Vocab Q R

Q

quiz - interrogate



R

RAF - Great Britain's Royal Air Force



RE: - in regards to, regarding



R2P - Responsibility to protect. A new school concept of the state maintains that states have a primary responsibility to protect their own people from genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity. An internat'l commitment by govs to prevent and react to crises wherever they may occur. Recog'd partially by UN as S.C. resolution on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict (S/2006/1674) there is debate currently if R2P can be applied to natural disasters.



raison d’être (French) - purpose, reason to exist



raison d' retarde' (Faux French) retarded reason, reasoning, purpose



rapproachment (French) bring together, establish cordial relations



ray bans - killer fashionably functional vision enhancement and protection. Fav'd by Great Satan's regime changers from way back like General Douglas MacArthur and combat flyboys all the way up to the regime changers of the new millenium.

Realpolitik (Teutonic) Realpolitique (French), realism - practical and material factors rather than theoretical or ethical objectives. Ammoral, corrupt cult of stability.

regime - illegitimate and or unelected rulers

retarded -slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress. Also a musical term for beats that differ in time by slowing - or retarding

Right of Return - Palestinian plot to destroy Little Satan. Unlike millions of refugees from Germany, China, Vietnam, Russia, Ukrania, Cyprus, Korea, etc. Palestinians have been magically excepted by the non binding General Assembly resolution #194 . Significantly, the UN maintains a separate and distinct definition of the word "refugees" for Palestinians who left Palestine (including Little Satan, the West Bank, and Gaza) in 1948 and/or 1967.

Palestinian refugees from Palestine are classed as both the individuals who left their homes and any descendants of those individuals. This stands in contrast to the UN definition of refugee as it applies to displaced persons connected with territories other than those of Little Satan, the West Bank, and Gaza: in the latter case it refers only to those individuals who were forced to flee, not to their lineal descendants

risible (French) - laughable

Rock of the Marne - Great Satan's 3rd Infantry Division.

Vocab N - P

N
Nakbah (Arabic) - 'Catastrophe' Originally referring to the creation of Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan from bits of Greater Syria after WWI. Rebranded on 15 May 1948 for Little Satan's birth. Also Arabic slang for 'Happy BDay Little Satan'

NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Org - created by Great Satan and Great Britain in the early days of WWII. Euro centric defense pact.

neocons - the first variant of American conservatism in the past century that is "American made." It is hopeful, not bummed out, angry, or handwringing; forward-looking, not nostalgic; cheerful and optimistic not grim or whiney. True believers first and foremost in democrazy. Neocons are convinced of the superiority of tolerant, egalitarian societies with a free, uncensored press, periodic transparent elections, independent judiciary under elected oversight, civilian control of the military, nat'l treasury open to public scrutiny and religious freedom.

Totally jazzed about the incredible military superiority of Great Satan versus the nations of the rest of the world, in any imaginable combination. Almost totally focused on Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy. True believers in democrazy.

neutronic - tactical nuclear weaponry developed specifically to release a relatively large portion of neutron radiation. Way diff than standard thermo-nuclear weapons, which are designed to capture the intense neutron radiation inside the bomb to increase its overall yield. The technical term for the neutron bomb is "enhanced radiation weapon" (ERW). In terms of explosive yield, ERWs are about one-tenth that of a conventional fission type weapon While significantly less in explosive power, they are still much more potent than any conventional bomb, so damage to stuff is reduced, not eliminated.

nigh - near, nearly

Nippon - Japan

No go zone - areas declared off limits to Great Satan or allied militaries. No Go zones often become combat zones.

NoKo - Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, North Korea

non compos mentis (Roman) - mentally incompetent

nom de guerre (French) - fighting name, nickname. pen name

Nonnegotiable demands of human dignity - Openly declared by Sec of State Dr Rice "The rule of law, limits on state power, free speech, religious liberty, equal justice, property rights, tolerance of difference and respect for women. These values are a source of success for nations across the world and they are the only ideas that can give people a future of modernity with dignity. This will ultimately defeat the ideology of violent extremism"

O

objet d'art (French) - artistic value

overt - openly

off the hook - unbelievable

Oh Snap! - Sacre Bleu!

