19-05-2010, 05:17 PM
It may be nothing, in the end, but I stick "it" up there on the community bulletin board because I am so sensitive now to the entire subject of "civil emergency planning" as something which can be corrupted, exploited and serve as a cover for nefariousness.
We have seen the use of drills that "go live"; the use of drills that mask ops, confuse people, and occupy attention; and we have seen entire Federal bureaucracies given over to the quiet development of programs that are waiting in the wings to impose martial law, round up "bad guys", etc.
If indeed the "lessons learned" concept has spread to NATO and Europe and countries that are in flux or otherwise critical in terms of exploitable resources, then the mere fact that some part of some government is planning to improve civil response to events may mean that there is an event about to happen.
We have seen the use of drills that "go live"; the use of drills that mask ops, confuse people, and occupy attention; and we have seen entire Federal bureaucracies given over to the quiet development of programs that are waiting in the wings to impose martial law, round up "bad guys", etc.
If indeed the "lessons learned" concept has spread to NATO and Europe and countries that are in flux or otherwise critical in terms of exploitable resources, then the mere fact that some part of some government is planning to improve civil response to events may mean that there is an event about to happen.
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"