jonathan wrote:

"Rich Travsky" <traRvEsky@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
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Doubledown wrote:

"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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The idea is to, in case nothing materialises in SETI, to create
an artificial threat.
This will then lead to the arming of every citizen in the world,
construction of a space fleet, many completely new kind of weapons,
and a large budget allocated by Congress to finance all this.

Not the same but similar to The Outer Limits series, "The Architects of
Fear". I think the idea was to bring the peoples of the earth closer
together to focus against a common enemy.

And the plot of The Watchmen graphic novel.

And Hugo Chavez, he learned it from Castro.

Huh?

Just like in the movie though, the plot would probably fail. It's very
difficult to fool all the people all of the time.