A New Trident II is an Illusion of Defense
Two former Secretaries of Defense argue in today's Washington Post that the United States should procure conventional warheads for Trident II submarine-launched missiles, a capability, they argue, that someday could be the only defense standing between us and terrorists with nuclear weapons.
These two big brains would have us accept a scenario in which a terrorist organization acquires "several" nuclear weapons, that somehow in this scenario we have been so blind, so negligent or so stupid to have allowed this to happen, that we will wake up one morning facing this mortal threat hanging over our heads, and that when all of this happens, we should just be thankful that the super heroes perfect-intelligence and instant weapon will appear to zap the bad guys and make us safe.
I don't know which is more disheartening: that two grand pooh bahs of national security could weave such a vague, hopeless and contradictory scenario; or that so many Americans could accept that our national security establishment could be so incompetent in execution, thus necessitating our only defense being a magical missile.
Will a terrorist organization ever obtain "several" working nuclear weapons, as former Secretaries of Defense Harold Brown and James Schlesinger today suggest?
We could argue forever as to whether this is a likely possibility, and the technologies and difficulties involved, but the scenario is obviously so compelling and frightening that two Cardinals of the priesthood take it seriously enough to offer their course of action.
The consequences of nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists are also so severe most of Washington thinks that America needs a special national security emphasis just to counter it.
The Brown/Schlesinger solution -- and to be fair to the two, I'm sure it is only one solution out of many -- is a conventionally armed Trident missile. Under their scenario, the nuclear-armed terrorist group is out of range of air force bombers and navy ships, "the only option available to the president would be to order the use of a ballistic missile -- a land-based Minuteman or submarine-based Trident D5 -- either one of which could hit a target almost anywhere on the globe within a half-hour."
Both missiles currently only carry nuclear weapons, but the Rumsfeld Defense Department has proposed arming the Trident II with conventional warheads, a program that could be implemented by 2009. Trident II missiles with conventional warheads, the two former Secretaries say, "are likely to be very effective against surface targets, such as exposed missiles, docked ships and vehicles, and aircraft on the ground -- capable of attacking such targets virtually anywhere in Europe, Africa or Asia within one hour of a command to do so."
A conventional Trident missile strike would be "prompt and precise," they say, arriving from submarines without warning.
So let me understand: the United States is unsuccessful in carrying out its core national security objective of countering terrorism, U.S. intelligence is incompetent or blind and misses all of these developments and can not predict their unfolding, and yet we should accept that they will detect an imminent strike an hour beforehand to allow the President to push the button and have Trident II missiles save the day.
We are talking here about confidence levels that will allow the President of the United States to decide to preemptively attack a terrorist operation in the middle of a sovereign nation within 30 minutes. Why would we believe that U.S. intelligence could detect this with any level of confidence and yet have failed to detect all of the days, months, or years of preparation to get there?
I'm no fan of preemption, I question the weapons of mass destruction obsession of the national security priesthood, and I don't even like the articulation of a "war" against terrorism, but if the United States is going to have a national security strategy of preemption, if the pre-9/11 let's-just-sit-around-waiting for the worst to happen mindset went the way of the Cold War dinosaurs, then how is it that this scenario could ever be implemented?
I know the counter-argument to my dismissal: that even if the war against terrorism is unsuccessful, that if terrorists manage to obtain nukes from Russia or China or North Korea or Iran, we will need to be ready to preempt them. The counter-argument is that Trident II is an insurance policy, that it is prudent choice given the circumstances of failure.
Either the United States is going to take offensive military action against terrorists every day from here to eternity, either the U.S. is going to work to prevent terrorists from finding sanctuary to bring all of these pieces together, either the U.S. is going to strike terrorists even suspected of toying with nuclear weapons long before they obtain actual weapons, or it is not.
The flaw of the Brown/Schlesinger argument is not in an un-provable scenario or in Trident II missile, it is in the faith in technology itself. The old Cold Warriors want to transport and update the old theories of deterrence to the terrorism age, not so much because they believe that terrorists will be deterred from their actions if we have this capability, but because they fundamentally think that America can protect itself from attack through technology: the all-seeing intelligence, the weapons, and the push button system.
