The 'War on Foo' Fail [Was: Re: Who on funsec is in the "Main Core" database?]

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> And since it seems impossible that DHS and TSA and friends can be *so*
> disfunctional, even by the Mongolian Flustercluck standards of the Bush
> administration, the only obvious explanation is that they're not for
> security, they're for distracting us from things like Main Core.
>
> (Think about it - if the Bush administration was as incompetent as they
> look, how far would something like Main Core have gotten?)

Not to diverge from this point into politics, but it should be
noted how successful Republican politicians have been in rewarding
the military industrial complex & defense contractors with lucrative
contracts, in every facet of the imagination.

Everything from database development (hint, hint) to private security
militias (e.g. Blackwater USA) to semi-hostile foreign governments
in the feeble "War on Terror".

And even the privately operated prison systems in the U.S. (a la
the equally feeble "War on Drugs" fiasco). Also note that the U.S.
imprisons more of it's population than any other country on Earth.

Every time there is a "War on Foo", you can bet that (a) someone
will make a fortune, and (b) the "War" will ultimately fail
miserably.

$.02,

- - ferg

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