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Significant Russian Attack On US Military Networks
killmofasta notes an LA Times story on a severe and widespread attack on US military computers that may have originated in Russia. Turns out the military's recent ban on flash drives was a precursor to this attack, which was significant enough that the President and the Defense Secretary were briefed on it. "The 'malware' strike, thought to be from inside Russia, hit combat zone computers and the US Central Command overseeing Iraq and Afghanistan. The attack underscores concerns about computer warfare. 'This one was significant; this one got our attention,' said one defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity when discussing internal assessments. Although officials are withholding many details, the attack underscores the increasing danger and potential significance of computer warfare, which defense experts say could one day be used by combatants to undermine even a militarily superior adversary. ... [A defense official said] 'We have taken a number of corrective measures, but I would be overstating it if I said we were through this.'"
The fact that you truly believe all those things means the massive propaganda machine is working very well. Next you'll be supporting a nuclear assault on Russia or China...
The main problem with the "reasoning" for the invasion was WMD. There were so many Iraqi violations of the 1991 cease-fire that warranted a continuation of the war, but which were just ignored.
As for the UK getting "involved because they thought it was politically expedient" is fantasy, the US/UK were going to hit Iraq the moment an Allied aircraft was shot down over Iraq. See Operation Desert Badger for planning during the Clinton/Blair administrations.
Every time Iraq fired AAA or a SAM at an Allied plane in a no-fly zone, violation of the cease-fire from March 1991.
Lets not forget that the Iraqi government before the US/UK invaded was sponsoring terrorism in Israel, or plotting to murder current and former heads of state, and killing tens of thousands of civilians a year, oh and the did have stockpiles of chemical weapons left...
No, its all the fault of the Bush administration.
Let's assume this was, indeed a deliberate, coordinated attack by a foreign government (or sponsored thereby)?
How many (American) /.ers would actually lift a finger to help the US, or be anything more than ambivalent about the whole thing? From the general political tenor of the commentary here, I'd guess few.
-Styopa