An Exopolitical Perspective on the Preemptive War against Iraq
February 3, 2003, www.exopolitics.org
© Dr Michael E. Salla
Abstract
Most, if not all, criticisms of the Bush administration's motivation for
launching a preemptive war on Iraq focus on a combination of the imperial
world views of conservative politicians in power in Washington, D.C., and
the corporate interests that drive the political agenda of the Bush
administration. This study will provide a radically different political
analysis of the Bush administration's motivation for going war, and of the
explanations offered by his critics. This study provides an exopolitical
analysis of the policy dimensions of an historic extraterrestrial presence
that is pertinent to Iraq and a US led preemptive attack.
It will be argued that competing clandestine government organizations are
struggling through proxy means to take control of ancient extraterrestrial
(ET) technology that exists in Iraq, in order to prepare for an impending
series of events corresponding to the 'prophesied return' of an advanced
race of ETs. The Columbia Space Shuttle may well have been a high profile
victim of such a proxy war intended to send a message to US based
clandestine organizations over the preemptive war against Iraq.
In conducting this analysis, this study examines the available evidence of
an historical ET presence in Iraq, and then applies this evidence to better
understand the contemporary political situation in Iraq. The study will then
analyze the motivations of the main political actors in the prospective US
led preemptive war against Iraq. The study concludes by making some policy
recommendations concerning how to respond to the legacy of an ET presence in
Iraq and its contemporary political relevance.
About the Author
Dr. Michael E. Salla has held academic appointments in the School of
International Service, American University, Washington DC (1996-2001), and
the Department of Political Science, Australian National University,
Canberra, Australia (1994-96). He taught as an adjunct faculty member at
George Washington University, Washington DC., in 2002. He is currently
researching methods of Transformational Peace as a Researcher in Residence
in the Center for Global Peace (2001-2003) and directing the Center's Peace
Ambassador Program which uses transformational peace techniques for
individual self-empowerment.
He has a PhD in Government from the University of Queensland, Australia, and
an MA in Philosophy from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the
author of The Hero's Journey Toward a Second American Century (Greenwood
Press, 2002) and author/coeditor of three other books Essays on Peace
(Central Queensland University Press, 1995); Why the Cold War Ended
(Greenwood Press, 1995); and Islamic Radicalism, Muslim Nations and the West
(1993). He has authored more than seventy articles, chapters, and book
reviews on peace, ethnic conflict and conflict resolution. He has conducted
research and fieldwork in the ethnic conflicts in East Timor, Kosovo,
Macedonia, and Sri Lanka. He has organized a number of international
workshops involving mid to high level participants from these conflicts. He
has a personal website at www.american.edu/salla/ .
Introduction*
In his 2003 State of the Union address President George W. Bush declared
"the gravest danger facing America and the world, is outlaw regimes that
seek and possess nuclear, chemical and biological weapons." (1) In his
speech, President Bush eloquently expressed his main motivation for
launching a preemptive war against Iraq in order to prevent "a day of horror
like none we have ever known." Critics of President Bush's preemptive
policy, including the political commentator, Robert Fisk, argue the upcoming
US led war against Iraq "isn't about chemical warheads or human rights it's
about oil."
(2) According to another prominent political commentator, Michael Lind, the
motivation lies in the preemptive military doctrine championed by
'neo-conservatives' such as Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, whose
policy views were given more prominence after the September 11 attack. (3)
Most, if not all, criticisms of the Bush administration's motivation for
going to war focus on a combination of the imperial world views of
conservative politicians in power in Washington, D.C., and the corporate
interests that drive the political agenda of the Bush administration. This
paper will provide a radically different political analysis of the Bush
administration's motivation for going war, and of the explanations offered
by his critics. It will be argued that the focus on either the factors
supporting a preemptive war against an Iraq possessing weapons of mass
destruction; or on criticisms against US imperialism and corporate
interests, are not so much wrong, but simply reflect a limited political
paradigm for understanding the motivations behind US foreign policy.
The political paradigm to be used in this paper is based on 'exopolitics'.
(4) This paradigm starts with the premise that there exists an
extraterrestrial (ET) presence on Earth which clandestine government
organizations have been withholding knowledge of from the general public and
elected public officials. Rather than being an unsubstantiated 'conspiracy
theory' with little relevance to contemporary policy issues such as a
preemptive US war against Iraq, it will be argued that an exopolitical
analysis can provide a more comprehensive understanding of what motivates
the Bush administration in launching a preemptive attack against Iraq.
