Video Fwd:OBAMA'S NEW MAN AT CENT COM

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Friday, July 09, 2010
OBAMA'S NEW MAN AT CENT COM



New war criminal to lead Central Command says it's fun to shoot people. Arrogant bastard!

Text Fwd: Pro-MD group on Aegis (SM-3) expansion

Aegis Development Site
Moorestown, New Jersey

* Text forwarded from Bruce Gagnon on May 13, 2010


Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance News
05/13/2010

Dear Members and Friends,

In the midst of the dense population in the greater Philadelphia metro area of 5.8 million people, exists up to 10 sets of S-Band radars that have been emitting wavelength radiation safely since 1975 to develop, produce, integrate and test our nation's Naval radars.

Today, the United States Navy has requested 84 ships in the fleet to be Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capable. To make these ships BMD capable each needs to have Aegis Fire Control and Battle Management, S-Band radar and its 4 phased array faces as well as a mixture of defensive missile interceptors deployed in the ships vertical launch containers in the fore and aft of the ship.

Aegis BMD ships are vital to the Navy's role in protecting international access, U.S. and allied forces and our national security. U.S. combat commanders from CENTCOM HQ in Bahrain to PACOM HQ in Honolulu, Hawaii have these ships in high demand as they are an integral part of the force structure.

The Aegis BMD ships and a future land-based platform named Aegis Ashore are the dominant systems in President Obama's Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) for missile defense. Last month it was stated in congressional testimony that the PAA will provide 100 percent protection for all of Europe by 2018 and additional protection for the United States by 2020. Administration officials also stated in testimony that a ballistic missile threat from Iran may materialize as early as 2015; one would conclude that due to distance Europe would also be threatened by 2015 or earlier.

In theory the Aegis Ashore platform would place on land the same BMD capability that is on current U.S. Aegis ships. This would provide 24/7 persistence at close to a 500 mile range with the current the SM-3 Block 1A missiles and future SM-3 Block 1B and SM-3 Block 2A missiles, as well as positioning the strategic capability to protect land areas that the Aegis BMD ships could not reach from sea. Both Aegis systems and interceptors, along with the future SM-3 Block 1B missiles, cannot shoot down long-range missiles (ICBMs) nor will they be tested, certified or proven against them. 100 percent protection of Europe by 2018 would require multiple Aegis deployments throughout Europe and in the adjacent seas.

The Aegis Ashore system would be similar to a 03 level of the Aegis ship that would be contained in stacked levels approximately 60 feet high. The levels would include water coolers, power converters, processing computers, combat information center and radar processors with the S-Band radars and antennas on top. The communications, power source, cooling tower and the vertical launch containers, that would hold a mixture of interceptors, would be located outside of the main structure. The interceptors could be placed miles away if desired.

In order to meet the 2015 PAA time-line to place an Aegis Ashore in Europe, an Aegis Ashore test bed and prototype would have to be developed and built by 2012 at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii and to begin testing intercepts of this system by 2013. A duplicate production, testing and integration center must be also built in Moorestown, NJ for Aegis Ashore prior to the first test bed at PMRF in Hawaii to ensure quality control and delivery of the first system. This would be similar to the current ongoing Navy Aegis BMD production center with its S-Band radars produced, tested and integrated in Moorestown.

As of May, 2010 the Department of Defense, through the Missile Defense Agency, has not awarded or negotiated a contract to begin work on the Aegis Ashore system, nor have the requirements of the system been put forward and worked through. The funding for the initial Aegis Ashore test bed in Hawaii has been allocated by Congress from unused funds of the canceled third missile defense site in Poland and the Czech Republic, but these funds have not been authorized for use. Senator Carl Levin and Senator John McCain, through their leadership positions in the Senate Armed Services Committee, have questioned the authorization as it remains an issue in the yet to be approved 2011 Department of Defense budget.

These matters, along with the extremely tight schedules of development, engineering challenges, testing and certification of the SM-3 Block 1B and SM-3 Block 2A missiles add to the legitimate concern that the time-lines of the President's PAA may be missed and the United States, troops and allies will not be adequately protected against the Iranian threat by 2015 and promises to provide Europe 100 percent coverage by 2018 may not happen.

Promises made should be promises kept.

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Text Fw: Propaganda about PAC-3 from Pro-MD organization

*Text Fw from Bruce Gagnon on April 29, 2010

'Here is some propaganda about PAC-3 from pro-MD organization.'