Old Ironsides - Great Satan's 1st Armored Division, named after the ancient warship USS Constitution

P

PLO - Palestinian Liberation Org, - T org - founded by Comrade 'Papa' Arafat. Later rebranded as Fatah

PNAC - Project for a New American Century - alliance of neocons, Straussian purists and Pentagon Vulcans

PR - Press, Public Relations



Palestine - originally Little Satan, West Bank and Jordan. 77% of Palestine became Jordan and 23% became Little Satan. After the 6 Day War in 1967 the West Bank of Jordan became a Little Satan client state - Jordan formally gave it up in 1994 Peace treaty with Little Satan. Rebranded to mean two client states - West Bank (Judea in Little Satan speak) and The Strip (Gaza - ex Egyptian colony)



Panzer (Teutonic) Armored fighting vehicles, tanks


penchant (French) - constant strong inclination



Pentagon Vulcans - neocon, neocon ally. Vulcans are the military wing of the American neoist movement - many are military, ex military or have worked with and/or studied the military. Totally jazzed about Great Satan's 30 years in the future military and big fans of using it. Vulcans - while democrazies, traditionally are not into nation building or creating wonderful Disneyland societies. Vulcans are into using Great Satan's military to annihilate enemies au courant or future - to paraphrase then Ambassador Albright "Why the heck do we even have this awesome military if we can't destroy Hitlerian regimes whenever the need - or even opportunity arises?"


phat - pretty hot and tempting



phatt - pretty hot, tempting and taken


Phased Plan - three-stage strategy for Little Satan's destruction, embodied in the PLO's 1974 Political Program, adopted at the 12th Session of the Palestinian National Council, held in Cairo, June 9, 1974. The plan has three main articles:
"armed struggle", to establish an "independent combatant national authority" over any territory that is "liberated" from Little Satan rule. (Article 2)
To continue the struggle against Little Satan, using the territory of the national authority as a base of operations. (Article 4)
To provoke an all-out war in which Little Satan's Arab neighbors destroy it entirely ("liberate all Palestinian territory"). (Article 8)

Pierre Cardin - Fashion designer, most irresistable cologne EVER

played - deceived

Player - A person who is competitve, leader, rival leader

posse - comrades

Praetorian Guard - regime bodyguards, enforcers, killers



preacher command - Tehran



Pre Emptive - to attack before an enemy attacks



Preventive War - "When in doubt - Knock 'em out" to attack before an enemy thinks about attacking



prob - probably or problem



probs - problems



pseudo - fake



putsch (Teutonic) - coup

Lame Hawk?

While electile dysfunction devours huge bits of American attention - certain regimes and their fanboys pay attention too. For years it was widely understood in the ME that Great Satan didn't act out militarily in an election year - or even the year before an election year. The Lame Duck syndrome.



Only since 911 though - it hasn't been so clear cut. Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed the general manager of Al -Arabiya television points out the Arab street has fell for the old Great Satan is safe as milk election year jazz before.

"Saddam Hussein was excluding the possibility of such a war, relying on the
views of Arab television analysts. They told him not to worry about the threats
and the massing of fleets. They assured him that anti-war demonstrations, public
opinion surveys, and the approaching end of the President's first term would
prevent war. How wrong they were! "

This is significant. Despite sexy Syrian risque rapprochment out reaches there is a deadly chance that Great Satan's politics aside - she could act out more like a hawk - and not so lame either.

A group, like Hezbollah did in occupying West Beirut, could upset the balance
and carry out a coup against a regime thinking that the American player is
preoccupied with the elections and the President is spending his day drinking
tea and packing his bags in preparation for returning to his state, Texas.

The second prevailing theory is that the United States has become a weak
state like Mauritania, and the time is appropriate today to punish the Americans
by serving Iran and advancing on the ground, confident that no one will do
anything.

In other words, a misunderstanding of the work mechanism in American politics
encourages adventures and promotes chaos. This is what happened with former
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein when he occupied Kuwait on the morning of 2
August 1990. He thought that he was permitted to fill the vacuum. Such incorrect
theories have led to serious tragedies.