Exopolitics as an emerging field of public policy is primarily based on the
evidence provided by a range of sources supporting the idea of an ET
presence that is known by clandestine government organizations that suppress
this from the general public and elected political leaders. (5) The most
important evidence comes from former military and government officials who
have come forward to give 'whistle blower' testimony in a number of
non-governmental initiatives to promote disclosure of the ET presence. (6)
While many disagree over the plausibility of the available evidence and take
various positions either for or against the existence of an ET presence and
government non-disclosure of this presence, exopolitics is based on the
premise that such debate ought not preclude discussion of the implications
of such a presence among policy makers and the general public. Therefore
when one examines contemporary international issue such as a US led
preemptive war in Iraq, one can explore the viewpoints offered by those
using an exopolitical analysis, and consider the plausibility of these for a
more comprehensive understanding of foreign policy, irrespective of the
ongoing debate over the persuasiveness of the available evidence.
This is necessary since those actively involved in a non-disclosure program
will be use disinformation, intimidation and other strategies to deter
witnesses, distort evidence, and deter public attention from the ET presence
and how it pertains to a range of contemporary policy issues. Finally, a
clandestine campaign of non-disclosure needs to be considered in conducting
exopolitical analysis in terms of the likelihood of this influencing and/or
compromising available empirical evidence that otherwise would confirm an ET
presence. Therefore, exopolitical analysis has some key differences from
more conventional approaches to political analysis which are based on a
traditional social scientific method of a value free, objective analysis of
available processes, institutions and actors in the public policy arena.
What follows is an exopolitical analysis of the policy dimensions of an
historic ET presence that is pertinent to Iraq and a US led preemptive
attack on the regime of Saddam Hussein. In conducting this analysis, I will
first examine the available evidence of an historical ET presence in Iraq;
then apply this evidence to better understand the contemporary political
situation in Iraq; I will then analyze the motivations of the main political
actors in the prospective US led preemptive war against Iraq; and finally
conclude by making some policy recommendations.
What's the Evidence for an historic ET presence in Iraq?
The strongest available evidence for an historical ET presence in Iraq comes
from cuneiform tablets directly recording the beliefs and activities of the
ancient Sumerians whose civilization began almost overnight in 3800 BC. Most
of these cuneiform tablets relate stories of the Sumerians interacting with
their 'gods'. Most archeologists initially accepted that these were merely
myths and attached little importance to them other than giving insight into
the mytho-religious beliefs of the ancient Sumerians.
That viewpoint received a major challenge in 1976 when the Sumerian scholar,
Zecharia Sitchin, published the first of a series of books on his
translations of thousands of Sumerian tablets. (7) Rather than treating the
stories of the gods as myths that had little empirical relevance, Sitchin
interpreted the tablets as literal descriptions of events as they occurred
in the time.
Sitchin's translations of Sumerian cuneiform tablets revealed precise
information on a range of topics that he argues could not have been possible
for a civilization at the initial stages of its development with no obvious
predecessor civilization to borrow from. According to Sitchin, the Sumerians
had detailed knowledge of all the planets in the solar system, understood
the precession of the equinoxes, and also had an understanding of complex
medical procedures. (8) As to where they could have gained this detailed
knowledge, Sitchin's translations suggest that the Sumerians provided a
clear answer for its ultimate source.
They revealed in their tablets that all their knowledge came from a race of
extraterrestrial visitors the 'Anunnaki' ('those who from heaven to Earth
came') who were not only teachers for the Sumerians, but also played a role
in the creation of the human race. The origin of this ET race was a planet
called Nibiru that had a long elliptical journey around the sun, and
returned to this region of the solar system every 3,600 years. (9)
When Sitchin's innovative work was first published, it raised great
controversy and intense debate between those either for or against his main
thesis of an historic ET presence in Sumer that was responsible for starting
the remarkable Sumerian civilization. Among those responding favorably to
Sitchin's thesis included established popular authors such as Erik Von
Danniken who had himself written in 1969, the best selling book, Chariots of
the Gods, that proposed an historic ET presence in different parts of the
planet. (10) Another popular author, David Hatcher Childress, outlines with
great detail the ET technology possessed by ancient civilizations in his
various books. (11)
Less well known authors such as William Henry have similarly published books
supporting Sitchin's thesis. (12) To support Sitchin's thesis, many authors
typically cite biblical texts that make reference to the 'gods' that resided
on Earth and interacted with humanity. The biblical text most referred to is
the apocryphal book of Enoch. (13) While the Book of Enoch was excluded in
most versions of the Old Testament, it was nevertheless part of ancient
Hebrew scholarship and indeed is included in the Ethiopian and Slavic
versions of the Old Testament. The Book of Enoch describes a rebel group of
angels, the 'Nephilim', who numbered 200, who settled the Earth and
interbred with the human population before being recalled and punished by
their superiors, the 'Elohim'. (14)
The Book of Enoch provides contextual detail for mysterious verses in the
Book of Genesis which describes a time when the 'sons of gods', the
Nephilim/Anunnaki, interbred with humanity, and created a race of
giants/heroes that ruled over the rest of humanity "The Nephilim were on
the earth in those days-and also afterwards-when the sons of God went to the
daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men
of renown." (15) Supporters of the Sitchin thesis say that this is part of
the biblical evidence that an advanced ET race did in fact exist on Earth,
had a long interaction with humanity, and even played a role in the creation
of the human race.
