alec said:
It's not a war on terrorism. It's a war for a continuation of a luxurious lifestyle. It's not the White House that is responsible for all the horrible things that have happened, are happening and will happen. It's your fault and mine. And don't go saying stupid things now, like 'I wouldn't mind living on the streets, killing my neighbours to get my hands on some food and some matches' because you know you wouldn't be able to survive for two weeks in a new Stone Age. You want your car, you want your airco, you want that expensive plastic crap that is so cool and neat and collectible, you want your cellophane wrapped cheese and ham and veggies, you want all the luxuries our industrial civilization has to offer. So stop acting like a baby when your government does everything it needs to does to offer you these things at an affordable price.
Jeez.
Bingo.
This is your world, now it's time to pay the debts.
Sabre rattling for the US means not just listen to us warn you, but don't think we're not crazy enough to actually do it, because we can and if you fucking don't believe it, it's your ass.
I have said this before- nuclear war is about measuring the potential gains vs. (the potential costs) multiplied by (probability of the actually going all the way).
Sabre rattling here means- have no doubts that we will do it. Studies on the Iraqi mindsight before the war suggested that the Iraqis didn't believe it. The North Koreans are believed to have a similar mindset.
How do you rattle? By making damn sure the other side believes its coming. You make it so that the other side can't afford to ignore it. They've got to believe the hand of God is going to wipe them off the face of the earth.
But with the US that's a loaded bluff. If the other side calls the bluff- "Oh W, you're not serious, you'll bankrupt your country!" W can say, "Hey, I have got to do this. Besides, I won't be the next president, and my buddies can actually profit from all of this."
So you threaten to put a bullet between the eyes of Iran. And if the Iranians call the bluff, well you got a bullet in the chamber, baby. Fuck them for calling the bluff.
And if the Military is starting to get cold feet about all of this, it's about fucking time. Maybe it's a bit too late and I can't be that sympathetic. For the past few years they have received some nice sidepayments to make sure they are good loyal conservative christian republicans. Oh, forgot to give you armored jeeps.... but conservatives didn't seem to mind so much that they voted W for another four. How did the military vote last election?
Perhaps now they are beginning to realize... "Hey, we're being used by this administration that doesn't really give a fuck about us."
Duh! How many bodies have to come back. They don't even send them back in body bags anymore. Body bags is politically incorrect.
So the military gets fucked.
Why?
Because W doesn't need them. He's got the christian whackos eating out of his hand (why? because he's got all that faith based initiative payolla to feed the leaders of the Christians which tell their folks- if you're a good Christian you vote Republican). So the Christians are in his pocket- (and lets not forget the evangelicals make up about 50% of the population and they believe in the "end times" and spend their cash on Revelation apocalyptic fantasies).
So what if they have to pay the costs of all of this. Hey, at least homos can't get married.
And if you are feeling really bad about this, I tell you what, let's keep out the immigrants too...
So who really benefits? Remember it's the top 10% of the top 1% who are W's "base".
So?
This policy is called mercantilism.
Mercantilism means- internally- The state intervenes in the industrial economy by giving generously to corporate welfare- "Hey Haliburton, want some cash?"
Externally- imperialism means an expansion of control over markets and the seizure of raw materials.
And who benefits? Not the middle class or the poor. Those poor bastards are fucked.
No it's the rich folks- and just because mercantilistic policies usually end up with corrupt administrations (see Imperial Spain and France) and bankruptcy (see Imperial France and Spain), isn't a big problem for the rich who draw the profit.
But it's your blood.
Bankruptcy Kharn? What are you kidding. So what if we have a huge debt. We also got light taxes on the rich and they are trying to get rid of estate taxes too. If things get really expensive we could raise the tax rates again. I mean, they are among the lowest in US history right now.
We can afford to nuke the crap out of Iran if we want to. We can impose a draft, we can conquer Afghanistan, Iraq, and even Syria if we want too. It will mean a draft and higher taxes, but the next administration won't be Republican so what does Bush care? His base is living the vita loca right now. Do you think nuking Iran will change that?
Don't forget Nukes were historically considered cheap weapons. Rather than deploy a large conventional force against the Soviets in Europe, the US relied on nuclear deterrence. It's cheap.
Besides, what else where we going to do with them?
BEsides, what if the government goes bankrupt? A weak state is an ineffective state in regulating commerce- to the benefit of the rich again.
Jesus fucking Christ, don't you realize that everything else that this President has tried has gone to shit, and that Iraq and the middle east is the ONLY thing he's doing. All his political capital (what little he still has) is invested in Iraq.
Two years from now, no more W. And then?
Really, fuck all this anti-immigration shit. At least the fucking immigrants realized that what's great about the US is that you can make a buck and have a better life. They don't give a crap about giving the schools to Jesus. They don't give a fuck about whether gays can marry. They just want a better life.
You want to fix the US- send the Christian whackos to Mexico and open our borders to the Hispanics. At least they work and appreciate what the US has to offer.
Don't you get it. It's a fucking distraction. Like gay marriage, like abortion, like everything fucking else.
Don't you realize its becoming nearly impossible for a middle class or poor person to declare personal bankruptcy? Why? they are the ones who are going to pay this bill- you can't afford them to go bankrupt.
Don't you realize that the media is becoming controlled by a few powerful companies.
That the administration is saying Christianity is under threat- they 80% of the fucking country? How in the hell are they under threat?
Jesus fucking Christ. Get your head out of your ass.
The threat to the US national security is George Bush.
Either this guy is a total fuck up beyond compare or he's running this country into the ground for a good reason. You figure it out.
Seriously, America, get your head out of your ass.
If I was Iran, the first thing I would do is form a defensive alliance with North Korea so that if one of the two get hit, the other will launch. Increase the costs of US first strike might create sufficient deterrence.
Or not.