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Back To news Listing4/29/2010 - Oklahoma Pride

'Air Defense Soldiers with Riki Ellison
In front of Patriot Missile Defense Systems
Ft. Sill, Oklahoma'


Dear Members and Friends,

Last week MDAA had the honor to visit and interact with our nation's men and women in uniform at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; home of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery (ADA) School. This school teaches all current and soon to be deployed air defense soldiers who are stationed with the 13 Patriot battalions deployed in support of U.S. missile and air defense throughout the world; most prominently in the Middle East and East Asia. Fort Sill runs courses for Patriot operators and maintenance crews ranging in length from 8 to 30 weeks. The ADA school trains approximately 1,500 to 2,000 U.S. soldiers a year, as well as several hundred soldiers from Israel, Germany, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates and other allied nations that have Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems.

We strongly support and align with the Combat Commanders', General David Petraeus Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and Robert Willard Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), view on the immediate missile threat and the need of more missile defense assets to protect our soldiers and allies serving in their respective areas of operation; the Middle East and the Far East. Each and every air defense soldier in their command goes through Fort Sill.

Major General David Halverson and Brigadier General Roger Mathews, who oversee the Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Sill, play a critical role in the future of missile defense as well as current war fighting capabilities as they represent the "users" of the systems to the U.S. Army General Staff. The current U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery doctrine is focused on defeating four major evolving threats:
- Rocket, Artillery & Mortars (Used against U.S. forces in Afghanistan & Iraq)
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Flying IED capability and UAVs)
- Cruise Missiles (over 70 nations as well as non state actors have them)
- Ballistic Missiles (over 30 nations and growing)

Currently the U.S. Army has four major air defensive systems deployed to address these evolving threats. In addition, the Army is looking to add four more new systems to supplement and replace the current systems in the years ahead. One of the new systems is a constellation of "blimp like" tethered battlefield sensors called JLENS and the creation of an integration system of all the shooters and sensors in the area to effectively defeat threats. Absolutely critical for protection and handling all threats is a "system of systems" which coordinates to use any sensor, any interceptor at any time. This "system of systems" is the most critical component of regional defense outlay.

The ADA school at Fort Sill is responsible for training soldiers to operate and maintain the four major Army Air Defense regional systems deployed today:

- The Patriot System is capable of defending against Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM), aircraft, cruise missiles and UAVs

- The Avenger System and Stingers are capable of defending against aircraft and UAVs

- The C-Ram System, (Naval Phalanxes and Sensors) is capable of providing early warning of rocket, artillery and mortar fire and engaging them in protection of Forward Operating Bases.

- The Sentinel is a portable, 360 degree radar providing an aerial picture of the battle space

The Patriot System is deployed as a battery that consists of four to five fire units. A battalion is made up of 4-5 batteries. Each fire unit includes down range and up range equipment. Down range equipment is made up of 8 launchers; each launcher is capable of holding four Patriot-2 Missiles or 16 Patriot-3 Missiles. The down range launchers are connected through fiber optic cable and/or electronics to the up range which consists of the 'Big Four'; the radar, the engagement control station, the communication relay, and the power plant. All of the Patriot both down and up range systems are self powered and mobile; they can be put on C-5, C-17, C-130, C-141 transport planes and have an initial capability to be deployed within 45 minutes.

One Patriot battery can defend an area of up to 20-25 square kilometers against short range, tactical ballistic missiles. 40 percent of current Patriot battalions are forward based in regional theaters such as Korea, Japan, Qatar and Bahrain.

In today's world, where the U.S. President has to make monumental decisions on Iran - to prevent Iran from becoming nuclear or to contain a nuclear Iran - a deployed robust missile defense plays a vital necessary factor in these monumental decisions.

On behalf of our membership throughout the nation, we give due respect and gratitude to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for its important part in making our nation and world a safer place.