Serious tragedies like a regime killing regime change launched at several opponents at once - especially if they feel there is a chance to act out with out restraint or even deliver an 'October surprise'

The Sept '07 Study by the Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies’ Centre for
International Studies and Diplomacy paints an interesting pic of what is sweetly hanging out ready to act out:

In recent years, hugely increased funding for military technology has taken
"smart bombs" to a new level. New "bunker-busting" conventional bombs weigh
only 250lb. According to Boeing, the GBU-39 small-diameter bomb "quadruples"
the firepower of US warplanes, compared to those in use even as recently as
2003.

A single stealth or B-52 bomber can now attack between 150 and 300
individual points to within a metre of accuracy using the global positioning
system.8 One B2 bomber dropped 80 500lb bombs on separate targets in 22
seconds in a test flight.

Using just half the available force, 10,000 targets could be attacked
almost simultaneously. This strike power alone is sufficient to damage Iranian
political, military, economic and transport capabilities. Such a strike would take "shock and awe" to a new level and leave Iran with few if any conventional military capabilities to block the straights of Hormuz or provide conventional military support to insurgents in Iraq.

The US air force can hit the last-known position of Iranian military units, political
leaders and supposed sites of weapons of mass destruction. One can be sure that, if
war comes, George Bush will not want to stand accused of using too little force and
allowing Iran to fight back. "Global Strike" means that, without any obvious signal,
what was done to Serbia and Lebanon can be done overnight to the whole of Iran.

It is likely that the United States would select a much more wide-ranging set of
attacks on Iran, since they have strategic interests in destroying Iranian
military power that go far beyond preventing Iranian acquisition of the
bomb.

At 80 pages, the Sept 07 study is healthy - and a very detailed read. Electile dysfunction aside, Great Satan got claws. Like a hawk.

"Full Range"

1st Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band (Knight Commander Order of the Bath and Royal Aide de Camp) announces Great Britain will be creating 2 fully future crunk globe prowling killing and intervention machines.

"These ships with their aircraft will transform the UK’s defence capabilities
when they enter service, delivering air power in support of the full range of
future operations at sea, in the air and on land.”

Royal Navy says HMS Queen Elizbeth and HMS Prince of Wales will be the ulimate in aircraft carriers

"biggest and most powerful surface warships ever constructed in the UK"

This is significant - Recent events like Persian Gulf Piracy, a Sudan horror story that almost happened, humanitarian intervention consideration and policy fulfillment like the "Democratic Imperatives" requires a credible threat to back up diplomacy.

Royal Navy Fan Arthur Herman is quite credible:

"In dealing with rogue states, diplomacy can never be a substitute for, or even
the alternative to, force. It can only be effective as the extension of force-
force that is a credible threat because it will be decisive if unleashed, and
because it plainly will be unleashed should diplomacy fail.

Iranian Press TV intell service reports each "Super Carrier' totes over 35 F35 Joint Strike Fighters.

F35 JSM is one heck of an invisible flying machine and despite her sexyful petite stats she magically totes enough goodies of the killing kind to launch a world of hurt anytime, anywhere
she wants.

Weapons to be cleared for internal carriage include: JDAM (Joint Direct Attack
Munition), CBU-105 WCMD (Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispenser) for the
Sensor-Fused Weapon, JSOW (Joint Standoff Weapon), Paveway IV guided bombs, Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), AIM-120C AMRAAM air-to-air missile and Brimstone anti-armour missile; for external carriage: JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile), AIM-9X Sidewinder, AIM-132 ASRAAM and Storm Shadow cruise missile.

Upgunning the unofficial, informal League of Hot! Democrazies naval aviation like this gives added ballast to the First Sea Lords writ.

The Full Range of Future Ops

Fixing Failed States

"...men are wretched creatures who would not keep their word to you, you need to
keep your word to them."

This is significant

It's legitimacy. Efficiency.Responsibility.

What is a state? What makes it go? What makes it a success? What makes it totally suck? How can a failed state get fixed up?

Something like 40 to 60 nations - the bottom billion pop wise plus - have either collapsed into total failure or are swaying on the brink of collapse. They still manage to create and export. And they excell at it.

