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chlamor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 10:02 PM
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Classified Pentagon Document: New Undeclared Arms Race
Classified Pentagon Document

New Undeclared Arms Race:

America's Agenda for Global Military Domination


While the document follows in the footsteps of the administration's "preemptive" war doctrine as detailed by the Neocons' Project of the New American Century (PNAC), it goes much further in setting the contours of Washington's global military agenda.

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The classified document points to the need for a massive recruitment and training of troops. These troops, including new contingents of special forces, green berets and other specialized military personnel, would be involved, around the World, in acts of military policing:

"Mr. Rumsfeld's approach likely will trigger major shifts in the weapons systems that the Pentagon buys, and even more fundamental changes in the training and deployment of U.S. troops throughout the world, said defense officials who have played a role in crafting the document or are involved in the review.

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The document comes early in the review process, which is conducted at the behest of Congress. Each of the military services already has assembled a large staff to craft plans for attacking the key problem areas identified by Mr. Rumsfeld.When complete, the review will be sent to Congress, likely early next year. Congress doesn't have a vote on the secretary's review, which will be used by the administration to guide its decisions on strategy and spending over the next several budget cycles. The review is unlikely to require any major changes in overall defense spending, which is projected to grow through at least 2009.

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO503A.html
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 10:04 PM
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1. New Cold War
just fulfilling the dreams for military intrests.
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SouthernDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 10:06 PM
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2. This is nothing new actually. Heck, I thought everyone knew about this.
Maybe I just heard it in military circles but alot of it makes sense.
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