Respectfully,


Riki Ellison
Chairman and Founder
Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

[국문 번역] Text Fwd: Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways 예멘과 전략적 물길들의 군사화

* Bruce Gagnon blog and also from Kyle Kajihiro and Viviane Lerner on Feb. 9 , 2009
2009년 2월 9일 브루스 개그논 블로그 및 카일 카지히로와 비비안 러너로부터

Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways:
Securing US Control over Socotra Island and the Gulf of Aden
By Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, February 7, 2010

예멘과 전략적 물길들의 군사화:
소코트라 섬과 아덴만에 대한 미국의 통제를 확보하기
마이클 초스도프스키
글로벌 리서치, 2010년 2월 7일


"Whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean would be a prominent player on the international scene." (US Navy Geostrategist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayus Mahan (1840-1914))

“누구라도 인도 해양에서 해양 패권을 확보하는 자가 국제 무대의 현저한 플레이어가 될 것이다.” (미국 해군 지리전략가 제독 알프레드 타이우스 마한 (1840-1914))

The Yemeni archipelago of Socotra in the Indian Ocean is located some 80 kilometres off the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres South of the Yemeni coastline. The islands of Socotra are a wildlife reserve recognized by (UNESCO), as a World Natural Heritage Site.

인도 해양에 있는 예멘의 소코트라(Socotra) 군도는 아프리카 곶으로부터 80 킬로미터와 예멘 남쪽 해안으로부터 380 킬로미터에 떨어진 곳에 위치한다. 소코트라 군도는 (유네스코에 의해) 세계 천연 유산 장소로 인정받는 야생 보호 지역이다.

Socotra is at the crossroads of the strategic naval waterways of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (See map below). It is of crucial importance to the US military.

소코트라는 홍해와 아덴만 (아래 지도 참조) 의 전략적 해군 수로들의 교차점에 있다. 이곳은 미국 군대에서 결정적으로 중요한 지점이다.


MAP 1 지도 1



Among Washington's strategic objectives is the militarization of major sea ways. This strategic waterway links the Mediterranean to South Asia and the Far East, through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

워싱턴의 중요한 전략적 목표 중 하나는 주요한 물길들을 군사화하는 것이다. 전략적 물길은 지중해에서 수에즈 운하, 홍해, 걸프만을 거쳐 남아시아와 극동으로 연결된다.

It is a major transit route for oil tankers. A large share of China's industrial exports to Western Europe transits through this strategic waterway. Maritime trade from East and Southern Africa to Western Europe also transits within proximity of Socotra (Suqutra), through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. (see map below). A military base in Socotra could be used to oversee the movement of vessels including war ships in an out of the Gulf of Aden.

이는 오일 탱커들의 주요한 수송 통로이다. 서구 유럽으로 가는 중국 산업 수출의 커다란 몫은 이 전략적 물길을 통해서이다. 아프리카 동쪽과 남동쪽으로부터 서구 유럽에 이르는 해양 무역 역시 아덴만과 홍해를 거쳐 소코트라 Socotra (서쿼트라 Suqutra) 근해를 거친다. (아래 지도 참조). 소코트라 군사 기지는 아덴만 안팎을 오가는 전쟁선들을 포함한 배들의 움직임을 관할하기 위해 사용될 수 있다.

"The [Indian] Ocean is a major sea lane connecting the Middle East, East Asia and Africa with Europe and the Americas. It has four crucial access waterways facilitating international maritime trade, that is the Suez Canal in Egypt, Bab-el-Mandeb (bordering Djibouti and Yemen), Straits of Hormuz (bordering Iran and Oman), and Straits of Malacca (bordering Indonesia and Malaysia). These ‘chokepoints’ are critical to world oil trade as huge amounts of oil pass through them." (Amjed Jaaved, A new hot-spot of rivalry, Pakistan Observer, July 1, 2009)

[인디안]해양은 중동, 동아시아, 아프리카를 유럽과 미국에 연결시키는 주요한 바닷길이다. 그것은 국제 해양 무역을 활성화시키는 네 개의 결정적 접근 수로길들을 갖는데, 이집트 수에즈 운하, 밥-엘-만테브(지부티와 예멘을 경계), 호르뮤즈 해협( 이란과 오만 경계) 그리고 말라카 해협(인도네시아와 말레이시아 경계)들이다. 이 ‘쐐기 포인트들 chokepoints’ 은 상당한 석유량이 그 곳들을 지남으로 인해 세계 석유 무역에 결정적이다.(암제드 자비드, 경쟁의 새로운 뜨거운 지점, 파키스탄 오브저버, 2009년 7월 1일)

MAP 2 지도 2


Sea Power 해상 권력

From a military standpoint, the Socotra archipelago is at a strategic maritime crossroads. Morever, the archipelago extends over a relatively large maritime area at the Eastern exit of the Gulf of Aden, from the island of Abd al Kuri, to the main island of Socotra. (See map 1 above) This maritime area of international transit lies in Yemeni territorial waters. The objective of the US is to police the entire Gulf of Aden seaway from the Yemeni to Somalian coastline. (See map 1).

