Comments on: US Army Contemplates Redrawing Middle East Map http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/ Making the Connections Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kevin http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-30412 Kevin Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:06:58 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-30412 "In spite of the <i>harsh internal struggle</i> for power and the country's <i>inner social and political heterogeneity</i>, which displays the <i>fragmentation of the Iranian leadership and the country as a whole</i>, "nuclear nationalism" is an element that rallies the nation together, minimizing the <i>political and social cleavages</i> and reinforcing the Iranian projection of power overseas." -<a href="http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=566&language_id=1" rel="nofollow">PINR</a> “In spite of the harsh internal struggle for power and the country’s inner social and political heterogeneity, which displays the fragmentation of the Iranian leadership and the country as a whole, “nuclear nationalism” is an element that rallies the nation together, minimizing the political and social cleavages and reinforcing the Iranian projection of power overseas.”

-PINR

]]> By: Kevin http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-30408 Kevin Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:22:53 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-30408 "In Iran, which is the big one, if you look at it, the oil of the region (that’s where most of the hydrocarbons in the world are) they are right around the gulf, the Shiite sections of Iraq, the Shiite sections of Saudi Arabia and an Arab—not Persian—region of Iran, Khuzestan, right near the Gulf, it happens to be Arab. There is talk floating around Europe (you know it’s probably planted by the CIA) of an Ahwazi Liberation Movement for this region. A feasible, I don’t know if it’s feasible or not, but I think the kind of thought that would be occurring to the Pentagon planners is to sponsor a liberation movement, so-called, in the area near the Gulf then move in to defend it." -<a href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=20&ItemID=11182" rel="nofollow">Noam Chomsky</a> “In Iran, which is the big one, if you look at it, the oil of the region (that’s where most of the hydrocarbons in the world are) they are right around the gulf, the Shiite sections of Iraq, the Shiite sections of Saudi Arabia and an Arab—not Persian—region of Iran, Khuzestan, right near the Gulf, it happens to be Arab. There is talk floating around Europe (you know it’s probably planted by the CIA) of an Ahwazi Liberation Movement for this region. A feasible, I don’t know if it’s feasible or not, but I think the kind of thought that would be occurring to the Pentagon planners is to sponsor a liberation movement, so-called, in the area near the Gulf then move in to defend it.”
-Noam Chomsky

]]> By: Kevin http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-27488 Kevin Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:01:14 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-27488 bad link "Turkish officers also briefed Ankara about the developments relevant to the incident. " ;) bad link

“Turkish officers also briefed Ankara about the developments relevant to the incident. ”

;)

]]> By: Kevin http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-27486 Kevin Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:47:14 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-27486 <a href="http://http://zaman.com/?bl=readerschoice&alt=&trh=20060929&hn=37007" rel="nofollow">Carved-up Map of Turkey at NATO Prompts US Apology</a> "A map prepared by a retired U.S. military officer that sketches Turkey as a partitioned country was presented at the NATO’s Defense College in Rome, where Turkish officers attend. The use of the map at a conference meeting by a colonel from the U.S. National War Academy angered Turkish military officers." Carved-up Map of Turkey at NATO Prompts US Apology

“A map prepared by a retired U.S. military officer that sketches Turkey as a partitioned country was presented at the NATO’s Defense College in Rome, where Turkish officers attend.

The use of the map at a conference meeting by a colonel from the U.S. National War Academy angered Turkish military officers.”

]]> By: Stan http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-25599 Stan Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:18:11 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-25599 Yes, I had noted in the introduction the this title claiming this was "the Army" was hypebole at best (you are right, it is wrong). There is, in fact, a ferocious struggle within the armed forces over many of these questions, that Rumsfeld's heavy-handedness has driven underground. The longer Rumsfeld remains in charge, however, the more thoroughly he will replace the top brass through time and attrition with like-minded nitwits. One of the contradictions of managing a military organization that is also a tremendous bureaucracy in today's "information age," and under what I like to think of as a truly postmodern regime (they honestly seem to believe that the narrative can re-constitute the reality), is that the logics of warfare are often contrary to the logics of public relations. Rumsfeld wants to have this cake and eat it too in the form of officers who can be both effective military thugs and slick PR hacks. The irony, I suppose, is that he is neither. Yes, I had noted in the introduction the this title claiming this was “the Army” was hypebole at best (you are right, it is wrong).