In addition to the growing number of authors, independent archaeologists and
biblical commentators supporting Sitchin's thesis, there are a burgeoning
number of individuals who claim to be in telepathic communication with ET
races who reveal information on the historic ET presence in Sumer. One of
these ET 'channels', is Jelaila Starr who claims to be in touch with beings
from Nibiru itself, and she regularly releases online information from the
Anunnaki themselves on her website. (16) Another is Sheldan Nidle who
'channels' an ET race from the star system Sirius gives extensive
information on the historic presence and influence of the Anunnaki in his
books and website. (17)
There is great controversy over the extent to which such a disparate
collection of evidentiary sources can substantiate the Sitchin thesis of an
historic ET presence in Sumer. Despite the controversy generated by such
sources, they provide a wealth of information that merits closer examination
in terms of their public policy implications. Given that exopolitics is
based on the premise of an ET presence that is subject to non-disclosure by
clandestine government organizations, it is possible to provide an
exopolitical perspective on Sitchin's thesis despite the ongoing debate over
the consistency and accuracy of the available evidence.
How Does the Historic ET presence relate to US policy in Iraq?
An independent archaeologist that discusses a direct link between the
ancient ET presence in Sumer (southern Iraq) and current US focus on the
regime of Saddam Hussein, is William Henry. Henry's main thesis is that
there existed in Sumerian times a technological device which he describes as
a 'Stargate', that the Anunnaki/Nephilim used to travel back and forth from
their homeworld and the Earth, and also how they travel around the galaxy.
(18) Henry focuses on the following scene described by Sitchin's
interpretation of a cuneiform tablet of an Uruk ritual text
Depictions have been found that show divine beings flanking a temple
entrance and holding up poles to which ringlike objects are attached. The
celestial nature of the scene is indicated by the inclusion of the symbols
of the Sun and the Moon.... depicting Enlil and Enki flanking a gateway
through which Anu is making a grand entrance. (19)
Rather than a simple temple scene involving the chief Anunnaki of the
Sumerians, Anu and his two sons, Enlil and Enki, Henry proposes that the
above scene represents a transportation device used by Anu and others from
the elite Anunnaki. If so, then such a device is most likely located in the
Sumerian city of Uruk which was the founding city of the Sumerian
civilization and the home of Gilgamesh, the famed king of the Epic of
Gilgamesh. (20)
Sitchin, and authors such as David Childress who discuss the various
technologies used by ETs and ancient civilizations, missed the significance
of the Stargate in their own translations of the above texts and
investigations of ET transportation. Both operated in a conventional
paradigm where transportation occurs through rocket propelled vehicles. (21)
Sitchin focuses on rocket propelled spacecraft in his description of the
Anunnaki and their various trips to and from the Earth.
For example, describing the transportation used by the Anunnaki in moving
between their earth and space based locations, Sitchin wrote "The texts
reveal that three hundred of them - The "Anunnaki of Heaven," or Igig- were
true astronauts who stayed aboard the spacecraft without actually landing on
Earth. Orbiting Earth, these spacecraft launched and received the shuttle
craft to and from Earth." (22)
It therefore can be concluded that there were two forms of transportation
used by the Anunnaki. One was a form of rocket technology familiar to us
which was used by the resident Anunnaki on Earth who Sitchin, described as
the "rank and file Anunnaki" who administered the Earth and humanity
according to the dictates of their space based compatriots. (23) Another
transportation technology was the Stargate which presumably was used only by
the highest class of Anunnaki, who dispensed the tasks of harvesting the
Earth's resources to the resident and space based Anunnaki (lessor
gods/rebel angels).
Interpreting the Babylonian Epic of Creation, one gains an idea of the way
tasks were allotted and the hierarchy of the Anunnaki in the way the
'supreme god' Marduk, dispensed tasks to his subordinate Anu, chief of the
Anunnaki Assigned to Anu, to heed his instructions, Three hundred in the
heavens he stationed as a guard; the ways of Earth to define from the
Heaven; And on Earth, Six hundred he made reside. After he all their
instructions had ordered, to the Anunnaki of Heaven and of Earth he allotted
their assignments. (24)
Thus the Anunnaki operated outposts both on Earth and in Space to maintain
their control over the planet. Given the strict hierarchy of authority
described by Sitchin in his detailed analysis of the Anunnaki and their
interactions with one another and humanity, it is likely that the Stargate
would have been revered and a subject of awe by the resident Anunnaki and
humanity who could only observe its operation but were not allowed to use it
themselves.
As such, there would have been only a limited number of Stargates around the
planet, with the Sumerian Stargate being located in the most important of
the ancient Sumerian cities - the most likely being the ancient capital of
Uruk, home of the ancient kings, which is located in Southern Iraq.
