Cheney to Face Searing Questioning on Torture Sunday

Circle jerk.

This is really the time to ask about the discrepancy, but If the questions are from Chris Wallace on Fox, I don't expect them to be very searing.

Along the lines of, "so, how many lives were saved by tor.., er, enhanced interrogation of KSM?" and, "why are all of your critics lying?"

Hard hitting journalismy stuff like that.

Oh of course, you know he will, since he'll be asking questions provided by The Big Man Upstairs, in whose service we can do no wrong, thus no crime, thus no punishment. Case dismissed.

Full-spectrum dominance means never having to account for crimes; never having to acknowledge victims; never admitting mistakes; always winning every argument, by any means necessary. Even threatening an ally with cutting off intelligence sharing if they tell on us.

http://harpers.org/archive/2009/07/hbc-90005452
Scott Horton, in his blog No Comment:

The Guardian reports:

In a written statement proposing a gagging order, Miliband told the court that she “indicated” that the disclosure of CIA evidence “would affect intelligence sharing”. Pressed repeatedly by the judges on the claim yesterday, Karen Steyn, Miliband’s counsel, insisted that Clinton was indeed saying that if the seven-paragraph summary of CIA material was disclosed, the US would “reassess” its intelligence relationship with the UK, a move that “would put lives at risk”.

The Daily Telegraph reports the same exchange:

Mrs Clinton personally told the Foreign Secretary that the US government would consider the dramatic step if a short summary of the treatment of Binyam Mohamed is placed in the public domain, the High Court was told. A hearing was told that the move could cause “serious harm” to Britain’s national security and potentially put the lives of British citizens at risk.
http://harpers.org/archive/2009/07/hbc-90005452

Now THAT's dominance. What has it to do with American democracy? We must address our arguments to the root cause. The many rationalizations are all BS. It's the dominance, dammit!

FSD is still our defense strategy. And it covers everything. That's why Team Obama acts like Team Bush: same playbook. It's even available on the Web:
"Joint Vision 2020 is available on the Web at www.dtic.mil/jv2020. "


Joint Vision 2020 Emphasizes Full-spectrum Dominance
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.asp...
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2000 – "Full-spectrum dominance" is the key term in "Joint Vision 2020," the blueprint DoD will follow in the future.

Joint Vision 2020, released May 30 and signed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Henry Shelton, extends the concept laid out in Joint Vision 2010. Some things will not change. The mission of the U.S. military today and tomorrow is to fight and win the nation's wars. How DoD goes about doing this is 2020's focus.

Full-spectrum dominance means the ability of U.S. forces, operating alone or with allies, to defeat any adversary and control any situation across the range of military operations.

While full-spectrum dominance is the goal, the way to get there is to "invest in and develop new military capabilities." The four capabilities at the heart of full-spectrum dominance are dominant maneuver, precision engagement, focused logistics and full-dimensional protection.

These four capabilities need the full capabilities of the total force. "To build the most effective force for 2020, we must be fully joint: intellectually, operationally, organizationally, doctrinally and technically," the report states.

The report says that new equipment and technological innovation are important, but more important is having trained people who understand and can exploit these new technologies.

[...]

Joint Vision 2020 addresses full-spectrum dominance across the range of conflicts from nuclear war to major theater wars to smaller-scale contingencies. It also addresses amorphous situations like peacekeeping and noncombat humanitarian relief. Key to U.S. dominance in any conflict will be what the chairman calls "decision superiority" -- translating information superiority into better decisions arrived at and implemented faster than an enemy can react.

The development of a global information grid will provide the environment for decision superiority.

[...]

Normally applied to communications and materiel, "interoperability" in the military became a catchword in the 1970s, when it became apparent that many of the NATO allies could not operate with each other. Joint Vision 2020 expands the term to include the development of joint doctrine and information sharing.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.asp...

DoD has assumed the role of GoD.