군사 관점에서 볼 때, 소코트라 군도는 전략적 해양 교차로에 있다. 게다가 그 군도는 아브드 알 쿠리 섬 에서 소코트라 주요 섬에 이르기까지 아덴 만의 동쪽 출구의 상대적으로 큰 해양 지역으로 연장된다. ([사이트]위의 지도 1을 볼 것) 이 국제 수송 해양 지역은 이 예멘 영토 물길에 존재한다. 미국의 목표는 예멘에서 소말리아 해안에 이르기까지 아덴만 전체 바닷길을 단속하는 것이다. (지도 1을 볼 것)

Socotra is some 3000 km from the US naval base of Diego Garcia, which is among America's largest overseas military facilities.

소코르타는 디에고 가르시아 미 해군 기지로부터 3천 킬로 미터 떨어진 곳에 있는데 그 곳은 미국의 가장 큰 해외 군사 기지의 하나에 속한다.


The Socotra Military Base 소코르타 군사 기지


On January 2nd, 2010, President Saleh and General David Petraeus, Commander of the US Central Command met for high level discussions behind closed doors.

2010년 1월 2일, 살레 대통령과 미 중[동]부 사령부 US Central Command 사령관인 데이비드 페트라우스 장군은 밀실에서 고위급 토론을 가졌다.

The Saleh-Petraeus meeting was casually presented by the media as a timely response to the foiled Detroit Christmas bomb attack on Northwest flight 253. It had apparently been scheduled on an ad hoc basis as a means to coordinating counter-terrorism initiatives directed against "Al Qaeda in Yemen", including "the use [of] American drones and missiles on Yemen lands."

살레-페트라우스 모임은 언론에 의해 노스 웨스트 배행기 253에 대한 허를 찌른 디트로이트 성탄절 폭탄 공격에 대한 시의적절한 대응으로 별 생각없이 표현되었다. 그것은 “예멘 군도에 미국 무인 비행기들과 미사일들[의] 사용등”을 포함, “예멘의 알 케에다”에 대항하는 대 테러 구상들을 형성하는 수단의 하나로 분명히 긴급 특별 대응책으로 계획되었었다.

Several reports, however, confirmed that the Saleh-Petraeus meetings were intent upon redefining US military involvement in Yemen including the establishment of a full-fledged military base on the island of Socotra. Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh was reported to have "surrendered Socotra for Americans who would set up a military base, pointing out that U.S. officials and the Yemeni government agreed to set up a military base in Socotra to counter pirates and al-Qaeda." (Fars News. January 19, 2010)

그러나 몇몇 보고서들은 살레-페트라우스 모임들이 소코트라 섬의 완전히 자리잡은 군사 기지 건설을 포함, 예멘에서의 미국 군대 참여를 재정의하려는 의도에서 나왔음을 확인했다. 예멘 대통령 알리 압둘라 살레가 “ 미 관리들과 예멘 정부가 해적들과 알케다에 대항하기 위해 소코트라에 군사 기지를 세우도록 동의했음을 지적하며 군사 기지를 세울 미국인들을 위해 소코트라를 항복시켰음”이 보고되었다. (파르스 뉴스, 2010년 1월 19일)

On January 1st, one day before the Saleh-Petraeus meetings in Sanaa, General Petraeus confirmed in a Baghdad press conference that "security assistance" to Yemen would more than double from 70 million to more than 150 million dollars, which represents a 14 fold increase since 2006. (Scramble for the Island of Bliss: Socotra!, War in Iraq, January 12, 2010. See also CNN January 9, 2010, The Guardian, December 28, 2009).

1월 1일, [예멘의 수도] 사나에서 있었던 살레-페트라우스 모임 1일 전에 페트라우스 장군은 바그다드 언론 회담장에서 예멘에 대한 “안보 보조”가 7천만에서 1억 5천만 달러의 두 배 이상 증가하리라는 것을 확인시켰는데 그 비용은 2006년 이후 14배 이상 증가를 나타낸다. (희열의 섬을 위한 쟁탈: 소코트라! 이라크 전쟁, 2010년 1월 12일자 CNN, 2009년 12월 28일자 가디안 역시 보길).