Significantly, after a 12 year lull in excavations, a team of German
researchers in 2002 resumed excavations in the buried city of Uruk.
Using a magnetometer which is able to detect the presence of man-made
objects beneath the soil, and a powerful computer system in Germany, German
geophysicists were able to map out the buried structures of the sprawling
ancient capital of 5.5 km2 that was where Sumerian civilization began. (25)
An important event in the Sumerian descriptions of the Anunnaki, was the
latter's final departure from the planet during a series of cataclysmic
events that culminated in the period 1800-1700 BC. (26) Indeed, conventional
archeologists support the view that there was a regional cataclysmic event
that occurred at that time. (27) If in fact there were two modes of
transportation used by the Anunnaki, when most of the resident/lessor
Anunnaki left by conventional rocket ships, elite Anunnaki most likely left
by the Stargate and closed it down.
Predictably, given the reverence and awe surrounding the Stargate, it would
not have been left unprotected in the interim period between their departure
and its reactivation with the prophesied return of the Anunnaki.
A wide number of sources describe the present era in terms of a 'prophesied
return of the gods/Anunnaki'. The notion of a 'prophesied return' in the
context of the former Anunnaki presence varies in meaning according to three
different perspectives. The first perspective is based simply on the idea of
the gods or 'Anunnaki' physically returning to resume a prominent role in
influencing human affairs and overseeing the use of resources of the planet.
(28)
In such a scenario, the first wave of Anunnaki would arrive to create the
favorable conditions for the anticipated return of the Anunnaki elite. This
would involve the lessor Anunnaki first returning and activating the
Sumerian Stargate that would be required for the return of their leaders.
Presumably, this would be heralded as a sacred event that should be
celebrated by all humanity. The authors, Clive Prince and Lyn Picknett,
argue that there has been an identifiable chain of global events involving
key religious and political actors preparing humanity for just such a
return. (29)
The second perspective on the "return of the gods/Anunnaki' is the return of
their home world, the planet Nibiru. Indeed, there has been much interest
generated by a range of books and online web sites devoted to the topic of
the return of Nibiru, the home world of the Anunnaki. Many authors cite a
variety of astronomical evidence supporting the idea of a tenth planet that
has long been speculated to influence the orbits of Uranus and Neptune ever
since it was found that Pluto (discovered in 1930) could not account for
these perturbations. In the late1970's two astronomers from the US Naval
Observatory, Tom van Flandern and Richard Harrington, begun publishing a
series of papers supporting the existence of a tenth planet. (30)
The most widely cited reference to support the thesis of a tenth planet that
is known but not released to the general public, is a series of press
releases by the astronomical team that were searching a part of the sky
which calculations by van Flandern and Harrington suggested would be where
the tenth planet was. In December 1983, the chief astronomer in charge of
the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) run by the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Dr Gerry Neugebauer, announced possible confirmation of such a
planet.
The Washington Post Reporter summarizing the announcement wrote "[a]
heavenly body possibly as large as ... Jupiter and possibly ... part of this
solar system has been found in the direction of the constellation of Orion
by an orbiting telescope..." (31) After a total of six major newspapers
covered the announcement, there was a retraction of the announcement and
public silence by astronomers on the possible existence of a tenth planet.
Rumors began to emerge of an active campaign of suppression of information
and intimidation by clandestine government organizations. (32)
For example, one of the astronomers at the US Naval Observatory, Dr Richard
Harrington, spoke publically and wrote articles on the hypothetical planet X
and there has been speculation that this directly contributed to his
untimely death by 'natural causes' in 1992. (33)
A third perspective on what the 'prophesied return of the gods/Anunnaki'
means can be found in authors who focus on the significance of the upcoming
end of the current Mayan 5,200 year cycle. According to John Major Jenkins,
the Mayans were aware of the way the solar ecliptic plane comes into
alignment with the galactic plane on periodic basis. This makes it possible
for more intense cosmic energies to reach the earth from the galactic core.
There is then a corresponding increase or decrease in the level of human
consciousness, i.e., parts of the brain either go online or off-line, as
these Mayan cycles go through their different phases. According to Jenkins,
the year 2012 corresponds to the end of the current Mayan cycle and will
lead to a rapid transformation of global consciousness. (34) Numerous
authors refer to this as a New Age of more enlightened global thinking and
increased human potential. (35)
The 'prophesied return of the gods' may therefore signify a rapid in human
consciousness as dormant parts of the brain come on line when the solar
ecliptic comes into alignment with the galactic plane. In this explanation,
humanity itself would develop 'god-like' powers which spontaneously become
accessible to large numbers of humanity. A number of authors, for example,
have been describing the amazing abilities and psychic powers of an
increasing number of children world wide. (36)
In sum, the available information on the 'prophesied return of the gods' can
be understood to signify an important milestone in the growth of human
civilization. The 'prophesied return' can be interpreted either literally or
metaphorically to mean either a physical return of the 'gods'/Anunnaki; the
return of a mysterious 10th planet to the solar system; or a rapid growth in
the consciousness of humanity as the solar plane comes into alignment with
the galactic plane.