My sense is that the more we spend on all of this to fight terrorists the more we build nor only an illusion of defense against attacks, but the more we contribute to the confused world of grievance and hatred. The more we attempt to build a system of military preemption and the more that we show that we don't care about sovereignty or the rule of law in the name of our push butto defense, the more that we build a world that resents and hates us, a world that breeds those who want to punish and hurt us because of our presumption of immunity and our freedom of action.
By William M. Arkin |
May 22, 2006; 10:00 AM ET
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Posted by: CLAUDE F. | May 25, 2006 12:20 PM
Just what we need from Washington...More Missiles to "Pound Sand Up Camel's Butts"! Contrary to popular belief...Terrorists have indeed hit the U.S. again! As best as I can determine, the target was the Water Supply serving the Greater Washington D.C. area. Some group or organization...official or otherwise...has obviously laced the water supply with some kind of mind altering drug, which can be the only explanation for all the crazy ideas and government actions since 911. Obviously, somebody has cloned the DNA of Dr. Timothy Leary...He is alive and well in Washington!!!
Posted by: M. Stewart | May 24, 2006 06:14 AM
Amen Mr. Arkin,
I took particular note of your last paragraph, I loved every word. I don't know what it will take to wake up too many American fighting class citizens. These people want a fight!
There is a saying that if you keep doing what you have been doing, you will keep getting what you have been getting. And we certainly keep getting the same results. Since the end of WWII, we have had Detente, Salt I and II, Polaris Class and Trident Class Submarines, Minuteman and Patriot Missiles, SDI-proposed, Nuclear powered aircraft carriers, Stealth fighters and bombers, Abrams Tanks, AWACS, GIS and GPS, unmanned Aerial and:ground Vehicles, bunker busting bombs, neutron bombs, NORAD...yea, I know I missed more than a few things, but I cannot name all of what has taken place, or all of what has been developed over the past 5 or 6 decades. And now Pegasus, I understand is underway along with Trident II and other more sophisticated and advanced weapons systems and surveillance equipment. And where has all of this gotten us? Peace? Nope!
Can anyone tell me how much has been spent since WWII to make America safer? And are we safer? Now answer this, er herm, what good did all of these new systems and technology do for us on 911? Checkmate! I thought about a scripture on 911 when I sitting in my room meditating, i.e., Except the Lord keep the City, the watchman watches in vain. Even our sophisticated radar systems failed us on 911, didn't they? Of course, you will say no they did not! Well, go out to the graveyards of 3000 deceased Americans, and tell them what good all of the money spent over the past 50 years alone did them.
Okay, one final question, what have we done to the world to necessitate the construction of such an elaborate defense system, well first strike system or whatever it is that we have? Frankly, America used to be a nation that was respected around much of the world. Why do we suddenly have so many enemies? Oh, I know, every one on the planet is simply jealous of Americans, isn't that what the President said. LORD HAVE MERCY! Frankly, many white Americans do not have the proper respect for disparate people and their cultures. Look how long it took for many of you to learn to live with the disparate people living right under your noses, and some of you are still having problems with that arrangment. Black Americans could teach America how to get along with disparate people in the rest of the world. However, you would never allow us to be your teachers, would you?
Isn't it time for America to change course, and to focus on peace initiatives, that will result in America being seen again as a nation of peace and of Goodwill? We got rid of, rather renamed the War Department to the Defense Department. Well, what if we were to create a Peace Department? We could have things like Strategic Peace Initiatives. In the bible the SPI is called, "doing unto others as you would have them do unto you". How much would that cost? Now, let me see, where could we place this new Peace Department? Let's see, we could set it up in a church building. Nope, even our religious leaders, many of them, seem to enjoy and encourage war. Even fellow-minister, Pat Robertson, has a head of state or two that he would like to have knocked off, eek! I thought the church and its church leaders were supposed to seek peace. Oops, forgot the Crusades!Perhaps we can set up the Peace Department in someone's living room, because that is just about how much money America would be willing to invest in a true peace initiative/Peace Department.
Americans should remember all of the former empires of world history, who staked their misplaced confidences in their superior military might. Er herm, and where are they today? Let's not be as cocky and as narrow minded as they were. Keep in mind that David brought down Goliath with a slingshot and a rock. There is another way for America to resolve its problems; no one has ever killed off all of their enemies, even though some have tried. America won't be succesful either.