There is, in fact, a ferocious struggle within the armed forces over many of these questions, that Rumsfeld’s heavy-handedness has driven underground.

The longer Rumsfeld remains in charge, however, the more thoroughly he will replace the top brass through time and attrition with like-minded nitwits.

One of the contradictions of managing a military organization that is also a tremendous bureaucracy in today’s “information age,” and under what I like to think of as a truly postmodern regime (they honestly seem to believe that the narrative can re-constitute the reality), is that the logics of warfare are often contrary to the logics of public relations.

Rumsfeld wants to have this cake and eat it too in the form of officers who can be both effective military thugs and slick PR hacks. The irony, I suppose, is that he is neither.

]]> By: Al http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-25575 Al Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:04:31 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-25575 I have no comments on the author's analysis--with which I substantially agree--of retired major Peters' fantasies, but want to remark on the publication in which the article appears. The Armed Forces Journal is not an official Department of Defense publication, but a civilian-run magazine with a definite bias. Over the past several years, it has become a mouthpiece for neo-conservatives. The editor, Thomas Donnelly, is a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and also a member of the neo-con's imperialist Project for The New American Century. Articles in the Armed Forces journal are disproportinately authored by neo-cons and other rightwingers. Most are written by civilians--often connected with the American Enterprise Institute--not military personnel. They may disproportionately reflect certain geopolitical currents in the military, but definitely not all. One hopes (optimism to the point of foolishness?) that Maj. Peters was retired because wiser heads recognized his neo-con "intelligence" babblings for what they truly are. I have no comments on the author’s analysis–with which I substantially agree–of retired major Peters’ fantasies, but want to remark on the publication in which the article appears. The Armed Forces Journal is not an official Department of Defense publication, but a civilian-run magazine with a definite bias. Over the past several years, it has become a mouthpiece for neo-conservatives. The editor, Thomas Donnelly, is a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and also a member of the neo-con’s imperialist Project for The New American Century.
Articles in the Armed Forces journal are disproportinately authored by neo-cons and other rightwingers. Most are written by civilians–often connected with the American Enterprise Institute–not military personnel. They may disproportionately reflect certain geopolitical currents in the military, but definitely not all. One hopes (optimism to the point of foolishness?) that Maj. Peters was retired because wiser heads recognized his neo-con
“intelligence” babblings for what they truly are.

]]> By: ... http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-24796 ... Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:27:02 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-24796 And how could I forget the feminists in Iran? lol <a href="http://www.ncr-iran.org/content/blogcategory/22/50/" rel="nofollow">Women</a> And how could I forget the feminists in Iran? lol

Women

]]> By: ... http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-24795 ... Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:10:54 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-24795 Think of de foco strategy...as people get really agitated, switch to non-violent instigation. <a href="http://www.ncr-iran.org/content/view/2170/1/" rel="nofollow">Azeri Unrest</a> <a href="http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=9658" rel="nofollow">PKK/Pejak</a> <a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2006/US_outsourcing_special_operations_intelligence_gathering_0413.html" rel="nofollow">MEK</a> Think of de foco strategy…as people get really agitated, switch to non-violent instigation.

Azeri Unrest

PKK/Pejak

MEK

]]> By: ... http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-24788 ... Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:25:26 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-24788 "The PKK are a Kurdish guerilla group that operate in Turkey and Iraq, not Iran." Ever heard of PEJAK; the PKK proxy in Iran? Same thing- leftist Kurd guerrillas. “The PKK are a Kurdish guerilla group that operate in Turkey and Iraq, not Iran.”

Ever heard of PEJAK; the PKK proxy in Iran? Same thing- leftist Kurd guerrillas.

]]> By: peggy http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/09/05/us-army-contemplates-redrawing-middle-east-map/#comment-24779 peggy Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:09:30 +0000 http://feralscholar.org/blog/?p=365#comment-24779 And today, as a platform for the upcoming elections, he refers to his anti-terrorism campaign and says, "This is what I stand on." (Insert picture of pile of rubble here.) And today, as a platform for the upcoming elections, he refers to his anti-terrorism campaign and says, “This is what I stand on.”

(Insert picture of pile of rubble here.)

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