Trying to reduce human beings to ‘desensitized’ drones, incapable of thought, but subservient to some authority which determines what to ‘think’ and ‘believe’ in has its uses.

“One-fourth of humanity must be eliminated from the social body. We are in charge of God’s selection process for planet earth. He selects, we destroy. We are the riders of the pale horse, Death”. Psychologist Barbara Marx Hubbard. Member of Task Force Delta; [United States Army Think Tank]

“...In short, the ‘house of world order’ will have to be built from the bottom up rather than from the top down. It will look like a great ‘booming, buzzing confusion,’ to use William James’ famous description of reality, but an end run around national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old-fashioned frontal assault”. Richard N. Gardner, in “Foreign Affairs” April 1974

“What luck for the rulers that man do not think”. Adolf Hitler [Austrian soldier and leader of Germany]

A more reflective view:

“The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We have split the atom, but not our prejudice. We spend more, but have less; more knowledge, but less time; more experts, but more problems. We have been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour. We have more medicine, but less wellness. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. These are the days of throw-away morality, one-night stands, over-weight bodies, and pills that do every thing from cheer to quiten to kill. We drink too much, smoke too much, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly and pray too seldom”. Georg Carlin

The development of drones is well underway in Russia, China, Pakistan, India, Israel, and various European countries. This technology is being tried on the electronic battlefield and high technology countries like Japan and South Korea also have an interest in developing robotic warfare. Just as the invention of aircraft heralded warfare being spread more in indiscriminately, (successive advent of the space age has turned the entire globe into a theatre of war); all nations will develop ways towards developing and applying these technologies. The U.S.A and its close allies are not banking on a way to supremacy, but guaranteeing the rest of the world will quickly develop asymmetric warfare, or expand robotic/electronic warfare. Major states or power blocs will all have an ‘interest’ in expanding their research into these technologies, ensuing a future war will be increasingly unpredictable to control (war has never been predictable) and ultimately could lead to mutually assured annihilation.

In short, America and its allies will leave the rival states no choice but to have a deterrent which would mean such an annihilation. What an era to be witnessing.

The apex of human technological or scientific development meets the height of human idiosyncrasy.

This is my third try on this, but here goes.  Maybe I’ll get posted this time>

Like the guy said, future wars will “project power without projecting vulnerability.”  How cowardly is that?  No matter how many people we kill, so long as we don’t lose anybody, and don’t have to look how many we killed and injured, it’s okay. Let technology kayo that troulesome “human factor”!  Down with empathy! 

Come on, ladies!  It’s your turn to run the world.

As the guy said, “power without vulnerability”—the ultimate in “overriding human nature.” For centuries men have been trying to make a game out of war regardless of how many innocent bystanders get killed. If nobody on our side gets killed and everybody on their side gets killed, is that winning?  Ladies, here’s your chance.  Stand up for the human spirit before these guys jump over the edge.

To conduct this kind of remote control warfare, soldiers (and the people who pay for them) have to be desensitized.  The connection between what they are doing and the effects of what they are doing must be broken.  As the guy said:  “We have to over-ride the human factor.”  The human factor?  What’s that?  We’ve been overriding it in every war since the ancient Chinese guy who wrote the book on it.  The real problem for human beings now is how to reclaim “the human factor” which is nothing less than the dreaded “empathy factor” which so obviously worried Sotomajor’s “investigators.” Mothers, sisters, now’s your chance.  Save these guys before they go off the edge!