Misery Projection. Slave trading. Genocide. Gendercide. Conflict. Intolerance. Dope Dealing. Terrorism. WMD Craft Proliferation. Famine. Illiteracy.

The world famous internat'l community blinged billions.

Very obvious very quickly that corrupt, illegitimate, inefficient 'leaders' and govs are way too corrupt, illegitimate and inefficiently weak to act out like a real state and take care of biz.

Xenophobic slave trading regimes that consider the regimes survival above all else - delaying and gaining control of all humanitarian aid may be taken out. All the way out

As the shiny crib on the heights Great Satan got game. If UN can't be embraced in a death embracingly gripping kiss of death to enforce ideas, resolutions and concepts hammered out in good faith then the Hot! League of Democrazies may hook up and act out.

Regime change and creation of a functional democracy that's stable, hopeful and successful requires every trick in the book. A new school tactical practical mix that knocks off socks

"harnessing our collective energies and readjusting to emerging patterns."

There are 5 principalities to observe, shape and control in "Fixing Failed States":

Proactive intervention - accept the shared responsibility and recognize the
need for both cooperation, coproduction (and sharing) of wealth

The brand new baby state's duties and responsibilities

Defined Sequencing

Strategically adaptive.

Military activity can kill regimes - and in quick time. Communication of any type can be silenced - or even better - co opted to serve intervention.

Humanitarian aid - like literacy and/or health, relief and disaster blasters to rescue the perishing and care for the dying.

8 arms of gov will have to be imported quickly - authority spheres:

states, militaries, police, academics, biz, media, non-gov orgs, and labor unions and religions.

"Ashraf Ghani is a practitioner turned theoretician. Drawing on his background
at the World Bank and as the first post-Taliban finance minister of Afghanistan,
he together with Clare Lockhart develops a comprehensive framework for
understanding the problem of state-building.

This will be the central challenge underpinning world order in our globalized age, and offers practical solutions for meeting it."

A fun fast read, Fixing Failed States is an essential addition to any library for Great Satan's foreign policy avant-garde and intelligentsia. A very cool case for regime changing failed states and why the free world really has little choice than to get with it

Resource phat, with examples that offer a viable "framework" for fixing corruption and terrorism. Like Afghanistan, Sudan, Kosovo and Nepal as well as the world's success stories--Singapore, Ireland, and even the wrecked Confederacy.

Saving these nations should be the at the top of everyone's priority list. The world doesn't have a choice in an age of wmd crunked up fiefdoms that torment their own people and their neighbors. There is little front for even tolerating them.

"Fixing Fixed States --a framework for re-imagining the international
system. Essential optimism--an optimism that the authors have earned through their own substantial real-world efforts in failed states"

Dialogue

All the recent jazz about appeasement, dialogue and reaching out to enemies in a sense of friendly give and take, subtle nuances and zero preconditions has yet to really consider potential summit mates.

Perhaps the best source for the view through an adversary's eyes is the Iranian co founding sponsor of Hiz'B'Allah and until recently Iran's ambassador to Syria.

Interviewed by Asharq Al-Awsat in Lebanon, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhtari reflected on his godfather status of HBA, the recent tensions in Lebanon yet nary a word on his fallout with ex BFF Bashar

Akhtari took the new idea of a "Hiz'B'Allah" and transformed it over the years of his service as ambassador into a reality that has considerably changed the balance of power in the region. Akhtari, twice ambassador to Syria, (1986 - 1997) and (2005 - January 2008), was the most influential diplomat in Syria.

He was no ordinary ambassador.

"I was a Friday prayer imam, and from there I came to a seat of political
responsibility and diplomatic relations. My background was a good pointer for
achievement. In addition, I arrived in Damascus on 5 Ramadan 1986, and started
work next day."

In addition to being the "operational father" of Hiz'B'Allah, he was engineer of "the special relations" between Syria and Iran, coordinator of Iran's relations with Palestinian organizations in Damascus, and founder of the Palestinian-Iranian Friendship Society, which includes representatives from all Palestinian organizations in Damascus.

