Beyond this, however, each individual is specifically and legally responsible for observing every other individual in the program with whom he comes into contact. If Lt. Jones suddenly starts drinking three cups of coffee in the morning instead of just one, Seaman Smith, who brings him the coffee, must report this change. If he doesn't, and if this change and Smith's knowledge of this change become factors in a future problem, Smith will suffer consequences as severe as Jones. Every element that is remotely connected with launch authorization is under continuous "two-man control". It takes two individuals to bring together any system element that can ultimately lead to launch of a nuclear weapon. These individuals, while they usually will know each other, are prohibited from establishing close personal ties. In the event that such ties happen, they must voluntarily step forward with this information and be reassigned. Failure to do this requires their dismissal and disciplinary action. Only the president can authorize a nuclear weapons launch. His encrypted authorization will arrive at the submarine by secure radio. Sealed authenticators which are kept under continuous two-man control ensure the message's authenticity. These plastic chips are created automatically by computers programmed to insert completely random symbols. A launch message identifies a specific authenticator and lists the symbols it should contain. These symbols will have been determined by the sender only moments before transmitting the message by manually opening one of the authenticators. If the local authenticator does not match, the message is not authenticated, and the launch is denied. While SSBN missile warheads do not contain mechanical 'Permissive Action Links' designed to prevent unauthorized launches that are built into nuclear gravity bombs and land-based missile warheads, during the 1990s the Navy added extra security measures to the Authentication System used with the Trident sub fleet that ensure the virtual impossibility of an unauthorized launch from a submarine. Details are highly classified. There is no realistic scenario wherein a nuclear missile either can be accidentally launched or deliberately launched without authorization - ever - under any circumstances - period. The system isn't foolproof, but within the limitations of the trust we place in our highest officials it nearly eliminates the chance of a nuclear weapon being launched without proper authority. Robert G. Williscroft is DefenseWatch Navy Editor. He can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Table of Contents *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
