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The Pentagon's National Military Strategy is done, but will the public ever see it?

Aaron Mehta
Defense News
Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:24 UTC

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Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at a press conference with Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the Pentagon on Aug. 28, 2018.

Gen. Joe Dunford, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has finished his new edition of the National Military strategy - but currently has no plans to roll out a public version of the traditionally unclassified document.

"The 2018 National Military Strategy was approved by Gen. Dunford in December and submitted to the secretary of defense and Congress in accordance with statutory requirements," said Col. Patrick Ryder, Dunford's spokesman, in response to a question from Defense News.

"The strategy is classified to enable the chairman to fully assess the joint force operating environment and provide unfettered military advice in support of the 2018 National Defense Strategy," Ryder continued. "An unclassified version is not currently available."

Media Applauds as Trump Makes Globalism Great Again

CJ Hopkins
Consent Factory, Inc.
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:09 UTC

Maybe Donald Trump isn't as stupid as I thought. I'd hate to have to admit that publicly, but it does kind of seem like he has put one over on the liberal corporate media this time. Scanning the recent Trump-related news, I couldn't help but notice a significant decline in the number of references to Weimar, Germany, Adolf Hitler, and "the brink of fascism" that America has supposedly been teetering on since Hillary Clinton lost the election. I googled around pretty well, I think, but I couldn't find a single editorial warning that Trump is about to summarily cancel the U.S. Constitution, dissolve Congress, and proclaim himself Führer. Nor did I see any mention of Auschwitz, or any other Nazi stuff ... which is weird, considering that the Hitler hysteria has been a standard feature of the official narrative we've been subjected to for the last two years.

So how did Trump finally get the liberal corporate media to stop calling him a fascist? He did that by acting like a fascist (i.e., like a "normal" president). Which is to say he did the bidding of the deep state goons and corporate mandarins that manage the global capitalist empire ... the smiley, happy, democracy-spreading, post-fascist version of fascism we live under.

Netanyahu confirms another airstrike on Syria, contradicting top brass

Noa Landau
Haaretz
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:41 UTC

Defense officials seek to restore the policy of ambiguity regarding Israeli strikes, but Netanyahu has all but ended it

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday evening that Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Syria the previous day. The confirmation runs contrary to the position of the Israeli defense establishment, as senior defense officials refrained from addressing the incident on the Syrian Golan Heights.

"We operate every day, including yesterday, against Iran and its attempts to entrench itself in the region," Netanyahu said as he set out to attend an international conference on the Middle East in Warsaw.

Comment: This is the same conference that Russia and even the EU chose not to attend.

Syrian state media reported on Monday that Israeli tank shells hit a demolished hospital and an observation post in Syria's southern Quneitra province near the border with Israel.

Comment: See also:

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Israeli-French Deception Downs Russian Spy Plane Off Syria, US Escalates 'Regime Change' Against Iran

France launches airstrikes against rebels in Chad to prop up puppet dictator

en.rfi.fr
Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:33 UTC

Macron and Deby holding hands as they spend Christmas together

French politicians have defended a series of airstrikes in Chad targeting a rebel convoy this week, saying it respected international law and supported a legitimate government. Chad's President Idriss Deby said the convoy of "mercenaries" had been completely destroyed with no loss of life or damage to equipment for the government.

"France never intervenes - even if a country's authorities ask - just to target people who are against the government," said Thomas Gassilloud, an MP with the ruling LREM party and member of the commission for national defence and armed forces.

Comment: Oh no, never. Except when they target French people who are against the government.

"We decided on our intervention on the basis of a formal request by the Chadian authorities with strict respect for international law," Gassilloud told RFI's service Afrique.

Comment: Funny how when Russia cites this for defending Assad, the French globalists howl about how illegal it is.

'Space is not your property!' Beijing blasts US report on China & Russia 'weaponizing' space

RT
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:24 UTC

A new US intelligence report portraying Moscow and Beijing as trying to bring warfare into the heavens has drawn the ire of China, which insists that space is not Washington's "private property."

"I want to make it clear that outer space belongs to all mankind. It is not exclusively owned by any one country and especially not the private property of the US," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, referring to the latest paper by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).

Hua slammed the "unwarranted and utterly baseless comments" in the DIA report, saying China stands for the peaceful use of space and opposes its militarization.

"For many years," the spokeswoman stated, "China, Russia and other countries have been working hard and trying to reach an international legal instrument to fundamentally prevent the weaponization of or an arms race in outer space."

Hypocritical US senator casually threatens Russia with war if it opens military base 'in our hemisphere'

Rebecca Kheel
The Hill
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:14 UTC

The US staked a claim on half the world, as Senate Armed Services Committee chair Jim Inhofe said Washington might have to intervene in Venezuela if Russia dares set up a military base not just there, but "in our hemisphere."

"I think that it could happen," Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) told a group of reporters on Tuesday. "You've got a guy down there that is killing everybody. You could have him put together a base that Russia would have on our hemisphere. And if those things happen, it may be to the point where we'll have to intervene with troops and respond."

Should Russia dare encroach on the US' neck of the woods, Inhofe said: "we have to take whatever action necessary to stop them from doing that."

As opposition leader Juan Guaido vies for power, the Russian government has stuck by President Nicolas Maduro. Russia has not, however, promised military aid to Maduro, and Russian diplomat Alexander Shchetinin said on Monday that Venezuela has not requested military aid from Moscow.

Comment: The good senator is tilting at windmills. Russia won't be opening a military base anywhere in the West because it has no desires to rule the world. It's the US that thinks it rules the world, not Russia.

