* Moved (from: POL_DISORDER) by Steve Asher using timEd/2 1.10.y2k+.

Mulling over LEE LOFASO to ALL 18 Apr 2004

 LL> Now add 43 to that number, since Bush is the 43rd president.  And
 LL> there you have it.  The Number of the Beast. That's right.  666. 
 LL> George W. Bush is the Antichrist.

Those numbers may or may not be significant. Other clues do however
put him in the frame. One of the Beast's roles is to bring "peace" 
to the world, & through that to destroy many.

The U.S. military's proposed Top Ten priorities for July 2003 to
January 2005 include:
 
1.  Successfully pursuing the Global war on Terrorism
      * Reset the force
      * High value target plan
      * Global Peace Operations Initiative

(Source: http://www.ott.navy.mil/file_download.cfm/FILE_OT_1000301.doc
?RID=WEB_OT_1000051 &FID=FILE_OT_1000301&FILENAME=FILE_OT_1000301.doc )

There is not much more detail on the GPOI available, that I can find,
apart from a few tit-bits like:


US Planning Drive to Build Foreign Peace Forces
Alex Belida
Pentagon
19 Apr 2004, 22:03 UTC
   
AP    
   
The Bush administration is planning a new drive to boost the supply of 
foreign troops available for peacekeeping missions worldwide. If successful, 
the initiative could ease the pressure on U.S. forces to participate in such 
operations.

Senior Pentagon officials are billing the program as the first
comprehensive, U.S.-driven multilateral effort aimed at increasing the
number of global 
forces available for peace operations.

Speaking to VOA on condition of anonymity, the senior officials said the
program, to be called the Global Peace Operations Initiative, will see the 
United States commit substantial resources over the next five years to train, 
equip and provide logistical support to forces in nations willing to 
participate in peace operations.

The officials said details of the program are still being worked out ahead 
of a formal announcement by President Bush in the weeks ahead.

(snip)

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=582E3F8A-094A-4E35-A6296968EBAE105B

It will be interesting to see the details when Bush makes his formal
announcement, apparently just in time for the G8 summit in June, or
during the summit, since the G8 are the likely nations to be gulled
into supporting it.

Cheers, Steve..

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