Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1635-998573149-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 23 Aug 2001 06:27:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 10122 invoked by uid 510); 23 Aug 2001 13:26:01 -0000 Received: from n10.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.60) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 23 Aug 2001 13:26:01 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1635-998573149-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by ej.egroups.com with NNFMP; 23 Aug 2001 13:25:49 -0000 X-Sender: drewschaefer@ftnetwork.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 23 Aug 2001 13:25:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 41888 invoked from network); 23 Aug 2001 13:25:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 23 Aug 2001 13:25:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO email003) (216.35.122.219) by mta2 with SMTP; 23 Aug 2001 13:25:16 -0000 Received: from AspEmail ([216.35.122.205]) by email003 with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Thu, 23 Aug 2001 06:07:39 -0700 To: "iwar@yahoogroups.com" <iwar@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: <0234c3907131781EMAIL003@email003> From: <DrewSchaefer@ftnetwork.com> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 06:07:39 -0700 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] The fog of war Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FC wrote (in response to: ellisd@) >The fog of war: the uncertainty in war associated with the inability to >get timely and accurate situational information. > >Informations operations: Look at: > > http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7229/ac5061.htm I am NOT trying to nitpick, play a semantic game or otherwise, more to start a small snowball rolling ... but: A USA tank was destroyed in a well-publicized incident, bringing to many Americans a new definition for 'friendly fire.' This single (publicized) incident amplifies the problems due to appreciable IW responses to 'the fog of war.' How can Iwar better serve its cause, in delineating when to BACK OFF from reliance on IWAR? Or conversely, when can humans agree, and through what means, that all the technology in the world may be insufficient to conclusively decide to KILL or observe in some more reliable (traditional) fashion? Lest one think that this is only one occurence, a similar situation caused the deaths of 4 missionaries in a small plane only months ago, over Peru. (or Columbia? my fault) Drew Schaefer Drew Schaefer, JD 41 76 549 1907 (Mobile #), 9, ruelle des Galeries 1248 Hermance, Suisse ***************************************************** "In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." --Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 1814. ME 14:119 ****************************************************** ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Get your free e-mail account at http://www.ftnetwork.com Visit the web site of the Financial Times at http://www.ft.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide: "Securing Your Web Site for Business." Get it Now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/n7RbFC/zhwCAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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