Despite the controversy over what precisely such a 'prophesied return'
signifies, the factors in such a return that most pertain to the current
political situation in Iraq and preemptive military intervention by the US
can be identified and analyzed. The first factor is that an ET
transportation device, a Stargate, or some other important ET artifact, may
lie buried in the desert of Southern Iraq which presumably will play a role
in the 'prophesied return of the gods'.
Second, it is possible that there will be a return of a tenth planet that
plays a critical role in return of the Anunnaki and/or which significantly
impacts on the global environment. Finally, there is the potential for a
rapid acceleration of human consciousness as the end of the Mayan Calendar,
2012, approaches.
Exopolitical Analysis of US policy towards Iraq
If there is a Stargate existing in Southern Iraq that will play a role in
such a 'prophesied return of the gods', then it is most likely that
clandestine government organizations that greatly influence or control the
Bush administration, are aware of the existence and the role of this
Stargate. Iraq's President Hussein is most likely also aware of such a
Stargate's existence as might be inferred by his architectural projects
intent on reviving the grandeur of early Mesopotamian civilizations, and
cementing his place as the restorer of Iraq's past glory. (37)
More significantly, his permission for a German team of archaeologists to
resume excavations in the Sumerian city of Uruk after detailed underground
mapping, suggests that this may be the location of the Sumerian Stargate.
This knowledge of a buried Stargate, may also be part of the reason why the
German government has been publically opposed to a US preemptive war against
Iraq. If in fact both the Hussein regime and the Bush administration believe
that a Stargate lies buried in the sands of Southern Iraq, then there most
likely exists a race to gain access to it and to control it. William Henry's
thesis is that this is indeed the political underpinning of the continuing
military conflict in Iraq. (38)
From the perspective of the Bush administration, control of the Sumerian
Stargate would enable clandestine government organizations to continue their
global campaign of non-disclosure of the ET presence. (39) This is strongly
implied by the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy and overturning
many of the Freedom of Information initiatives from the earlier Clinton
administration.
Control of the Stargate, in addition to any other Stargates that may have
been established in the capitals of other civilizations, e.g., the Egyptian,
Incan and Aztec; would presumably give clandestine government organizations
greater leverage with ET races that are presently interacting with the
planet, or are predicted to arrive on the scene in some event associated
with the 'prophesied return of the gods'.
At the very least, control of the Sumerian Stargate would allow clandestine
government organizations to dictate the pace of global transformations that
ET races promise to introduce to the Earth with their advanced technology,
superior knowledge and heightened psychic abilities.
On the part of Hussein Regime, control of the Stargate would allow him to
activate it and to fulfill prophesy by facilitating the return of an
advanced race of ETs, the elite Anunnaki. President Hussein probably
imagines that in return for his loyalty to the elite Anunnaki, he would be
rewarded with a position of great global authority. Perhaps he would even
see himself as some kind of human savior facilitating the return of the gods
who would solve all of humanity's problem, and end the rule of clandestine
government organizations perpetuating non-disclosure of the ET presence.
Significantly, European governments such as Germany, and perhaps even France
and Russia, may be giving themselves greater leverage in the future control
of the Stargate by offering diplomatic cover for the Hussein regime as a
quid pro quo for allowing the resumption of archaeological digging in Uruk.
These governments and the clandestine organizations associated with them
that have access to knowledge over the ET presence, most likely have deep
suspicion over the willingness of the US to share information and control
over the future of the Sumerian Stargate and any other ET technology
discovered in Iraq.
Sitchin's thesis of an ancient ET presence in Sumer combined with the notion
of a variety of ET transportation devices described by other authors in
their research of ancient civilizations, and resumption of archaeological
excavations of the first Sumerian capital Uruk in 2002, give support to
William Henry's thesis of a Stargate that lies buried in the sands of
southern Iraq. This provides important contextual information that is
helpful in understanding the true motivations of the Bush administration in
launching a preemptive attack on Iraq.
It may be argued that the Bush administration and the Hussein Regime are
both in a race against time to gain access and control of the Stargate in
the ruins of Uruk or some other location in Iraq, before the prophesied
return of the Anunnaki. At the moment, a stalemate exists. Hussein controls
the ground in Southern Iraq, and is permitting the German led excavations in
Uruk, while the US led coalition controls the sky and is monitoring the
situation.
The Bush administration wants control of Iraq territory to take control of
excavations of Uruk to uncover its buried Stargate, and closely monitor and
control it. In contrast, Hussein wants to find and activate the Stargate for
his greater glory and presumably the benefit of humanity.