We are currently living in the 21st Century. It should be a period of enlightentment, yet some Americans still want to play war, for that matter some Americans, I believe, like being the biggest and baddest kids on the block. We called them bullies when I was growing up. And most people know that bullies are really cowards. And what happens to all bullies/cowards, eventually they go to far. If you could, ask Goliath?
Peace & Grace,
Posted by: Rev. C. Solmon | May 23, 2006 06:54 PM
The Following has been published on not less then 16 NEWS websites;
When reading the case numbers the first two numbers are the year of the court action/offence charge filing.
Example;
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 91128FYB FY 12 WARRANT FELONY UNASSIGNED
"91128FYB FY 12" the first two numbers are "91" which means the offence/charge/Warrant was issued in 1991 and is still in effect as that it has not been removed from the courts record and that the case has never been heard.
Illusion is the Criminals best friend.
In Jackson County Michigan there are absolutely NO Honest Judges, NO Honest Prosecutors and No Honest Police and No Honest Sheriffs.
The following is a Court Document that Proves this;
Use the display settings below and click on to display the desired cases.
Last Name/Business: First: Case#:
Search text contained anywhere in name.
Judge/Jurist: All ARBUCKLE BISHOP DUNGAN FALAHEE FILIP GAGE GRANT JUSTIN MANSER MAZUR MCBAIN NELSON SANDERSON SCHMUCKER VANDERCOOK UNASSIGNED Court: All District Circuit Probate
Visitors
*NAME DOB *CASE # PETITION # *STATUS *CASE TYPE *JURIST
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 061037LT LT 12 OPEN LANDLORD/TENANT JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02J098541A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 031739JP OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 040295JPA OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 91128FYB FY 12 WARRANT FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 91364FYA FY 12 WARRANT FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 98JP35823A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 98JP44649B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD H 03-23-1943 99B699890A SI 12 CLOSED STATE CIVIL INFRACTION TRAFFIC UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 991634JP OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 04-3369LT LT 12 CLOSED LANDLORD/TENANT JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726C OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726A OT 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE MISDEMEANOR TRAFFIC JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 10-28-1966 91057336 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 10-28-1966 91057494 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY SCHMUCKER
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 77011477 DM 38 CLOSED DIVORCE - MINOR CHILDREN NELSON
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 98090407 DP 38 CLOSED PATERNITY MCBAIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 99093394 PP 38 CLOSED PPO DOMESTIC SCHMUCKER
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 00JP45691A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 00JP45691B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD H 03-23-1943 01C194992A SI 12 CLOSED STATE CIVIL INFRACTION TRAFFIC UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 84034487 DI 38 CLOSED URESA INITIATION GRANT
TOWNSEND II,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 92062997 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY NELSON
TOWNSEND II,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 02003251 PP 38 CLOSED PPO DOMESTIC SCHMUCKER
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Case Number Petition # Name DOB
91128FYB FY 12 TOWNSEND, RICHARD 10-28-1966
Amount Assessed* Amount Paid Balance Due Last Payment
$ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 00-00-0000
*Assessed amount does not include restitution ordered.
Comment
Jail Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
Probation Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
COUNT CHARGE ADJUDICATION DATE JUDGMENT
1 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
2 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
3 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
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Case Number Petition # Name DOB
91364FYA FY 12 TOWNSEND, RICHARD 10-28-1966
Amount Assessed* Amount Paid Balance Due Last Payment
$ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 00-00-0000
*Assessed amount does not include restitution ordered.
Comment
Jail Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
Probation Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
COUNT CHARGE ADJUDICATION DATE JUDGMENT
1 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 03-01-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
2 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 00-00-0000
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Richard Townsend is a DRUG Dealer who has been BRIBING EVERY JUDGE, Prosecutor and Police Officer and Sheriff and Sheriffs Deputy for the Last 15 years (and he has been Bragging about it also) since a Jackson County Judge issued the 2 Warrents for a total of 5 Felony counts of "Manufacturing and Delivery of Controlled Substances" (i.e. DRUGS).
Richard Townsend lived unincumber by any lawenforcement at 600 E. Ganson in Jackson Michigan for 15 years until he was busted by the DEA in January of 2006.
Richard Townsend was Married about a year ago by one of the Crooked Judges with 2 other Crooked Judges as Witnesses.
