Phase III – Stealth Is.

On the same page, Harry S. Truman again reminded me that this carnage was sadly unavoidable: “My fellow Americans, the British, Chinese and United States governments have given the Japanese people adequate warning of what is in store for them. The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base.”

The willingness of the Japanese leaders to let other people die for the sake of their own power is disturbing, but since I first saw the images of Hiroshima, I’ve been equally fascinated by the willingness of the United States to murder women and children in order to “send a message” to their actual enemies. World War II was a crisis point that laid bare some ugly facts that aren’t usually so stark and clear: that we are all essentially hostages to our governments, our leaders.

“We think the price is worth it,” said Madeleine Albright, when she was asked about half a million dead children in Iraq. Of course, none of her three daughters had actually died—she was talking about the price that The Little People were paying, somewhere else. In that, she’s little different from any other world leader. The price is always worth it, and that price is always paid by someone else.

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”The most advanced piece of technology present on this planet is the human being. No mechanical technology has anywhere near the versatility of a human system. Someday the soldiers of the world may come to their highest ideals and realize that only they can agree to disarm the world time bomb.”—Jim Channon

Science has a great deal more to offer than nuclear weapons and novel new ways to die.

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The U.S. is joining the U.N. in a “cyber arms control collaboration.”

The US, UK, China and Russia are among 15 nations that have agreed to work together to reduce the threat of cyber attacks.

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The group has recommended the UN creates norms of accepted behaviour in cyberspace. It should also exchange information on national legislation and cybersecurity strategies, and strengthen the capacity of less-developed countries to protect their computer systems.

In the past, US efforts to work with other countries in cyberspace have centred on combatting crimes online, but did not deal with issues such as state involvement in or responsibility for cyber intrusions into critical computer systems.

So they pitch “Perfect Citizen” – forcing security measures on private companies.

Which stems from The Cyberwar Hype – pushed by some of the same defense contractors who’ve brought you the endless (and costly) war or terror.

No internet kill switch yet, but there were already provision in old congressional bills for turning off communications.

Does the transition to IP V. 6 have anything to do with this? It seems more addresses which do not favor NAT re-assignments would make it easier to track individuals to me. How Do DHCP leases and proxies get handled with regards to this new version of TCP/IP?

Also of note, U.S. Authorities Shut Down WordPress Host With 73,000 Blogs

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