I'll give you one guess whose it is. No, it's not Iran's!!! Cut it out, readers! It's the good ol' U.S. of A (ssholes)!
"US unveils maritime strategy; Military to focus on 'soft power' " by Ann Scott Tyson/Washington Post October 18, 2007
WASHINGTON - The US military unveiled a new maritime strategy yesterday - its first created jointly by the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard - shifting from a narrow focus on sea combat toward one that also emphasizes the use of "soft power" to counter terrorism and deliver humanitarian assistance.
[Yeah, right, we are HERE to HELP!
Now here's a cruise missile for you to eat!
Pffffftttttt!!!!]
The strategy, shaped by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the wars that followed, stresses preventing conflict as much as winning wars, and recognizes that "no one nation" can secure the world's waters against terrorism and other threats.
[So it's gonna be who, the U.S. and Israel, then?]
Admiral Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations; General James Conway, Marine Corps commandant; and Admiral Thad Allen, Coast Guard commandant, presented the strategy - titled "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower" - to maritime leaders from more than 100 other countries attending the International Seapower Symposium at the Naval War College at Newport, R.I.
The new approach marks a stark departure from the last US maritime strategy, conceived by the Navy in the 1980s, which focused heavily on offensive operations against the then-Soviet Union.
A senior Navy official: "This isn't just a strategy about putting ordnance on a target or sinking someone else's fleet."
Another senior Navy official, who like others spoke on condition of anonymity:
"Soft power, the humanitarian and economic efforts, have been elevated to the same level as high-end naval warfare."
[Sounds good, but I'm not buyin' What's the rub?]
The document was developed over two years and outlines six imperatives. These include the traditional missions of concentrating major combat forces in the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and Western Pacific to deter or fight potential conflicts.
[So it's going to be new, but not new first!
Same old, same old: IMPERIALISM!!!!]
Protecting vital sea lanes represents a growing priority, it said, as seaborne trade has more than quadrupled over the last four decades and now accounts for 90 percent of all international commerce and two-thirds of global petroleum trade.
[There you go; not about "humanitarianism!"
It's about DOMINATION of the WORLD'S OCEANS and RESOURCES!!!!
But at least the U.S. dresses it up in nice words, huh?]
In addition, the strategy calls for dispersing smaller maritime teams to carry out humanitarian missions as well as to counterterrorism, weapons proliferation, piracy, and other illicit maritime activities - partly in order to contain local threats before they can reach the United States."
[Why would everybody be threatening us?
Wouldn't they want to trade with us?
What's going on?
And why must others (and us, the American public) pay the price for our "security?"
Especially since the "war on terror" is a BIG, FAT, STINKING LIE?]