Now the Local Jackson County Criminals (i.e. Judges, Prosecutors and Police/Deputies) are trying to FRAME the HONEST person (i.e. Mr. Bengt Thulin) who turned them into the DEA and the U.S. Attorney's Office in January of 2006 for Crimes he has not committed including Not Paying Child Support.
Mr. Thulin has NO children and is Biologically incapable of being the father to any children because of an injury which he received when he was 12 years old and there are Medical Records to Prove this.
Mr. Thulin was a member of SOG and Honorably Disharged.
And for his Honor he is being Persecuted.
Posted by: Checked and confirmed at d12.com | May 23, 2006 04:52 PM
Illusion is the Criminals best freind.
In Jackson County Michigan there are absolutely NO Honest Judges, NO Honest Prosecutors and No Honest Police and No Honest Sheriffs.
The following is a Court Document that Procves this;
Use the display settings below and click on to display the desired cases.
Last Name/Business: First: Case#:
Search text contained anywhere in name.
Judge/Jurist: All ARBUCKLE BISHOP DUNGAN FALAHEE FILIP GAGE GRANT JUSTIN MANSER MAZUR MCBAIN NELSON SANDERSON SCHMUCKER VANDERCOOK UNASSIGNED Court: All District Circuit Probate
Visitors
*NAME DOB *CASE # PETITION # *STATUS *CASE TYPE *JURIST
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 061037LT LT 12 OPEN LANDLORD/TENANT JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02J098541A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 031739JP OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 040295JPA OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 91128FYB FY 12 WARRANT FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 91364FYA FY 12 WARRANT FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 98JP35823A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 98JP44649B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD H 03-23-1943 99B699890A SI 12 CLOSED STATE CIVIL INFRACTION TRAFFIC UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 991634JP OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 04-3369LT LT 12 CLOSED LANDLORD/TENANT JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726C OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726A OT 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE MISDEMEANOR TRAFFIC JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 10-28-1966 91057336 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 10-28-1966 91057494 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY SCHMUCKER
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 77011477 DM 38 CLOSED DIVORCE - MINOR CHILDREN NELSON
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 98090407 DP 38 CLOSED PATERNITY MCBAIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 99093394 PP 38 CLOSED PPO DOMESTIC SCHMUCKER
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 00JP45691A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 00JP45691B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD H 03-23-1943 01C194992A SI 12 CLOSED STATE CIVIL INFRACTION TRAFFIC UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 84034487 DI 38 CLOSED URESA INITIATION GRANT
TOWNSEND II,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 92062997 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY NELSON
TOWNSEND II,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 02003251 PP 38 CLOSED PPO DOMESTIC SCHMUCKER
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Case Number Petition # Name DOB
91128FYB FY 12 TOWNSEND, RICHARD 10-28-1966
Amount Assessed* Amount Paid Balance Due Last Payment
$ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 00-00-0000
*Assessed amount does not include restitution ordered.
Comment
Jail Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
Probation Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
COUNT CHARGE ADJUDICATION DATE JUDGMENT
1 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
2 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
3 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
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Case Number Petition # Name DOB
91364FYA FY 12 TOWNSEND, RICHARD 10-28-1966
Amount Assessed* Amount Paid Balance Due Last Payment
$ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 00-00-0000
*Assessed amount does not include restitution ordered.
Comment
Jail Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
Probation Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
COUNT CHARGE ADJUDICATION DATE JUDGMENT
1 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 03-01-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
2 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 00-00-0000
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Richard Townsend is a DRUG Dealer who has been BRIBING EVERY JUDGE, Prosecutor and Police Officer and Sheriff and Sheriffs Deputy for the Last 15 years (and he has been Bragging about it also) since a Jackson County Judge issued the 2 Warrents for a total of 5 Felony counts of "Manufacturing and Delivery of Controlled Substances" (i.e. DRUGS).
Richard Townsend lived unincumber by any lawenforcement at 600 E. Ganson in Jackson Michigan for 15 years until he was busted by the DEA in January of 2006.
Richard Townsend was Married about a year ago by one of the Crooked Judges with 2 other Crooked Judges as Witnesses.
