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Signs of the Times for Tue, 05 Sep 2006

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Beginning of the End

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05/09/2006

Today I had an opportunity to learn about a very specific type of person, or to be exact, a scientist, that probably will be (or maybe is) proud to be a part of a project that will likely result in the death of thousands, if not millions of people.

A psychopath? Probably. He also reminded me of another charming fellow (Pianka) who advised the unleashing of the Ebola virus to wipe out 90% of humanity.

I am talking here about Ido Kanter. See here for his bio.

Yesterday, Kanter wrote an article on the Israeli news site 'Ynet News' about an urgent need to "revaluate a known equation of warfare." The article is in Hebrew, which means that it conveniently beyond the purview of most people, unless somone were to translate the important points, which I will now do.

According to Kanter, in our (Israel's) current situation we have to revaluate the "known equation" of military response. The known equation is: if the country is being attacked with conventional weapons, the response should be using conventional weapons, but if the attack is using unconventional weapons (nuclear, chemical) the response should or might be to use the same means. However, according to Kanter's sick point of view, Israel should revaluate this approach and understand that maybe now it is too late for conventional responses, in fact - he asserts that the conventional response simply won't do any good anymore. Nukes are the new best friend of Israel.

The Israel military and government, Kanter claims, should understand that while we face 'danger' from Iran, Israel's nuclear capability (some 200 bombs) is the best option, and the Israeli government should prepare the ground for national acceptance of a "Nuke them first" stance.

Later, Kanger offers some cold and oh-so-smart calculations (remember, his expertise is cold scientific calculations and 'game theory') that even if the world (or just Israel) is still not ready for such a change in approach, it's really not so hard to accept. As Kanter says, sometimes a thousand heavy conventional missiles can often do more damage than from one little nuclear bomb. To people like Kanter, the Israeli government and the fascists in the White House, it's just a matter of perspective and problem formulation/solution.

Yes, Kanter, like his friends in the Israeli government, is probably a psychopath or simply insane. The problem however is that, if the replies to his article are anything to go by, he is not alone in his depraved theorizing. The reality is that there really are some very sick people in positions of almost absolute power, and it appears that they wait only for the 'glorious' opportunity to go down in flames, taking their subjects with them. But maybe to them it's not a case of going down in flames but rather 'up'? I suppose it's a matter of perspective, isn't it?

Editor's Note: The article in question has since been translated into English here

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