From Paul Roberts: Today I lectured at the National Defense University in Washington DC.
I was supposed to be there in person but for various reasons could not. We arranged to use Skypes for a live video presentation. At 9AM this morning (April 22), I received a call that the US government had shut down all of its access systems, including video conferencing, because hackers had successfully penetrated the bullet-proof Pentagon security and stolen the plans for the new secret F-35 jet fighter. I did my lecture audio. Decades ago I read Arnold Toynbee who wrote that the Romans, being technologically advanced, built roads into barbarian territories, roads that the barbarians used to conquer Rome. We built the Internet and electronic data base, but does the analogy hold? The question is: Who are the barbarians? What barbarian force rivals the US in committing crimes against humanity? Who, since the Mongols, has been as destructive of countries and their civilian populations as the US? Can a country as incompetent as the US afford the enemies its hegemonic ambitions create? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to newsfromunderground-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