Now the Local Jackson County Criminals (i.e. Judges, Prosecutors and Police/Deputies) are trying to FRAME the HONEST person (i.e. Mr. Bengt Thulin) who turned them into the DEA and the U.S. Attorney's Office in January of 2006 for Crimes he has not committed including Not Paying Child Support.
Mr. Thulin has NO children and is Biologically incapable of being the father to any children because of an injury which he received when he was 12 years old and there are Medical Records to Prove this.
Mr. Thulin was a member of SOG and Honorably Disharged.
And for his Honor he is being Persecuted.
Posted by: SOG | May 23, 2006 04:40 PM
Illusion is the Criminals best freind.
In Jackson County Michigan there are absolutely NO Honest Judges, NO Honest Prosecutors and No Honest Judges.
The following is a Court Document that Procves this;
Use the display settings below and click on to display the desired cases.
Last Name/Business: First: Case#:
Search text contained anywhere in name.
Judge/Jurist: All ARBUCKLE BISHOP DUNGAN FALAHEE FILIP GAGE GRANT JUSTIN MANSER MAZUR MCBAIN NELSON SANDERSON SCHMUCKER VANDERCOOK UNASSIGNED Court: All District Circuit Probate
Visitors
*NAME DOB *CASE # PETITION # *STATUS *CASE TYPE *JURIST
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 061037LT LT 12 OPEN LANDLORD/TENANT JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02J098541A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 031739JP OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 040295JPA OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 91128FYB FY 12 WARRANT FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 91364FYA FY 12 WARRANT FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 98JP35823A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 98JP44649B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD H 03-23-1943 99B699890A SI 12 CLOSED STATE CIVIL INFRACTION TRAFFIC UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 991634JP OM 12 CLOSED ORD. NON-TRF MISDEMEANOR JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 04-3369LT LT 12 CLOSED LANDLORD/TENANT JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726C OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 02BT51726A OT 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE MISDEMEANOR TRAFFIC JUSTIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 10-28-1966 91057336 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 10-28-1966 91057494 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY SCHMUCKER
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 77011477 DM 38 CLOSED DIVORCE - MINOR CHILDREN NELSON
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 98090407 DP 38 CLOSED PATERNITY MCBAIN
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 99093394 PP 38 CLOSED PPO DOMESTIC SCHMUCKER
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 00JP45691A OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 00JP45691B OI 12 CLOSED ORDINANCE CIVIL INFRACTION UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD H 03-23-1943 01C194992A SI 12 CLOSED STATE CIVIL INFRACTION TRAFFIC UNASSIGNED
TOWNSEND,RICHARD 01-01-0001 84034487 DI 38 CLOSED URESA INITIATION GRANT
TOWNSEND II,RICHARD M 10-28-1966 92062997 FH 38 CLOSED NON-CAPITOL FELONY NELSON
TOWNSEND II,RICHARD M 01-01-0001 02003251 PP 38 CLOSED PPO DOMESTIC SCHMUCKER
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Case Number Petition # Name DOB
91128FYB FY 12 TOWNSEND, RICHARD 10-28-1966
Amount Assessed* Amount Paid Balance Due Last Payment
$ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 00-00-0000
*Assessed amount does not include restitution ordered.
Comment
Jail Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
Probation Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
COUNT CHARGE ADJUDICATION DATE JUDGMENT
1 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
2 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
3 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 02-20-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
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Case Number Petition # Name DOB
91364FYA FY 12 TOWNSEND, RICHARD 10-28-1966
Amount Assessed* Amount Paid Balance Due Last Payment
$ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 00-00-0000
*Assessed amount does not include restitution ordered.
Comment
Jail Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
Probation Term: Years Months Days
0 0 0
COUNT CHARGE ADJUDICATION DATE JUDGMENT
1 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 03-01-1991 EXAM WAIVED ; DEFENDANT BOUND
2 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DELIVERY/MANUFACTUR 00-00-0000
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Richard Townsend is a DRUG Dealer who has been BRIBING EVERY JUDGE, Prosecutor and Police Officer and Sheriff and Sheriffs Deputy for the Last 15 years (and he has been Bragging about it also) since a Jackson County Judge issued the 2 Warrents for a total of 5 Felony counts of "Manufacturing and Delivery of Controlled Substances" (i.e. DRUGS).
Richard Townsend lived unincumber by any lawenforcement at 600 E. Ganson in Jackson Michigan for 15 years until he was busted by the DEA in January of 2006.
