Posted on 03/29/2005 7:07:02 AM PST by Pendragon_6
WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence experts are preparing a list of 25 countries deemed unstable and, thus, candidates for intervention.
The National Intelligence Council, a State Department office that collates intelligence for strategic planning, will compose and revise the secret list every six months, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
Carlos Pascual, a former ambassador who now heads the newly formed agency, said the NIC would identify countries of "greatest instability and risk" to clarify priorities and allocate resources.
Pascual said conflict prevention and postwar reconstruction had become a "mainstream foreign-policy challenge" because of the dangers of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
They should include my country on that list.
If they really wanted to reform the UN, they should allow these unstable countries to have full status.
Well, hang in there. The great white north will come around some day, hopefully.
The US Geological Survey is coming up with a similar list of unstable countries. Indonesia is at the top of the list right now.
I think they might
I hope that by "unstable" they really mean fascist. Iraq was stable, Saudi Arabia is stable. Iran is stable. Syria is stable. North Korea is probably stable (who knows). It's the fascist dictatorships that maintain stability by indoctrinating extreme xenophobia that are the threat and should be candidates for intervention in the interest of security.
Regards, Ivan
Great.
Let's start with "intervening" at the Mexican Border.
Ahem...There's an Invasion in progress...
While I'm not happy about the current state of my country, I would certainly get a laugh out of such a slap in the face, if only to see our lefties' temper tantrum!
I sort of think they should include my country, too.
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