The primary evidentiary support for the above discussion is admittedly thin
for conventional public policy experts and may sound better suited to a
fictional thriller than serious public debate. From a conventional
perspective, a scattered assortment of independent archeological authors,
radical exegetical interpretations of biblical texts, the writings of
'channels' of ET knowledge, speculative papers from astronomers hardly
constitute a persuasive source of information for understanding the
motivations of US foreign policy.
The prevailing explanations of a Bush administration as either devoted to
eradicating Weapons of Mass Destruction, and/or being driven by oil
interests and imperial ambitions would predictably prevail for those
unconvinced by the above sources.
There is however some important circumstantial evidence which lends
plausibility to the Henry thesis of a Stargate as the true focus of the Bush
administration or at least key interest groups behind it. The first piece of
circumstantial evidence, are the overwhelming whistleblower testimonies
confirming the existence of clandestine government organizations responsible
for suppressing public knowledge of an ET presence, and which controls all
official interaction with ET races. (40)
From an exopolitical perspective, then, the clandestine suppression of a
contemporary ET presence, supports the conclusion that there is also an
active clandestine suppression of an ancient ET presence which also has
significant public policy implications.
The second piece of circumstantial evidence, is the powerful diplomatic
support given by Germany and France to the Hussein Regime in warding off a
preemptive military strike. So powerful has been this support, that the US
Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, disparagingly referred to them as the
"Old Europe" in response to a reporter on January 22, 2003
"You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's
'old Europe.' If you look at the entire NATO Europe today, the center of
gravity is shifting to the East. And there are a lot of new members. And if
you just take the list of all the members of NATO and all of those who have
been invited in recently -- what is it, 26, something like that? [But]
you're right. Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem." (41)
Rather than backtracking on what was a diplomatic bombshell, the Bush
administration has instead continued to go to extraordinary lengths to
isolate the German and French positions on Iraq. For example, the
administration encouraged the leaders of Spain, Portugal, Italy, the United
Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic, to write a letter
to the Wall Street Journal on January 30 that said ``the Iraqi regime and
its weapons of mass destruction represent aclear threat to world security.''
(42)
Rather than merely an intense diplomatic debate over different policy
positions on Iraq, the striking language and positions taken in this debate
suggests a more fundamental conflict over issues hidden from the public
view. It is likely that there exists a factional struggle between
clandestine government organizations set up to deal with the ET presence in
the US, with rival organizations created in Germany, France and also Russia.
The third piece of circumstantial evidence is the resumption of excavations
of the first capital of Sumer, Uruk, by a German archeological team in 2002.
Given the prominence of Uruk and its likelihood as the site for a Sumerian
Stargate, then resumption of excavations raises questions over why they were
resumed at this time and what is being sought. Given that political tensions
in Iraq had not significantly diminished in 2002 with it being a likely
source of future military conflict with the US, it can be suggested that
there are powerful hidden motivations for what on the surface appears to be
a purely scientific dig of an ancient Sumerian capital.
The fourth piece of circumstantial evidence was the destruction of the Space
Shuttle Columbia during its final descent on February 1, 2003, at an
approximate height of 38 miles and travelling at Mach 18. One of the
astronauts was the first Israeli in Space, Colonel IIan Ramon from the
Israeli Airforce. Col Ramon reportedly played a role in the Israeli attack
on Iraq's nuclear facility in Osirak in June 1981, and there has been
speculation that his mission involved intelligence gathering over Iraq
during the Shuttle's orbits.
The destruction of Columbia occurred 16 minutes before touch down when its
fuel tanks would have been virtually empty. A likely source of the Shuttle's
destruction, given the speed and height of the Columbia, would have been
some form of attack from an organization or state possessing military
capabilities well beyond any terrorist groups and indeed most nations. The
likely cause would have been a clandestine government organization that
desired to send an important message to its US rivals over the threatened
preemptive attack on Iraq.
When all the primary and circumstantial evidence is put together, what
emerges is a very plausible case that supports Henry's thesis of a power
struggle that goes to the heart of the ET presence and the continued
clandestine suppression of ET related information and its full implications.
The interpretations of the motivations of the Bush administration in
launching preemptive war on Iraq in terms of the concerns raised in Bush's
2003 State of the Union address, or the corporate and imperial interests
suggested by his critics such as Robert Fisk and Michael Lind, can all be
described as part of the surface layer of motivations driving the Bush
administration.
At a deeper level, it is likely that there is great anxiety by clandestine
government organizations in terms of what would happen if Hussein, with the
support of the German and other European governments, gained access to the
Sumerian Stargate or other ET technology buried in Uruk, or if the Stargate
were to somehow reactivate without clandestine government personnel present
to monitor and control the Stargate.
President Bush's State of the Union address outlining the need for a
preemptive attack on Iraq, in most likelihood masks a hidden agenda to gain
access to the Stargate or other ET technology in Uruk and elsewhere in Iraq.