Richard Townsend was Married about a year ago by one of the Crooked Judges with 2 other Crooked Judges as Witnesses.
Now the Local Jackson County Criminals (i.e. Judges, Prosecutors and Police/Deputies) are trying to FRAME the HONEST person (i.e. Mr. Bengt Thulin) who turned them into the DEA and the U.S. Attorney's Office in January of 2006 for Crimes he has not committed including Not Paying Child Support.
Mr. Thulin has NO children and is Biologically incapable of being the father to any children because of an injury which he received when he was 12 years old and there are Medical Records to Prove this.
Mr. Thulin was a member of SOG and Honorably Disharged.
And for his Honor he is being Persecuted.
Posted by: SOG | May 23, 2006 04:36 PM
squat about us,
or at least didn't until we tried to steal the second largest oil reserves in the world...
and killed afew hundred thousand people in the process....
Posted by: the muslim world doesn't care | May 23, 2006 11:39 AM
Bill, the present global situation in which we find ourselves--the situation you described in your blog this morning--reminds me of a dialogue from the classic 1959 blockbuster movie BEN HUR. The specific dialogue I refer to takes place on the occasion of the replacement of the new military governor of Judea. The incoming Governor reproaches the outgoing Governor with menacing words from the Emperor himself to which the leaving Governor replies: "Yes! Clearly something needs to be done but how? How do you fight an idea? Especially a new idea?"
The incoming Governor reminds the outgoing Governor later in the conversation that the way to fight a new idea is with another idea. Precisely what the world needs at the moment. I agree with you that these two old cold warrirors are mired in the cold war thinking of the last century. But George W. Bush is stuck in an even older idea that no longer obtains: the Wilsonia notion that the world needs to be made safe for democracy.
Look. The Bush Doctrine was doomed from the start. Why? Because it was just as laden with obsolescense as are the doctrines offered up by Brown and Schlesinger. The conditions that created modern Jihadists have nothing to do with some sinister, Nazi-like conspiracy to dominate the world. It has a great deal to do with the perception throughout Islam that the West is on a Crusade to wipe out their culture.
You cannot turn around that perception with moving the US Military around the Islamic world, occupying nations, setting up bases and interfering with the political cultures there. Clearly this is a war of perceptions and ideas. And it needs to be fought that way.
Posted by: Jaxas | May 23, 2006 11:07 AM
Oh, I get it now, the Muslim world hates us because we build missiles we will most likely never use. It all makes perfect sense now, it really is all America's fault and the rest of the world isn't even human. They can't think nor do they have any control over what happens to them. They are not responsible for their own corrupt governments or their poor economic situations. Their plight has nothing to do with staking their entire economies on non-renewable natural resources or on antiquated indigenous farming techniques, it is all the fault of the big bad US and its missiles. Their continual adherence to 7th century social practices which knee-cap progress and education have nothing to do with their failures, nothing at all. Our desire to defend ourselves from the products of their backwards social and economic policies and failures of progress are really the driving force of hatred in the world, since it certainly couldn't be their own ignorance and inflated cultural self image.
Trust always in reason,
Archimedes
Posted by: Archimedes | May 23, 2006 10:46 AM
Mr. Arkin,
The Trident 2 will get funded because it's an expensive weapon system and puts money in the pockets/friends of the administration.
This administration is enamored of expensive weapon systems which would be great in a large conventional war (if you can find a country out there can go toe to toe with us conventionally in a total war) but aren't of much utility in the kinds of wars we'll actually be fighting (like Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, even Iran).
What we currently have is more than adequate. If anything we should be scaling back our nuclear forces from the 10000 we possess to something a tenth that size.
You can with a little imagination justify all sorts of outrageous expenditures to help out weapons makers but you're not being a very good steward of the taxpayers' monies nor doing the men and women who will be doing the actual fighting and bleeding any real good.
Unless we adopt a strategy of air and naval occupation with the goal of not occupying a country but bombing its people into submission we still have a need for large ground forces.
And to occupy or crush a country from the air I can do it with the bomber fleet we currently have.
