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2008-06-15 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-06-15 03:51|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Actually, "linkage" is a concept invented by H.W. Bush, and dimwits like Carter and Brzezinski have no clue what it entails.

The short version is that nations and individuals have a multitude of connections between them, so that any action will have unseen implications both between nations and internationally.

More importantly, it means that these unseen connections can be used to create a change in the obvious connections.

Finally, the philosophy of linkage suggests that there is no such thing as "losing", just opportunities to be exploited, but only if you understand linkage. All setbacks can be turned to victories.

In practice, linkage is most likely so complicated that even a genius couldn't keep track of it, so it must be data mined by computer.

Major police agencies, and our soldiers in Iraq, also have police software that does much the same thing on the individual level, so this is not science fiction. It is very real and it works.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-15 09:51|| 2008-06-15 09:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, linkage goes back a lot farther than that, Professor. More like fifty-plus years. It used to be termed the 'Middle East problem', as if the Middle East ended at Jordan's eastern border.

But the philosophy you mentioned is essentially correct.

Posted by Pappy 2008-06-15 12:30|| 2008-06-15 12:30|| Front Page Top

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