From: Phil Osborn (philosborn2001@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Dec 28 2002 - 00:15:36 MST
By "another," I meant, "different from that already
stated tens of times before."
No one so far has really dealt with the hypothesis
that I presented. Instead they either seem to want to
imply that somehow I am a proponent of something or
other that I am not, or go off on yet another useless
discussion of the morality of war, etc.
Let me once again try to make the issues clear:
I am proposing that possibly the people running things
in Washington, Bush & Co., actually understand that we
are approaching a truly apocalyptically dangerous
time, in which the species itself could be wiped out
by some nut cases with hi-tech means. I referenced
Conrad Schneiker as he was the first source I know of
who stated the problem precisely - suggesting it as a
possible answer to the Fermi Paradox, as well, I seem
to recall.
The capacity to destroy en masse is rising
exponentially, and faster than the capacity to defend.
We can project that this will continue. What would
the logical response of Bush & Co., assuming that they
truly understood and believed the above and that they
really wanted to stop the destruction of the U.S. or
the species from happening, in fact be, if not to rush
toward a global hegemony in which no place would
remain for such terrorists to hide? I.e., a globally
transparent society.
If so, then we can expect that if 911, Saddam, Korea,
et al are not sufficient, then other excuses may be
"found." One way or another, the logic inescapably
leads to the conclusion that a very strong push toward
a world state - or at minimum, a "Federation," led by
the U.S., (of course) - is in the cards. Of course,
maybe they're just playing oil games...
It boils down to: are they that stupid? If not, we
are in for some truly interesting times. How we can
prepare for them and reduce the damage is the next
logical question.
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