Arsenal of Hypocrisy: US Space Command
Another under-reported story with huge implications for human survival. Vision for 2020 document (PDF) -- from 1997, during the wonderful Clinton years. Note the term "full spectrum dominance" therein. And from 1998, the "Long Range Plan." I'm sure Hillary will dismantle this program. Or Obama. Worry not: the Republicans are the enemy; you can trust the Democrats.
Here's the current Space Command website. Here's the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) site on weapons in space. This is why we're persisting in "theater missile defense system" deployment in Poland, Taiwan, and around the world. In case you were wondering. The obvious response? The entire world allies against us, formally or not. Which "proves" that we must arm even further to the teeth...which will foster more nuclear proliferation to non-nuclear powers and build-up by other nuclear powers. I'm sure it will all turn out OK. Continue shopping.
Here's the current Space Command website. Here's the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) site on weapons in space. This is why we're persisting in "theater missile defense system" deployment in Poland, Taiwan, and around the world. In case you were wondering. The obvious response? The entire world allies against us, formally or not. Which "proves" that we must arm even further to the teeth...which will foster more nuclear proliferation to non-nuclear powers and build-up by other nuclear powers. I'm sure it will all turn out OK. Continue shopping.
FYI, the e-mail I sent Bruce Gagnon, after checking out the www.arsenalofhypocrisy.com website, which turned out to be a wacko anti-Semitic site:
Dear Mr. Gagnon:I'll let you know what response I get, if any.
Are you aware that the google video link from your site for the above-mentioned film advertises www.arsenalofhypocrisy.com both in a link on the google video page (look underneath your name in the upper-right-hand corner) and in the introductory graphic? It's strange that there wouldn't be a link to your own site, http://www.space4peace.org/; there is at the end of the film, as well as a link to the a.o.h. website. Perhaps you lost the domain name?
The aforementioned site can only be described as an anti-Semitic website (to say nothing of the blog that links off that site)? Here's a little taste of that blog, advertised above the horizon on the arsenalofhypocrisy.com site -- its "about" page:
I don't use "anti-Semitic" lightly -- I have read and agree with Finkelstein's and Chomsky's take on the mis- and abuse of that term. Nothing in the body of the film seems to have anything to do with anti-Semitic ramblings -- it's an excellent film, actually -- so I wanted to bring this to your attention in case you didn't know that this other site has apparently "hijacked" your work. I can't see any connection on your site or blog to anything remotely anti-Semitic, so this association is quite damaging.
Thank you,
Doug Tarnopol
Update: And here it is:
So, there you have it: anti-Semitic wacko hijacks a damn good documentary on a crucial topic. Watch the video.Yes sadly the guy who did the production work on the video, who was not political at the time, became political after the creation of the video and went off to some areas that I am uncomfortable with. But because he basically owns the video because he produced it there is little I/we can do about it. We have no control over him or his web site.It's made for a very strange situation that we are not happy about.Bruce