Thoughts of War
With the Iraqi elections now a thing of the past and as the members-elect hammer out a coalition government and wrangle over who will be the Prime Minister, the current administration of the United States is collectively doing a species of snake dance and basking in near post-orgasmic bliss - as if the elections somehow have validated the slipshod thinking that created this mess in the first place.
I find it particularly telling that nearly ten years ago Bill Clinton was castigated and impeached for breaking his marriage vows and engaging in reindeer games with an intern. While Clinton was very properly punished for perjury, our current Fearless Leader (you won't hear me say or type his name lest I sully my lips or fingers) starts a war in one of the most volatile regions in the world on the intelligence that Iraq was producing and stockpiling weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and we've subsequently learned that all the arguments for war were nothing but a tissue of lies. Clinton's escapades in the Oval Office with cigars and interns haven't (at least so far) resulted in the deaths of thousands. While a lie is a lie, some lies have greater ramifications than others.
Where is the outrage? Why the hell haven't the masses risen up en masse thrown the current administration out of the White House and all the other government buildings? Why the hell hasn't our Fearless Leader been impeached and removed from office in disgrace for the deaths of over a thousand of our troops and the needless death of thousands of Iraqis as a result of his lies? And for that matter why the hell don't we hear more about the Iraqi death toll? Are we not given these statistics because the average American is a racist bastard who somehow thinks that the death of innocent Iraqi civilians is no big deal compared to Johnny Private in the Army?
So, where is the outrage? Where the devil are the protest songs and the "love-ins" and such like from the Vietnam era? In short, our current administration has so successfully manipulated the public that we swallow the continued lies and whitewashing because we're told by our Fearless Leader and his pet/puppetmaster, Karl Rove, that "father knows best" and to question the government is a sure fire way to Communism, terrorism, beastiality, Satan, and Hellfire.
Yet, I don't recall democracy involving blind obedience to The Party or The Government in any of my political science or civics classes. Before anyone decides to be cute and point out the last election was a mandate for our Fearless Leader, let me just respond by saying that it is the job of a shepherd to round up sheep and the American population is becoming as docile and moronic as a flock of sheep if they're unwilling to recognize a few critical tidbits of information. Hell, I'll give them to you now in a nice tidy list if you're such a meathead as to not have figured it out on your own.
- Contrary to our Fearless Leader and his legion of cretins, there were no WMDs in Iraq. Wasn't that primary argument for our going to war in the first place? Guess what, kiddos, we've been lied to.
- There were no Iraqis on any of the flights involved in the horrific events of September 11th, 2001. The hijackers were primarily Saudis which is interesting considering that our government (and not just the current one) has been in bed with the House of Saud since it became a sovereign nation. I'd suggest watching the Frontline episode titled 'The House of Saud'.
- Osama Bin Laden (who?) was not hiding in Iraq. From all the evidence out there his relationship with Saddam Hussein was not exactly that of Fred and Ginger. They disliked each other passionately, so why the heck would Saddam hide Osama? Besides, whatever happend to the vow to find Osama? He's the sick bastard that engineered the attack at the World Trade Center.
While I could go on for what would seem like eternity regarding the blatant signs that our Fearless Leader is leading us not to glory but down the garden path, I'll move on.
We've marched in, violently installed our theory of government, and generally stirred up the ethnic and religious tensions in and around Iraq. While everything may turn out to be just peachy in Iraq, we've further fomented such distrust and hatred for our culture and way of life, that regardless of how excited the free Iraqis may be, there'll be a throng of whackjobs out there who think that we're the Great Satan and will buy into the deranged ramblings of a religious zealot with an axe to grind. And they're not just in Iraq.
Furthermore, because of all the legerdemain and deceptions at the inception of this war, how can we expect the results to be clean?
I certainly hope that everything will be sunshine, lollipops, and roses, but I doubt it.