This is all about pork. The Air Force is going to cut 40,000 people in the next five years to fund the F-22 and F-35. The Navy is also cutting people to pay for ships. It's a pity we're cutting people and not really giving the ground forces better tools or more personnel to fight in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Army is insisting it has enough people when it really doesn't, but they are siphoning off funds in all these supplemental bills to pay for modernation and to transform from division sized forces to combat brigades. Meanwhile, we have soldiers and Marines on their 3rd tour to Iraq. Go figure.
Posted by: Robert | May 22, 2006 11:52 PM
that the Hayden confirmation,
Scooter LIbby thing,
Karl Rove thing,
and the _illegal_ immigrant, ants in the kitchen, arrest the employers to eliminate the lure of "easy money,"....make them felons thing...
sort of go underground and then what "they"
the evil, dark ones want to happens, as if the people wanted it...
just like they want 6,000 friggin National Guardsmen that know squat about INS (now department of das Homelunt SSecurity)....
I din't hear any people asking for that,
I heard them asking that congress people that hire illegals, and friends of congress people that hire illegals, including the bushes....
gget friggin arrested and charged with felonies,
because people that can't obey laws should not be able to
legislate on them.
.
Posted by: it's interesting... | May 22, 2006 11:42 PM
if the threat that they
are protecting us from is manufactured,
false,
bogus,
bs, a lie
then any conclusions about what they need to do
to protect us from that manufactured threat
are
false,
bogus, bs, a lie....
I know that's hard to comprehend,
but there's no reason to react to manufactured fear,
unless you're the one manufacturing it.
and then you hold private conferences with oil industry captains, invite foreign countries to take over our ports (because you like sleeping with them), and buy horses from your buddies (the arabians, who sell horses, ask brownie)....and so on,
catch a clue america!
the real threat is to the stability of our
United States of America,
as it's sold to friends of this
complicit congress,
and
the Executive branch of government, who should be arrested, their properties (gained through illegal manipulation of the government) seized, and have them ride the twister of texas...at about 200,000 volts, and 75 amps...
afer having their heads shaved,
while wearing funny little hats and with a damp sponge underneath of it...
thanks so much, hope there's a video.
.
Posted by: a friendd indeed, you need one... | May 22, 2006 11:38 PM
Mr. Arkin,
You should have answered your bloggers' questions about the Al Qaeda threat from your Friday, May 21 posting instead of commenting on missile fantasies.
Looks like you're just mailing it in instead of being in tune with your readers. Shame on you . . .
Posted by: Z | May 22, 2006 09:25 PM
Related to this subject, I see on the New York Times site, that Washington is trying to talk Europe, and Poland, in particular, into being protected by the "untested" Misslie Defense System currently deployed by the U.S. and Israel. It looks like more corporate welfare for Boeing.
At least the Israelis had enough sense to sell it to the Chinese, and make some money from this nonsense.
Posted by: P. J. Casey | May 22, 2006 01:39 PM
After all the "war on terror" sleight of
hand that we've seen in the last few years,
is there really any reason to assume
that all goofy ideas are suggested
in good faith? Think about the work that
would be involved in making the conventional
SLBM work, and about possible alternative
uses of that work. Hundred-meter accuracy
won't work with conventional warheads -
we'll need exactly the kind of "slow down
and steer" reentry vehicles that we'd want
for the next generation of "usable" low-yield
nukes. Regime change in a flash! Take that,
Hugo Chavez!
They're not stupid.
Posted by: Mark Ellis | May 22, 2006 01:23 PM
While I do not see any REALISTICE threats from any state using nuclear tipped missiles, the Tridents, as nuclear weapons, are there to deter such foolishness. Should any state be so foolish as to attack the U.S., it would be destroyed by these missiles. It is the old Cold War doctrine of deterance and mutually assured destruction. It works better than any Missile defense sytem that will ever be conceived. If it is't broken, don't fix it.
I don't need to repeat the views of Mr. Arkin and several bloggers. I agree!
Posted by: P. J. Casey | May 22, 2006 01:18 PM
Gee I thought that is why we had B52 launched cruise missles. Oh wait thats the air force and not the navy.
The world is not a safe place. But having and arms race with ourselves strains the credibility of the defense establishment.
