MORE Pentagon/Bush Propaganda: No. Korean Missile Details

Propaganda in Action!!
State Dept, Defense Dept, et al. Alter Info on No. Korean Missile Range
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What a hoot! On June 19 and June 20, I and, I must assume, many other bloggers had pointed out that the range of the North Korean TD-2 missile was, at 6,000 kilometers – as in 3,750 miles – did not have a range sufficient to hit the mainland US (except perhaps Alaska) as claimed by the White House and media. I even linked to a Defense Dept. site and Global Security.org which had the mileage figures. Well, wouldn’t ya know, now history is being hastily rewritten to up the mileage to figures to match the bogus reports! Global Security updated its TD-2 missile info page on June 17, and also updated another page on June 20, which adds a paragraph at the end claiming the missile can go 12,000 km. But in their haste, the info doesn’t match. While the June 20 update says 12,000 km, the June 17 update has an inserted clause that ups the distance to 15,000 km, and also ups the range of the weight carrying capability:
“ It was initially estimated to have a range of 4,000 km, but is currently estimated to have a range of up to 15,000 km. The throw weight is variously estimated as between a few hundred kilograms to 1,000 kg, depending on the range.” So ya see, if Bush needs it to go 15,000 km and carry a thousand kilograms, then by Gosh, the folks at the Defense Dept. and Global Security will make sure it reads that way!! So the original maximum distance figure for the TD-2 (at least up until a week or so ago!) was 4,000 km. This was scaled up earilier in June to 6,000 km (the idea being no doubt that the public wouldn’t convert kilometers to miles and thus think it was sufficient to hit the US contiguous states mainland, which is just over 5,000 km from Seoul). Now they claim it’s actually 12,000 km – or 15,000, depending on who hastily wrote the update – which converts to over 6,000 miles and thus nicely covers Bush claims of “imminent peril to the US!!!!” Compare the June 20 update (altered figure of 12,000 is in last paragraph), to the June 17 update that claims 15,000 km (first paragraph). Also here’s the updated Defense Dept. page: A line has been inserted since yesterday morning (although I could find no update note on the page – guess it was screened) a little more than halfway down the page that reads: “North Korea is believed to be developing the missile for a range of up to 10,000 kilometers, which would put the continental United States within striking distance.” You will notice that this sentence doesn’t even make sense when you read the previous sentence: “The communist regime, which is boycotting nuclear disarmament talks, could be preparing to fire a 35-meter (116-foot) Taepodong-2 in the range of 3,500 to 6,000 kilometers (2,200 to 3,750 miles), Japanese officials said.”
Read ‘em fast – They may change again by tomorrow!!
This is the same stuff they did with the WMD claims and supporting “documents,” which contained facts and figures that also tended to “mysteriously morph” overnight !

Ah, so here's the plan...
Bush's Seeks to Reclaim Sagging Approval by Appearing to Shoot Down Missile that "Threatens" US

Yeah, this could work for ya, Dubya. All you have to do is convince the public that 1. No. Korea is planning to aim a missile at us (Easy! Just call up the guys at NBC, FOX, et al and tell them they are). 2. That the missile, which has a range of about 3,750 miles max actually has a range of over 6,000 miles (Just change all the info in the Defense and State Dept. documents) 3. That the US actually has anti-missile capabilities that COULD shoot down said No. Korean missile (pretend and hope no one asks too many questions), and 4. That our anti-ballistic missiles actually achieved the goal (just call up the guys at NBC, FOX, et al and tell em you succeeded, whether you came with 100 miles or not! Of course, you just have to hope that those 10,000 amateur astronomers who track events like this don’t blow the whistle on you!). MORE