The U.S. initially had strategic command of the military intervention, coordinated missions between coalition members and set up Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn on the USS Mount Whitney for the tactical command and control in the area of operations.[12][13] but passed complete military command of the operation to NATO and took up a support role on 31 March 2011.[18] Prior to that, an agreement to pass command of the arms embargo to NATO was reached on 23 March,[19] and a handover of enforcement of the no-fly zone to NATO was agreed to on 24 March and became effective the following day.[20] With the handover of coalition command to NATO, Operation Odyssey Dawn became the name for only the activities of U.S. forces,[21] and the coalition’s objectives continued to be carried out under Operation Unified Protector

The book is NOT easy to read, with small print and 70 distinct separately titled pieces, all well-organized but reading like an op-ed book. The author also over-states, in my view the threat of a global nuclear war, while very pragmatically outlining the many ways in which the US and NATO are giving all indications of both tolerating an Israeli attack on Iran, perhaps with an Israeli nuclear bomb into Iran so they can pretend that they destroyed a nuclear facility that was no nuclear at all………

This is not a nuanced book in the sense that the author condemns “the US Government” as a monolyth, rather than the more artful distinction among politicians that have been bought, political appointees that have been gifted a job, senior civil servants confusing loyalty to the chain of command with defense of the Constitution, and then a broad cast of traitors and subversives from neo-conservatives to envangelicals, Pentecostalists, Opus Dei, the Mormons, long-term penetrations of the FBI and DEA and CIA by criminal gangs as well as Wall Street financial families, and so on……….

Where I differ from the author is in stoutly maintaining that the US Government as a whole consists of good people trapped in a bad system. Where I agree with the author is in his view that policies, actions, and even crimes are being under-taken in our name and at our expense that no ethical sane community should tolerate…………….

There will not be a nuclear war. Fukushima, and perhaps Fukushima II (another earthquake with all the fuel rods still vulnerable), are all the nuclear we can handle in the Western Hemisphere. What I do expect is an Israeli attack on Iran after the 2012 elections, regardless of who steals the election that disenfranchises 50% of the US voters, and another four years of indiscirminate actions abroad that further disgrace the Republic while doing nothing tangible to improve national security or national competiveness…………

It seems to me, looking at US national security policy making from afar, that the US process consists of a handful of politicals bought and paid for by the Israeli Zionists (not to be confused with honest Jews or the people of Israel) and their Wall Street counter-parts, with a patina of policy people that go through the motions but have no real standing, and a very large military-industrial complex that has renounced strategic thinking in favor of strategic decrepitude (see my review of Clausewitz and Contemporary War and really does not care how many Fallujah uranium babies or mutants, how many veteran suicides, how many veteran amputees, as long as they can keep the money flowing and avoid all accountability……………

I have written a short piece, 2012 Reflections on Inspectors General, at Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog, and it captures my view that the time has come for Inspectors General to return to the intent of George Washington and represent the public in assuring righteous ends, reasonable ways, and affordable means……………..

Generally speaking, I recommend books by Michael Klare and Ralph Peters to those by this author, but if you are a nuclear bug, or if you want to get into the level of detail that only a highly skilled researcher of the leftist bent will undertake, then I absolutely recommend this book for its detail and its footnotes……………..

A New War Theater in North Africa…
Operation Odyssey Dawn…
Nuclear Weapons against Libya? How Real is the Threat?…
America’s Long War: The Global Military Agenda…
How to Reverse the Tide of War…
World War III Scenario…
Acknowledgments…

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION……

The Cult of Killing and Destruction…
America’s Mini-nukes…
War and the Economic Crisis…
Real versus Fake Crises….

CHAPTER II: THE DANGERS OF NUCLEAR WAR…..

Hiroshima Day 2003: Secret Meeting at Strategic Command Headquarters…
The Privatization of Nuclear War: US Military Contractors Set the Stage…
9/11 Military Doctrine: Nuclear Weapons and the “Global War on Terrorism”…
Al Qaeda: “Upcoming Nuclear Power”…
Obama’s Nuclear Doctrine: The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review…
Post 9/11 Nuclear Doctrine…
“Defensive” and “Offensive” Actions…
“Integration” of Nuclear and Conventional Weapons Plans…
Theater Nuclear Operations (TNO)…
Planned Aerial Attacks on Iran…
Global Warfare: The Role of US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)…
Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization…
Israel’s Stockpiling of Conventional and Nuclear Weapons…
The Role of Western Europe…
Germany: De Facto Nuclear Power…
Pre-emptive Nuclear War: NATO’s 2010 Strategic Concept…
The World is at a Critical Crossroads….Check out the book reviews at amazon

While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using “new technologies” and advanced weapons, until it occurs and becomes a reality. The international community has endorsed nuclear war in the name of world peace. “Making the world safer” is the justification for launching a military operation which could potentially result in a nuclear holocaust.

Nuclear war has become a multi-billion dollar undertaking, which fills the pockets of US defense contractors. What is at stake is the outright “privatization of nuclear war”.

The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US/NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously.

Central to an understanding of war, is the media campaign which grants it legitimacy in the eyes of public opinion. A good versus evil dichotomy prevails. The perpetrators of war are presented as the victims. Public opinion is misled.

Breaking the “big lie”, which upholds war as a humanitarian undertaking, means breaking a criminal project of global destruction, in which the quest for profit is the overriding force. This profit-driven military agenda destroys human values and transforms people into unconscious zombies.

Excerpt by author Michel Chossudovsky:

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, in response to a failure by the agency to release any documents pertaining to the “Emergency Wireless Protocols,” (Standard Operating Procedure 303 or “SOP 303″)……..

SOP 303 outlines exactly how the DHS would carry out a complete communications shutdown in the event of what it deemed an emergency situation……….