Such access would presumably perpetuate clandestine government control over
global resources and information at a time of increased ET activity and
influence.
Conclusion Policy Implications and Recommendations
If the exopolitical perspective is a more accurate description of the
motivations driving the Bush administration in pushing for a preemptive war
on Iraq, then the following policy recommendations can be made. (43) First,
the quality of evidence substantiating an historic ET presence and
clandestine government cover up has a significant degree of credibility and
persuasiveness. This supports the creation a new field of public policy,
exopolitics, which would study the historic ET presence in terms of its
implications for contemporary public policy.
Second, there is a need to promote official government disclosure of the
historic ET presence and/or the impending return of these ETs; and to make
more representative the policy making process that has evolved in government
responses to such information.
Third, evidence suggests that the present military preparations for a war
against Iraq have little to do with weapons of mass destruction, but are
designed to perpetuate US clandestine government control of information
concerning the historic and present ET presence. Such a preemptive war
should therefore be stopped and a resolution between the US, Iraq and
interested European governments should be encouraged.
Fourth, evidence suggests that the Iraq conflict and the destruction of the
Columbia Space Shuttle mask a deep factional struggle between clandestine
government organizations associated with different national governments that
were initially created to deal with the ET presence. It is recommended that
there is public disclosure of these organizations and their efforts in
monitoring and responding to the ET presence, and that these organizations
become accountable to elected public officials.
The final policy recommendation is that there needs to be more effort in
determining the extent to which congressional and legislative oversight is
required for organizations created in different countries to deal with all
aspects of the ET presence, both past and present, and on the implications
of a projected return of a race of ETs associated with the birth of human
civilization.
This paper suggests that the best mechanism for responding to the existence
of ancient ET technology in the ancient Sumerian capital of Uruk and/or
elsewhere, is a willingness by major world governments and associated
clandestine organizations to share information and control over these ET
assets.
A preemptive war conducted largely for the control of a 'Stargate' in Uruk
which pits the US and its allies, against an Iraq which is tacitly supported
by key European nations, could be calamitous if indeed the 'prophesied
return' signified an actual physical event involving the ancient ET race
that played a role in the start of human civilization.
Competing clandestine government organizations struggling through a proxy
war over the control of ancient ET technology in order to prepare for those
events corresponding to the 'prophesied return of the gods', would hardly
send the best example of a mature humanity responsible enough to continue to
exercise sovereignty over the Earth's resources.
The Columbia Space Shuttle may well have been a high profile victim of such
a proxy war intended to send a message to US based clandestine organizations
over the preemptive war against Iraq. .Human sovereignty may therefore be at
stake at the very time where there exists an opportunity for a rapid
movement forward in the evolutionary growth of human consciousness. It is up
to all humanity to decide how we respond to the challenge posed by
clandestine organizations struggling over Iraq's historic resources to
further their respective secret agendas.
ENDNOTES
I would like to thank my good friend Yazdi Kaleghi for his insights on the
Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy and the contents of this Study.
1. For the full text of his January 28, 2003, State of the Union Address, go
to http//www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030128-19.html
2. Robert Fisk, "This looming war isn't about chemical warheads or human
rights it's about oil," The Independent 18 January, 2003.
http//www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=370328
3. See Michael Lind, Made In Texas George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover
of American Politics (Basic Books, 2002)
4. For an introduction to exopolitics, see Michael Salla, "The Need for
Exopolitics Implications of Extraterrestrial Conspiracy Theories for Policy
Makers and Global Peace," www.exopolitics.org, January 20, 2003.
5. For more discussion on Exopolitics see, Michael Salla, "The Need for
Exopolitics" www.exopolitics.org
6. 100 of this officials have already given testimony, with another 300
willing to do so. See Stephen Greer, Executive Summary of the Disclosure
Project (Crozet, VA. Disclosure Project, April 2001). Website
www.disclosureproject.com
7. Zecharia Sitchin, The Earth Chronicles, Books 1-6 (New York Avon Books)
8. See his chapter, "The Sudden Civilization," The 12th Planet Book 1 of
the Earth Chronicles(Avon Books, 1976) 12-51.
9. Sitchin discusses this planet in, The 12th Planet Book 1of the Earth
Chronicles (Avon, 1976).
10. Erich von Daniken, Chariots of the Gods (New York G.P. Putnam's Sons,
1969).
11. David Hatcher Childress, Technology of the Gods The Incredible Sciences
of the Ancients, (Adventures Unlimited Press, 2000).
12. William Henry, One Foot in Atlantis. (Earthpulse Press, 1998).
13. An online version of the Book of Enoch can be found at
http//wesley.nnu.edu/noncanon/ot/pseudo/enoch.htm
14. Sitchin describes the Sumerian version of this event in "Mutiny of the
Anunnaki," The 12th Planet, 312-335.
