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America's War on the Web
An anonymous reader writes "The Sunday Herald is reporting that while the US is continuing to pursue traditional means of protecting national security, they are also planning to launch a new wave of 'information warfare' to help combat a perceived growing threat of IT security. From the article: 'The Pentagon has already signed off $383 million to force through the document's recommendations by 2009. Military and intelligence sources in the US talk of "a revolution in the concept of warfare". The report orders three new developments in America's approach to warfare [...] the Pentagon says it will wage war against the internet in order to dominate the realm of communications, prevent digital attacks on the US and its allies, and to have the upper hand when launching cyber-attacks against enemies.'"
Would information warfare be locking Muslims in libraries and then throwing books at them?
When was the last time America actually fought a war out of self-defense? Most reasonable people (i.e. not proponents of the "War on Terror") say...
The self-defense argument is so 1920s. Self-defense is not the only reason for war in this world anymore. [mockery] Any reasonable person (ie, one that agrees me), knows that. [/mockery]
[snip some tinfoil conspiracy theory]
All America's subsequent wars have unquestionably been wars of aggression
It's time to come to grips with the fact that your simplified neandrathal logic just doesn't cut it in today's world. WAR=BAD sounds great on paper... but it's simplistic and pretending it should be that simple just makes you out to be a simpleton. Nazi Germany taught the world a valuable lesson about what happens when you only wage war in "self-defense". Bosnia and Iraq 1990s are two classic examples of the type of "war of aggressions" that were attempts to stop Hitler-like sequels. If it's ok for you to sit back and "appease" waiting for your Pearl Harbor, then so be it... you are _NOT_ in the majority, and most would _NOT_ consider you, to use your word, reasonable.
Wow. You can really see the bias inherent in slashdot when a post calling conservatives Nazis gets modded +5 Insightful.
(National Socialist = Nazi)
You should probably have made it clearer you were eluding to the party, as a socialist can still be nationalist and not be a Nazi (if you see what I am saying). Although this can be depend on the type of extreme-nationalism present in the country. For instance Welsh extreme-nationalism would be to have complete freedom from the UK, and be a completely seperate state. English extreme-nationalism seems to be represented by the BNP and UKIP - xenophobic, homophobic, Europhobic and racist "political parties". Many believe that the left-right, linear model of political ideology should be more of a ring - although this could mean people could become so far to the left in their ideology they suddenly become totalitarian dictators; a point some may have drawn from your comment. Personally the whole liberal-conservative thing in America seems to be a little off, as most "liberals" are social democrats and most "conservatives" are neo-conservatives, more market-driven than caring about traditions.