This doubling of military aid to Yemen was presented to World public opinion as a response to the Detroit bomb incident, which allegedly had been ordered by Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen.

이 예멘에 대한 군사적 원조를 2배로 늘린 것은 세계의 대중들에게 예멘의 알케다 작전들에 의해 명령되었다고 [이미] 단언되었던 디트로이트 폭탄 사고에 대한 대응의 의사 표시로 표현되었다.

The establishment of an air force base on the island of Socotra was described by the US media as part of the "Global war on Terrorism":

소코트라 섬 공군 기지 건설은 미 언론에 의해 “테러리즘에 대한 전 지구적 전쟁”의 일부로 묘사되었다:

"Among the new programs, Saleh and Petraeus agreed to allow the use of American aircraft, perhaps drones, as well as "seaborne missiles"--as long as the operations have prior approval from the Yemenis, according to a senior Yemeni official who requested anonymity when speaking about sensitive subjects. U.S. officials say the island of Socotra, 200 miles off the Yemeni coast, will be beefed up from a small airstrip [under the jurisdiction of the Yemeni military] to a full base in order to support the larger aid program as well as battle Somali pirates. Petraeus is also trying to provide the Yemeni forces with basic equipment such as up-armored Humvees and possibly more helicopters." (Newsweek, Newsweek, January 18, 2010, emphasis added)

민감한 주제들에 대해서 얘기하며 익명을 요청한 한 예멘 상급 관리는 다음과 같이 말한다. “새로운 프로그램들 중, 살레와 페트라우스는 작전들이 예멘인들로부터 사전 승인을 받는 한 “해중 미사일들 seaborne missiles” 과 마찬가지로 미국 비행기, 아마도 무인 비행기들 사용을 허락하도록 동의하였다. 미국 관리들은 예멘 연안에서 200 마일 떨어진 소코트라 섬이 소말리 해적들과의 전투와 마찬가지로 보다 큰 원조 프로그램을 지지하기 위해 [예멘 군대 관할 아래] 작은 가설 활주로에서 완전한 기지로 보강될 것이라고 말한다. 페트라우스는 또한 예멘 군사력에 무장한 험비들 Humvees 과 아마도 더 많은 헬리콥터들등 기본 장비들을 제공하려 시도하고 있다.” ( 2010년 1월 18일 뉴스 위크, 강조 덧붙여짐)

Existing runway and airport 현존 활주로와 공항

US Naval Facility? 미국 해군 시설?

The proposed US Socotra military facility, however, is not limited to an air force base. A US naval base has also been contemplated.

그렇지만 제안된 미국 소코트라 군대 시설은 공군 기지에 제한되지 않는다. 미국 해군 기지 또한 숙고되었다.

The development of Socotra's naval infrastructure was already in the pipeline. Barely a few days prior (December 29, 2009) to the Petraeus-Saleh discussions (January 2, 2010), the Yemeni cabinet approved a US$14 million loan by Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) in support of the development of Socotra's seaport project.

소코트라 해군 하부 구조 개발은 이미 파이프라인에 있었다. 페트라우스-살레 토론(2010년 1월 2일) 겨우 며칠전 (2009년 12월 29일)에 예멘 내각은 소코트라 항구 프로젝트를 위해 아랍 경제 개발을 위한 쿠웨이트 재단 Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED)으로부터 1천 4백만 달러 대부받는 것을 승인했다.

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The Great Game 거대한 게임

The Socotra archipelago is part of the Great Game opposing Russia and America.

소코트라 군도는 러시아와 미국을 반대하게 하는 거대한 게임의 일부이다.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had a military presence in Socotra, which at the time was part of South Yemen.

냉전 당시, 소비에드 연방은 당시 남예멘의 일부였던 소코트라에 군대를 주둔했다.

