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USA launches first strike attack on Russia
Permit me to reframe the prior discussion properly:
Overnight NBC reported that U.S. military hackers had penetrated Russia's electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin's command systems, making them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons should the U.S. deem it necessary. This was reported by a Senior US Intelligence Official.
Russia has responded:
On Sunday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that ?if no official reaction from the American administration follows, it would mean state cyberterrorism exists in the US. If the threats of the attack, which were published by the US media, are carried out, Moscow would be justified in charging Washington.?
No election politics here, just please think about what just happened:
The Obama administration just declared that it has attacked Russia and can now flip off power and communications across the country. The public is panicking. It is an outright act of war - and the USA fired the first shot. And at a nuclear power with whom the US should have friendly relations.
Whatever result the election brings, the rest of this administration and (hopefully we make it to) the next one, will have to deal with the fallout of a full-scale cyber-war in which the USA has informed the world that it has made the first strike.
How can this not result in global retaliation? I don't see how it is possible to avoid all major foreign powers now attacking American IT infrastructure. Banks, electricity, telecommunications, mobile networks - we can expect all of these to be systematically breached and brought down by foreign interests.
How can this not lead to a full-blown kinetic war?
In the paranoia over ensuring a political win, I fear that Obama has just sown the seeds of the next world war.
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