Posted by: Hal | May 22, 2006 01:03 PM
Well, at least the two former SoD's aren't showing a "failure of imagination." Your points are well taken, but one thing jumped out at me. Does this mean that our nuclear submarines are armed excxlusively with nuclear weapons and have no conventional capabilities? This makes them almost useless (not necessarily a bad thing) doesn't it? Couldn't we save a bundle by doing the "Saddam Shuffle," mothballing them in secret?
Posted by: Con Roche | May 22, 2006 01:03 PM
The mindset of the USA administration is such that the only response is to use force. In the last 50 years, USA has not only used atomic weapons on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) but carried out invasions in Grenada, Haiti, Vietnam, Cambodia, Somalia, Lebanon and on numerous other countries. What does that portend? What is the rationale for US actions? In every country where there is a situation not to the likng of the administration, force has been used. As per news accounts almost 38 overthrows of governments were carried out by the administration (remember Chile's Allende).
Today, Chavez, Morales and the nemesis Castro are in their gunsights.
In the Middle East, the sins of their European fathers have been visited on to the Arabs whose land has been occupied by the powers controlling the print and visual media. The financial strength of Zionists have made sure that the tail wags the dog every time the occupying state feels like it. Sabra and Shatilla have left a scar so deep amongst the Arab mindset that this conflict will rage on for the next 100 years.
The uncalled for war in Iraq based on lies and deceit is another nail in the coffin of bankrupted minds of the so called people at the helm of affairs.
The only administration that was really fair and even handed was that of Eisenhower.
Henry Ford was the only moral courageous man in the USA who called for the awareness of what was going on.
America of the George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Eisenhower is fast disappearing and the remnants of the Bushes and Cheyneys will ensure that America will remain an everbattlled state with a seige mentality.
What a pity!
America, may your conscience awaken!
Look deep into what has been happening in your great country in the last 50 years. Set things right. Your own freedom is now beig whittled away day by day on specious grounds and soon you will end up like the former Soviet Union. It took 72 years for that empire to die with a whimper.
How long before your own empire collapses?
What will be your gain and losses?
Posted by: Ahmed Soorma | May 22, 2006 12:26 PM
William
Intelligence isn't perfect so WHY NOT have an extra line of defence? If this modified weapons system offended states who might handover some of their nuclear weapons to terrorists - should the US be worried?
The unpredictable nature of suicide bombing along with nuclear armed Muslim states (Pakistan now, Iran next) may well cut times to react to a nuclear armed approach by suicide bombers.
It appears that as you downplay the threat of a repeat of 9/11 you oppose a modification to an existing weapons system that might prevent another major attack.
Your argument lacks imagination and the need to look at future possibilities. Ten years ago a nuclear armed North Korea would have been inconceivable to most but it appears to be a reality today.
I feel you're "too well plugged in" to imagine a nuclear scenerio.
Posted by: Spooky Pete | May 22, 2006 11:52 AM
We're involved in live-fire small arms conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan; both are territories we have zero clue about how they will become stablized, but surely one reason is the lack of boots on the ground to secure cities, borders, critical infrastructure and the like.
We spend something like half a TRILLION dollars on defense already, though we must borrow it from the Chinese and others, since we refuse to pay for it ourselves
Yet what we need is a newly revised weapon that will hit a stationary attack site some terrorist is going to use on short notice without going nuclear?
my first impulse is to ask which contractors the former sercretaries are shilling for ...
my next is to ask them how we get out of Iraq and Afghanistan ...
then ask them if the "star wars" system we spend a few billion a year developing isn't working ... can we transfer the funds from that to cover the new missile tip .....
there's no end to what creative imaginations can conjure re scary scenarios about potential attacks
by the dark side ......
at some point we have to say let's balance risk and cost ... let's use our tax money to become less dependent on the Irans and Iraqs of the world .... we can't solve every possible threat through a military response ... sometimes you need friends at key times, and our military mindset does not lend itself to making and keeping those friends we'll need
Posted by: Mill_of_Mn | May 22, 2006 11:13 AM
"or that so many Americans could accept that our national security establishment could be so incompetent in execution . . . "
Granteed this is a tongue'n'cheek observation, but it does hold water - I think this sums up pretty well how America feels about our national security of lack there of . . .
Posted by: CWS | May 22, 2006 10:39 AM
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Simply a nutty idea in the face of all the firepower we already possess. Cant these two old walruses find something useful to do such as playing horsey with their grandchildren? Complete extremist wingnuts.