15. Holy Bible New International Version (Hodder and Stoughton, 1978)
Genesis, Book 6, verse 4.
16. Jelaila Starr, We Are the Nibiruans Return of the 12th Planet (New Leaf
Distributing Co., 1999). Website http//www.nibiruancouncil.com/
17. Sheldan Nidle, First Contact (Vancouver Blue Lodge Press, 2000).
Website www.paoweb.com
18. Henry outlines his thesis in his article, "Saddam Hussein, The Stairway
to Heaven and the Return of Planet X" which is available on his website
www.williamhenry.net . This is based on his book Ark of the Christos The
Mythology, Symbolism and Prophecy of the Return of Planet X and the Age of
Terror, both of which are available from his website www.williamhenry.net
19. Sitchin, When Time Began Book V of the Earth Chronicles (Avon, 1993)
113-14.
20. In contrast Henry believes that the Stargate was buried in some secret
location by the Bablyonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, after having been re-taken
from Jerusalem. Saddam Hussein, The Stairway to Heaven and the Return of
Planet X" which is available on his website www.williamhenry.net
21. Sitchin describes the transportation of the Nefilim/Anunnakin, in his
chapter, "The Nefilim People of the Fiery Rockets," The 12th Planet,
128-72. See also Childress' chapter on "Ancient Flight and Aerial Warfare,"
Extraterrestrial Archeology, 147-210.
22. Sitchin, The 12th Planet, 327
23. Sitchin, The 12th Planet, 327
24. Sitchin, The 12th Planet, 327
25. For description of the resumption of archeological digs in Iraq, see
Charles Recknagel, "Iraq Archaeological Expedition Mapping Ancient City Of
Uruk," Radio Free Europe, May 3.
http//www.rferl.org/nca/features/2002/05/03052002101632.asp
26. Sitchin describes these events in the third volume of his Earth
Chronicles series, The Wars of Gods and Men (Avon, 1999)
27. For reference to this regional disaster, see an article by the Chief
Archeologist from the University of Chicago, Prof McGuire Gibson, "Nippur -
Sacred City of Enlil Supreme God of Sumer and Akkad." First published in
Al-Rafidan, Vol. XIV (1993 ) and made available online at at
http//asmar.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NIP/PUB93/NSC/NSC.html
28. Such a view is described by a number of 'channels' including Sheldan
Nidle, First Contact; and Jelaila Star, We are the Niburuans. Their
respective websites are www.paoweb.net and www.niburuancouncil.net
29. Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince, The Stargate Conspiracy The Truth About
Extraterrestrial Life and the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (Berkley Books, 1999)
30. For the history of astronomical searches for Planet X, see William
Graves Hoyt Planet X and Pluto, (The University of Arizona Press 1980),
Mark Littman Planets Beyond - discovering the outer solar system, (John
Wiley 1988); and Tom van Flandern, Dark Matter, Missing Planets & New
Comets. Paradoxes resolved, origins illuminated (North Atlantic Books 1993).
31. Thomas O'Toole, "Mystery Heavenly Body Discovered Possibly as Large as
Jupiter," Washington Post (December 31, 1983).
32. See Mark Hazlewood, Blindsided Planet X Passes in 2003, (Firstpublish
LLC, 2001). Hazlewood maintains a website with online excepts outlining
clandestine goverment suppression of the coming of Planet X,
http//www.planetx2003.com/index.html
33. See Hazlewood, Blindsided Planet X Passes in 2003. Website
http//www.planetx2003.com/index.html
34. Jenkins is author of Maya Cosmogenesis 2012 (Santa Fe Bear and Co.,
1998); and Galactic Alignment The Transformation of Consciousness According
to Mayan, Egyptian, and Vedic Traditions (Inner Traditions International,
2002).
35. One of the first to identify this upcoming transition was Jose Arguelles
and Brian Swimme, The Mayan Factor Path Beyond Technology (Bear and Co., 1987)
36. See Lee Carroll and Jan Tober, The Indigo Children The New Kids Have
Arrived (Hay House, 1999); and Drunvalo Melchizidek, The Ancient Secret of
the Flower of Life (Light Technology Publications, 2000) Vol 2, 443-54.
37. Henry discusses these projects in Ark of the Christos.
38. Henry outlines this in his article, "Saddam Hussein, The Stairway to
Heaven and the Return of Planet X" which is available on his website
www.williamhenry.net .
39. For more discussion of this non-disclosure, see M. Salla, "The Need for
Exopolitics."
40. See Salla, "The Need for Exopolitics."
41. For discussion of Rumsfeld's comments and the French/German response,
see Mark Baker, "Rumsfeld's 'Old' And 'New' Europe Touches On Uneasy
Divide," Radio Free Europe, 24 January, 2003. Website
http//www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/01/24012003172118.asp
42. Wall Street Journal. Jan 30, 2003.
43. See Salla, "The Need for Exopolitics."
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