Barely a year ago, the Russians entered into renewed discussions with the Yemeni government regarding the establishment of a Naval base on Socotra island. A year later, in January 2010, in the week following the Petraeus-Saleh meeting, a Russian Navy communiqué "confirmed that Russia did not give up its plans to have bases for its ships... on Socotra island." (DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia), January 25, 2010)

겨우 일년 전에 러시아인들은 소코트라 섬에 해군 기지를 설치하는 것과 관련, 예멘 정부와 새롭게 다시 토론을 갖는 것을 시작했다. 1년 후인 2010년, 페트라우스-살레 만남 후에 러시안 해군 커뮤니케는 “러시아는 소코트라 섬에 자신의 배들을 위한 기지를 갖는 계획을 포기하지 않았다는 것을 확인시켰다. (2010년 1월 25일, 방어와 안보 러시아)

The Petraeus-Saleh January 2, 2010 discussions were crucial in weakening Russian diplomatic overtures to the Yemeni government.

2010년 1월 2일 페트라우스-살레 토론들은 러시아 정부가 예멘 정부에 외교적 교섭을 하게 하는 것을 결정적으로 약하게 했다.

The US military has had its eye on the island of Socotra since the end of the Cold War.

미국은 냉전이 끝나갈 무렵부터 소코트라 섬을 노리고 있었다.

In 1999, Socotra was chosen "as a site upon which the United States planned to build a signal intelligence system...." Yemeni opposition news media reported that "Yemen's administration had agreed to allow the U.S. military access to both a port and an airport on Socotra." According to the opposition daily Al-Haq, "a new civilian airport built on Socotra to promote tourism had conveniently been constructed in accordance with U.S. military specifications." (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania), October 18, 2000)

1999년, 소코트라는 “미국이 중요한 신호 정보 시스템을 짓기로 계획한 장소로 선택되었다….” 예멘의 반대 언론들은 “예멘 행정부는 소코트라 항구와 공항 양쪽에 미국 군대 접근을 허락하기로 결정했었다”라고 보고했다. 반대 일간 신문 알-하크에 따르면, “관광을 추진하기 위해 소코트라 위에 세워지는 새로운 민간 항공이 미국 군 세부 지침에 따라 건설되었다”라고 말했다. (2000년 10월 18일, 피츠버그 포스트-가제트(펜실바니아))

The Militarization of the Indian Ocean 인도 해양의 군사화

The establishment of a US military base in Socotra is part of the broader process of militarization of the Indian Ocean. The latter consists in integrating and linking Socotra into an existing structure as well as reinforcing the key role played by the Diego Garcia military base in the Chagos archipelago.

소코트라의 미국 군대 기지 설립은 인도 해양 군사화의 더 광범위한 과정의 일부이다. 후자는 소코트라룰 현존하는 구조로 통합, 연결하면서 또한 차고스 군도의 디에고 가르시아 군사 기지에 의해 행사되는 핵심 역활을 강화한다.

The US Navy's geostrategist Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan had intimated, prior to First World War, that "whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean [will] be a prominent player on the international scene.".(Indian Ocean and our Security).

미 해군 지리전략가 제독 알프레드 T. 마한은 1차 대전전에 “누구라도 해양 패권을 확보하는 자가 국제 무대의 현저한 플레이어가 될 것이다.”라고 위협했었다. (인도 대양과 우리의 안보)

What was at stake in Rear Admiral Mahan's writings was the strategic control by the US of major Ocean sea ways and of the Indian Ocean in particular: "This ocean is the key to the seven seas in the twenty-first century; the destiny of the world will be decided in these waters."

마한 제독의 글들의 촛점은 주요 해양 길들과 특별히 인도 해안에서 미군의 전략적 통제와 관한 것이었다: “이 해양은 21세기 일곱 바다의 열쇠이다: 세계의 운명은 이 물들에서 결정될 것이다.”

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Michel Chossudovsky is Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, which hosts the award winning website: www.globalresearch.ca . He is the author of the international best-seller "The Globalisation of Poverty and The New World Order". He is contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, member of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission and recipient of the Human Rights Prize of the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity (GBM), Berlin, Germany. His writings have been published in more than twenty languages.

마이틀 초스도프스키는 오타와 대학 경제학 교수(명예) 이자 수상받은 웹사이트, www.globalresearch.ca 를 주관하는 몬트리올 세계화 연구 센터의 감독이다. 그는 국제적 베스트 셀러인 “가난의 세계화와 새로운 세계 질서”의 저자이다. 브리태니카 백과 사전의 공헌자이며 쿠알라 룸푸르 전쟁 범죄 위원회의 회원이자 독일 베를린의 시민권리와 인간 존엄 보호를 위한 인권상 수상자 이다. 그의 글은 20개국 이상에서 출판되었다.


