Friday, November 17, 2006

The madness of George

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.

-John B. Orr-

Seymour Hersch writes that in a discussion last October, Dick Cheney maintained that regardless of a possible Democratic victory in House and Senate,
" the Vice-President said, that victory would not stop the Administration from pursuing a military option with Iran."
It is the basis of our Republic that the people are sovereign. It seems that the basis of the Republic envisioned by our Executive branch is that the President is sovereign and that dissent is therefore unpatriotic at best and treasonous at worst. It's an idea that has been sold to a great many Americans using fear and propaganda of fear and it is an idea that the administration intends to hang on to regardless of the palpable change of sentiment amongst the electorate.

As Richard Clark wrote in his book Against All Enemies Osama bin Laden's plan was to seek out Muslim nations that were being oppressed by non-Islamic governments and use them to promote jihad against the infidel as he had been doing in Afghanistan against the Soviets. These struggles were to be used as instruments of recruitment to build up his forces for a greater Jihad.

Bush's "coalition" gave al Qaeda a present by attacking Iraq with no apparent provocation and under circumstances that could be spun as another Crusade. We may be giving him a better present by attacking Iran; allowing him unprecedented support and further uniting Muslims against us. Is it beyond the pale to argue that this attitude of Cheney is the kind of madness that will bring on destruction?

Cheney has no intention of allowing Democracy to affect what he sees as the imperial prerogative of the current administration. According to Hersch, he has no intention of listening to Congress or obeying any laws or restrictions the legislature puts in his way. With Bush as the figurehead, his idiot brain straining to hear from his "higher father," Cheney may, with the removal of Rumsfeld, now be the true power. Not the people, not the representatives of the people, not the constitution, not the courts -- Cheney.

Two years may be far too long to wait and it gives Bush and Cheney plenty of time to force the entire world into a condition beyond anyone's power to repair. To me it all can be summed up easily: Impeach or perish.

5 comments:

Intellectual Insurgent said...

There has already been a coup in this country. It just hasn't been announced yet.

Capt. Fogg said...

regeme change can't come fast enough for me.

RR said...

The dementia of these people is astonishing.

Like the military could even sustain a fight with Iran – they have 68 million as opposed to Iraq’s 20-odd million. Not to mention a lot more land…

Of course, I’m just focusing on the logistics. It would seem the moral and political arguments against invasion would fall on deaf ears if presented to Cheney and Bush …

Anonymous said...

68 million doesn't take into account the fact that MOST of these folks are young, much younger than our society or those of Europe, so in terms of assessing the problemmatic nature of fighting there, the population number is misleading and understates the nature of that challenge. (Median age in Iran: 24. Median age in U.S.: 36 Source: CIA World Factbook). It would be foolhardy beyond belief because, though many of the youth there admire and emulate Western culture, the moment they're physically violated by an outside agent, they'll become nationalists in a heartbeat, and Iraq will look like a cakewalk in comparison. Just my 2 cents...

Vigilante said...

Intellectual Insurgent, there has been not only an unannounced coup, there's also been an undeclared class war going on, and only the losers are unaware of it.