I find it particularly telling that nearly ten years ago Bill Clinton was castigated and impeached for breaking his marriage vows and engaging in reindeer games with an intern. While Clinton was very properly punished for perjury, our current Fearless Leader (you won't hear me say or type his name lest I sully my lips or fingers) starts a war in one of the most volatile regions in the world on the intelligence that Iraq was producing and stockpiling weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and we've subsequently learned that all the arguments for war were nothing but a tissue of lies. Clinton's escapades in the Oval Office with cigars and interns haven't (at least so far) resulted in the deaths of thousands. While a lie is a lie, some lies have greater ramifications than others.
Where is the outrage? Why the hell haven't the masses risen up en masse thrown the current administration out of the White House and all the other government buildings? Why the hell hasn't our Fearless Leader been impeached and removed from office in disgrace for the deaths of over a thousand of our troops and the needless death of thousands of Iraqis as a result of his lies? And for that matter why the hell don't we hear more about the Iraqi death toll? Are we not given these statistics because the average American is a racist bastard who somehow thinks that the death of innocent Iraqi civilians is no big deal compared to Johnny Private in the Army?
So, where is the outrage? Where the devil are the protest songs and the "love-ins" and such like from the Vietnam era? In short, our current administration has so successfully manipulated the public that we swallow the continued lies and whitewashing because we're told by our Fearless Leader and his pet/puppetmaster, Karl Rove, that "father knows best" and to question the government is a sure fire way to Communism, terrorism, beastiality, Satan, and Hellfire.
Yet, I don't recall democracy involving blind obedience to The Party or The Government in any of my political science or civics classes. Before anyone decides to be cute and point out the last election was a mandate for our Fearless Leader, let me just respond by saying that it is the job of a shepherd to round up sheep and the American population is becoming as docile and moronic as a flock of sheep if they're unwilling to recognize a few critical tidbits of information. Hell, I'll give them to you now in a nice tidy list if you're such a meathead as to not have figured it out on your own.
- Contrary to our Fearless Leader and his legion of cretins, there were no WMDs in Iraq. Wasn't that primary argument for our going to war in the first place? Guess what, kiddos, we've been lied to.
- There were no Iraqis on any of the flights involved in the horrific events of September 11th, 2001. The hijackers were primarily Saudis which is interesting considering that our government (and not just the current one) has been in bed with the House of Saud since it became a sovereign nation. I'd suggest watching the Frontline episode titled 'The House of Saud'.
- Osama Bin Laden (who?) was not hiding in Iraq. From all the evidence out there his relationship with Saddam Hussein was not exactly that of Fred and Ginger. They disliked each other passionately, so why the heck would Saddam hide Osama? Besides, whatever happend to the vow to find Osama? He's the sick bastard that engineered the attack at the World Trade Center.
While I could go on for what would seem like eternity regarding the blatant signs that our Fearless Leader is leading us not to glory but down the garden path, I'll move on.
We've marched in, violently installed our theory of government, and generally stirred up the ethnic and religious tensions in and around Iraq. While everything may turn out to be just peachy in Iraq, we've further fomented such distrust and hatred for our culture and way of life, that regardless of how excited the free Iraqis may be, there'll be a throng of whackjobs out there who think that we're the Great Satan and will buy into the deranged ramblings of a religious zealot with an axe to grind. And they're not just in Iraq.
Furthermore, because of all the legerdemain and deceptions at the inception of this war, how can we expect the results to be clean?
I certainly hope that everything will be sunshine, lollipops, and roses, but I doubt it.
posted by The Wicked Brian of the West at 4:27 PM
1 Comments:
The masses are busy driving about in the SUV's and talking on their cell phones performing VIB (Very Important Business). The masses don't care as long as they get their paycheck. The masses are busy ignoring the homeless and the hungary. In short, the masses don't give a shit as long as the status quo is followed. They don't wear rose colored glasses, they wear blinders like horses of old so they won't be frightened.
That's where they are, Brian.
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