In my capacity as representative of the Islamic Republic, I played a role
in supporting, widening and deepening the resistance. But as far as we and
Hiz'B'Allah are concerned, we are all of one religion and one faith. We and
Hiz'B'Allah regard the United States as an enemy of Islam and Muslims.

We regard Israel as a cancer in the body of the region and that the policy
of confrontation and resistance is fundamental As for the modes of
implementation, Hiz'B'Allah may have its ways and means and different forms of
expression. This may happen. As far as fundamentals, roots, and objectives
are concerned, there are no differences between us."

Great Satan's avuncular 'Stache' Grande points out nonprofit jawflapping is totally retarded

"At first glance, the idea of sitting down with adversaries seems hard to
quarrel with. In our daily lives, we meet with competitors, opponents and
unpleasant people all the time.

The real debate is radically different. On one side are those who believe
that negotiations should be used to resolve international disputes 99% of the
time.

On the other side are those who apparently want to use negotiations 100%
of the time. It is the 100%-ers who suffer from an obsession that is naïve and
dangerous.

Negotiation is not a policy. It is a technique. Saying that one favors
negotiation with, say, Iran, has no more intellectual content than saying one
favors using a spoon. For what? Under what circumstances? With what objectives?

Like all human activity, negotiation has costs and benefits. If only benefits
were involved, then it would be hard to quarrel with the "what can we lose?"
mantra one hears so often. In fact, the costs and potential downsides are real,
and not to be ignored.

When the U.S. negotiates with "terrorists and radicals," it gives them
legitimacy, a precious and tangible political asset. Thus, even Mr. Obama
criticized former President Jimmy Carter for his recent meetings with Hamas
leaders. Meeting with leaders of state sponsors of terrorism such as Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad or Kim Jong Il is also a mistake.

State sponsors use others as surrogates, but they are just as much terrorists
as those who actually carry out the dastardly acts. Legitimacy and international
acceptability are qualities terrorists crave, and should therefore not be
conferred casually, if at all.

In today's world of weapons of mass destruction, time is again a precious
asset, one almost invariably on the side of the would-be proliferators. Time
allows them to perfect the complex science and technology necessary to sustain
nuclear weapons and missile programs, and provides far greater opportunity for
concealing their activities from our ability to detect and, if necessary,
destroy them.

Iran has conclusively proven how to use negotiations to this end. After five
years of negotiations with the Europeans, with the Bush administration's
approbation throughout, the only result is that Iran is five years closer to
having nuclear weapons. North Korea has also used the Six-Party Talks to gain
time, testing its first nuclear weapon in 2006, all the while cloning its
Yongbyon reactor in the Syrian desert.

Finally, negotiations entail opportunity costs, consuming scarce presidential
time and attention. Those resources cannot be applied everywhere, and engaging
in true discussions, as opposed to political charades, does divert time and
attention from other priorities.

No better example can be found than the Bush administration's pursuit of the
Annapolis Process between Arabs and Israelis, which has gone and will go
nowhere. While Annapolis has been burning up U.S. time and effort, Lebanon has
been burning, as Hezbollah strengthens its position there. This is an
opportunity cost for the U.S., and a tragedy for the people of Lebanon."

GsGf Vocab K- M

K
K - one thousand

K'Ssam - homegrown rockets

K'Ran - mohammedist holy book

kamikazi (Japanese) - 'divine wind' - storm that destroyed an enemy armada attempting to invade Japan in Medieval times. Upgraded to suicide aircraft in WWII deployed by Japan, upgraded again to include 911 attacks and suicide bombers

Katushya - Russian created rocket artillery, lesser variant of GRAD, fave rocket of HBA in the July August War 2007

Kursk - also known as Operation Citadel or Zitadel. WWII battle between Deutschland and Russia - largest panzer battle ever. Lasting almost 2 weeks, Kursk climaxed on 12 July 1943. For over 8 hours this enormous armored brawl raged unabated, slashing the orchards and churning the lush, green cornfields of a few square miles of upper Donetz river valley into a blackened inferno of exploding armor, wrecked burning vehicles and charred corpses - drenched intermittantly by downpours from violent thunderstorms. Over 2K panzers were involved. Deutschland never recovered from this decisive defeat.