Related Global Research Article: See Rick Rozoff, U.S., NATO Expand Afghan War To Horn Of Africa And Indian Ocean, Global Research, 8 January 2010.

관련 글로벌 리서치 글: 릭 로조프, 미국, 나토 아프리카 곶과 인도 해양으로 아프간 전쟁 확장하다. 2010년 1월 8일

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January 11, 2010

Chief Master Sgt To Guam Airmen: Get Ready To Secure Afghanistan
Written by Jeff Marchesseault

GUAM: On the heels of the arrival of 80 members of an Oklahoma-based air refueling wing to to Andersen Air Force Base in support of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force is reminding Guam-based Airmen that their job isn't done in Central Asia.

Read the Guam News Factor story, "Air Units Fly To Guam To Support Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan, January 9, 2009.

In a written commentary to Airmen that was posted on the Andersen Air Force Base website recently, Chief Master Sgt. James A. Roy commended U.S. Airmen for a job well done in the Central Command Area of Responsibility (CENTCOM AOR), which includes Iraq and Afghanistan.

But the high-ranking official absolves noone of any imminent responsibility.

Recognizing that while plans may be in the works to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq in 2011, Roy said President Obama's recent deployment of 30,000 troops to Afghanistan underscores the critical role the Air Force will play in the region for the foreseeable future.

Roy is the official in charge of the U.S. Air Force's enlisted men and women and represents their interests on multiple fronts.
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CentCom planners study massive move of equipment to Afghanistan
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer


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TAMPA — With President Barack Obama poised to ramp up troop levels in Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command [CentCom] planners are in the midst of the military's biggest logistical challenge since the Vietnam War.

How do you marshal billions of dollars in equipment to escalate one war in Afghanistan while scaling back another in Iraq?

"This is probably the most complicated logistical operation we've done in our lifetime," said Army Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dowd, director of logistics for CentCom, which is based at Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base.

In a wide-ranging interview with the St. Petersburg Times this week, Dowd said landlocked Afghanistan presents greater difficulties than Iraq with its fewer routes of supply.

CentCom is now conducting an assessment of air strips in Afghanistan, and Dowd said engineers will have to expand them in order to resupply larger numbers of troops by air.

"I'm a little concerned about" airfield capacity, Dowd said. "We've got to expand and make it better."

At the same time, Dowd said, engineers will have to spend considerable time removing mines in the rugged country dating to the Soviet invasion three decades ago.

All of that activity comes as his office determines the fate of 2.8 million pieces of equipment troops have brought to Iraq.

"It's really quite an art," Dowd said of this life-and-death logistical dance.

Obama is expected to announce next week an escalation of the U.S. effort in Afghanistan that will send as many as 30,000 additional troops on top of the 68,000 already there.

Much of the U.S. equipment in Iraq will never return to the states.

Often, it isn't cost-efficient to do so, planners say.

Much of it will be sold to Iraqi security forces, Dowd said. Other gear not sent to Afghanistan after refurbishment in Kuwait might be placed in storage somewhere in CentCom's area of responsibility, which includes 20 nations in the region.

This can be a daunting political challenge in the Middle East, where other nations will not want any U.S. presence in their territories.
Some look back at the U.S. experience in Vietnam as a cautionary tale for Iraq planners.

Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., told reporters earlier this year that he worried about too much gear being left behind, which he said happened in Vietnam.

When he visited Vietnam after the war, "I remember seeing rows and rows of U.S. equipment that we left behind. We must do a better job managing the redeployment from Iraq," he said in a statement in July.

Dowd said his planners have been working for more than a year on a smooth withdrawal from Iraq. He said he expects few major problems.
He said technology helps his office more efficiently move and track gear than ever before.

Dowd acknowledged that planners have to learn from mistakes made in Iraq, particularly in quickly building a military infrastructure providing for tens of thousands of troops.

He noted problems with poorly installed and maintained electrical wiring. Some troops were electrocuted.

"We jumped into some of these buildings over there," Dowd said. "We occupied them. … But you wouldn't want to live in that house because of the way the electrical wiring was done. We spend a lot of time making sure these locations are safe."

To Dowd, the folks working under him who make sure the flow of supplies doesn't stop are some of the unsung heroes of the wars.

"There are young American folks who make this happen," Dowd said. "They don't wear much rank on their lapels. But they're phenomenal."

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