Antiwar president? Trump threatens to veto effort to end US military support for Saudi war on Yemen

Patricia Zengerle
Reuters
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:10 UTC

The Trump administration threatened on Monday to veto an effort in the U.S. Congress to end U.S. military support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, continuing a stand-off with lawmakers over policy toward the kingdom.

Democrats and Republicans re-introduced the war powers resolution two weeks ago as a way to send a strong message to Riyadh both about the humanitarian disaster in Yemen and condemn the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The administration said the resolution was inappropriate because U.S. forces had provided aircraft refueling and other support in the Yemen conflict, not combat troops. It also said the measure would harm relationships in the region and hurt the U.S. ability to prevent the spread of violent extremism.

Comment: 'Tis all a show. Don't think for a moment that Washington cares about the murder of Khashoggi or about the war crimes in Yemen. This is all a game of setup and knock down in order to put pressure on Saudi Arabia for the things Washington really wants.

Are boycotts under the same constitutional rights as freedom of speech?

Amalric de Droevig
Russia Insider
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC

The ACLU thinks boycotts are speech. So do some federal courts. They think all of the anti-BDS legislation being adopted by state governments of late is unconstitutional. They're wrong. Although boycotts may be symbolic of an idea or a principle, or may contain some latent political message, almost all actions can be understood in this way. All actions can't be constitutionally protected free expression, however.

This is to say nothing about the wisdom of the many anti-BDS state laws currently cropping up all over America, which prevent government contractors, affiliates, and those receiving state funds or support, from boycotting Israel. It should be noted that these state governments cannot discriminate against those who merely advocate for boycotting Israel or Israeli goods. Nor can they demand that contractors or like parties sign loyalty oaths to Israel, or anything to this effect. Such laws would be clear First Amendment violations.

Even if, like myself, you don't personally support the BDS movement or its goals, it is a pretty essential liberty to be able to spend one's money in the way one sees fit and according to one's own conscience. These state laws are therefore unthinkable, as far as I'm concerned. Curtailing the basic economic rights of Americans, including the right to boycott, is simply not the way to go about defending Israel or her interests.

Comment: "Economic boycotts are not a liberal or moral response to speech one doesn't like." Neither is labeling free speech as anti-Semitism and prosecuting for it. This is the slip knot the Israeli lobbies want us to believe. Congress, of all entities, has fallen for this smoke and mirror ploy. Not only has the Israel lobby falsely labeled (libeled) anyone with a diverse opinion of Israel, it has doubled down to make it a crime. They have constructed a layer of protection to safeguard their freedom of speech with consequential legislation to boot.

Trump's AI order may lack funding but not the target: China

David Ingram
NBC News
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:38 UTC

© Gilles Sabrie/Bloomberg via Getty Images
SenseVideo pedestrian and vehicle recognition system at the company's showroom in Beijing on June 15, 2018.

Almost two years after China first laid out its plan to become the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030, the United States on Monday released its own playbook.

The document, an executive order from President Donald Trump, explained his administration's views on developing artificial intelligence, but left open a major question: Where's the money?

"Money talks when it comes to government priorities, and new money actually drives priorities." said R. David Edelman, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama for technology policy.

Trump's executive order, which did not include any new funding for AI research, comes amid mounting tension over China's ambitious efforts. China in 2017 laid out a national plan to try to develop AI technology, an ambition that was likened to the Apollo missions to the moon and set off anxiety within the U.S. as the Trump White House was silent.

"It's kind of a new arms race," said Theresa Payton, chief information officer under President George W. Bush. But AI isn't just about weaponry. The technology is seen by many policymakers, technologists and scholars as having a key role in the future of business, governance and just about any other part of human life, posing difficult questions about the tradeoffs between unrestricted growth and the need to keep pace with an international rival.

Comment: And who oversees the AI? Precisely those who would strip humanity of its essence.
See also: Pentagon's first AI strategy requires help from tech companies to keep pace with China and Russia

Pentagon's first AI strategy requires help from tech companies to keep pace with China and Russia

RT
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:11 UTC

The Pentagon has issued its first AI strategy, where it pleads with tech giants to help boost military capabilities and catch up with Russia and China in developing artificial intelligence for military purposes.

An unclassified summary of the strategy calls to rapidly incorporate AI technologies into the military's decision-making and operations "to reduce risk to fielded forces and generate military advantage." Also, the Pentagon's strategists believe AI "can help us better maintain our equipment, reduce operational costs, and improve readiness."

The 17-page paper is loose in wording and full of lengthy sentences hailing the US military's reliance on innovation. Working your way through it won't help you to get a know-how of building a terminator or the like. Joking aside, one part of it does provide a few tip-offs about what the strategy is actually aimed at.

"Other nations, particularly China and Russia, are making significant investments in AI for military purposes." In an almost 'usual' style of bashing, the Pentagon says that Beijing and Moscow "threaten to erode our technological and operational advantages and destabilize the free and open international order."

Comment: See also: Trump's AI order may lack funding but not the target: China

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Puppet Masters

The Pentagon's National Military Strategy is done, but will the public ever see it?

Media Applauds as Trump Makes Globalism Great Again

Netanyahu confirms another airstrike on Syria, contradicting top brass

France launches airstrikes against rebels in Chad to prop up puppet dictator

'Space is not your property!' Beijing blasts US report on China & Russia 'weaponizing' space

Hypocritical US senator casually threatens Russia with war if it opens military base 'in our hemisphere'

Antiwar president? Trump threatens to veto effort to end US military support for Saudi war on Yemen

Are boycotts under the same constitutional rights as freedom of speech?

Trump's AI order may lack funding but not the target: China

Pentagon's first AI strategy requires help from tech companies to keep pace with China and Russia

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