Kursk Style - in depth defensive belts, bunkers, predetermined artillery impact areas, fixed kill zones.


L
LB. lb, LBS, lbs - pounds

Laffy Taffy - delightful assets possessed by girls

Land of the Pure - Pakistan

Land of the Pyramids, Pyramidland - Egypt

lame stream media - Name brand news

laissez-faire (French) - hands off

Leb - Lebanon

legit - legitimate

lit rate - literacy rate

Little Satan - Israel

love it to death - Ancient Hillbilly phrase roughly meaning never forsaken

Luftwaffe - WWII Deutsch Air Force. Luftwaffe pioneered concepts like air superiority, airborne ops, vertical envelopment and tactical ground attacks. More like flying artillery, Luftwaffe never really mastered strategic bombing. Developed and deployed 1st operational combat jets, cruise missiles and TV guided missiles.

M

Machiavelli - Italian emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe. Author of "The Prince" - essential in any library. A declaration in plain language the conduct of great men and the principles of gov. This book is about ruthlessness and putting the attainment of goals ahead of any other consideration. Modern maxims like: "the end justifies the means," "it is better to be feared than loved," "if you fight the prince, kill the prince" to name a few.

Mahdi (Arabic) - "Guided One" mythical mohammedist, the 12th Imam who disappeared down a well in Qom, Persia about 1.2K years ago and promised to return one day. So far, no word yet.

Mahdi Army - Jaish al Mahdi. Shia militia created by Iranian mullahs and Imad to project force and caliphate or theocratize Iraq after Great Satan hit the hood. A copy of HBA, MA has acted out multiple times against Great Satan in open combat and losing their hide every time. Mahdi Army gave up electorally won political power in Iraq's 2004 elections and is fighting a losing battle for survival. Armed militia's were declared illegal by vote in the Iraqi gov. Currently being annihilated in Sadr City.

Manifest Destiny - After the British ran off the French and Spanish, Great Satan knew the future 48 was all hers. Drove Americans to take charge and act out diplopolitically like Monroe Doctrine and rowdy wise like creating Texas and fighting Mexico. "American self-confidence and a manifestation of the nation’s power."

marginalize - decrease appeal, desire or need for

Marine Nationale (French) - Modern French Navy, Commandos and Marines

ME - Middle East

Med - The Mediterranean Sea

MEK - Mujahideen e Khalq - an outlaw Iranian Mohammedist semi Marxist militia. MEK fought for Iraq in the Iran Iraq war and used T type attacks while exiled in Iraq after the war.

Minions - True believing servants of unelected regimes, T type orgs. Actualizers.

Mohammedism, Mohammedists - religion, followers of the prophet Mohammed (PBUH)

Monroe Doctrine - Essentially tiny tiny 1823 America declared this hemisphere laissez - faire from Euro powers. 3 main concepts of the doctrine--separate spheres of influence for the Americas and Europe, non-colonization, and non-intervention--were designed to signify a clear break between the New World and the autocratic realm of Europe. Monroe's administration forewarned the imperial European powers against interfering in the affairs of the newly independent Latin American states or potential United States territories. While Americans generally objected to European colonies in the New World, they also desired to increase United States influence and trading ties throughout the region to their south. European mercantilism posed the greatest obstacle to economic expansion. In particular, Americans feared that Spain and France might reassert colonialism over the Latin American peoples who had just overthrown European rule. Signs that Russia was expanding its presence southward from Alaska toward the Oregon Territory were also disconcerting.

Mookie - Muqtada or Moktada al Sadr. Mookie 1st appeared as a rival cleric was hacked to death by a mob in Najaf right after Great Satan regime changed Iraq. As Mahdi Army Commander, Mookie set up religious rule in several Iraqi cities and acted out against Great Satan several times. Defeated repeatedly, Mookie split the scene pre Surge and recently admitted failure to fire up an emirate, caliphate or theocracy or delay marginalization anywhere in Iraq. Mookie is just like Mahdi! Both have disappeared and promised to return.

moolah - cash

Mullah, Mullahs - mohammedist clerics, preachers and ruling elite of theocratic Iran.