IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END....
OF OUR NATION AS WE KNOW IT??? Or just the neocons?
If it isn't obvious to you by now, you just haven't been paying attention. Let me make this perfectly clear to anyone in doubt. George W. Bush and his group of psychopaths intend to launch a military strike on iran.
There are a number of reasons why this may not happen, but do not be misled, the desire and opportunity exist. The only question is whether they have the power to drag a reluctant U.S. Military along with them. With 140,00 plus men and women within easy missile range of Iran in Iraq, and a significant number of U.S. Navy vessels in the same predicament. The Pentagon recognizes the obvious result should Iran decide the path of massive retaliation. This doesn't even address the asymetric resources available to Iran in Iraq and throughout the middle east theatre. While the Pentagon is full of career loyalist to the Commander in Chief, everyone has their breaking point and I suspect that sacrificing their subordinates like so many goats at the alter of lord Bush is darn close to theirs. Such heavy Pentagon resistance was reported by Seymour Hersh when the Administration was contemplating an offensive nuclear strike on Iran that the option had to be taken off the table. I'm no military man, and even I could see the potential for massive US casualties if things didn't quite work out as the Neocons predict, and we've had a slice of that pie already.
But what if the neocons are able to pull this operation off, what are the real consequences? First we must examine the possiblities and then think like a neocon. The potential for a massive regional war and staggering oil prices triggering a worldwide depression are certainly the most obvious, and one might even argue likely, risk in the imediate term. But neocons have more important things to think about, like more and broader conflicts with North korea and possibly even China. Certainly lets not forget Hugo Chavez and his huge supply of Anti-American oil in South America. I fear that in the twisted militaristic minds of the neocons, a massive retaliation by Iran resulting in massive US Casualties would be a welcome result. This may sound extremely cynical but lets face facts. Without an influx of new bullet catching bodies, the US military will be DOA somewhere right around the 2008 presidential election. They'll be bringing back ghosts from the war of 1812 for duty in Iraq at the rate we're going. Its a pretty sure bet right about now that the US citizens would blow a gasket at the mere mention of military conscription with support for the Iraqi campaign hovering just above support for reinstating prohibition. But think of the unifying effect of substantial military losses? They would likely argue that Iran has killed our boys by the thousands and we have to declare war on Iran for revenge, naturally a military draft comes with any declaration of war and voila, all the bodies you need to invade Syria, North Korea, and maybe even France. Not that there's any real reason for the France invasion, but if you're going in the direction of fascism, then invading France is your coming out party. It's like kind of your announcement to the world that you're a fascist regime and darn proud of it.
So thats the neocons dream scenario, you've got the bodies to attack the enemies you are making at a rapid pace and ideally the support of a bunch of flag flying, yellow ribbon on their SVU, Lib'ral hating "real Americans". Everyone else either keeps their mouth shut or goes into those fresh new internment camps that Halliburton has built throughout the US.
But of course as history has shown time and again, the rest of the world will see the need to take action. For one thing they'll be starving in the new depression, but more importantly they will recognize the long term threat of a new gobal ruling party of elites with the conscience of a block of ice. Realistically, the most powerful weapon in modern warfare is not used on the battlefield, its the power of worlwide consumers. If the major consumer markets throughout the world decide to boycott American goods, the war party will quickly find that their corporate support has disappeared. If you research the history of Fascism you'll find that the real definition of a fascist government as defined by the Musollini, the man who coined the phrase, is a government in which the power is shared by the Government officials and the largest Corporations.
"In classic terms, fascism is defined by five characteristics of governance: nationalist aggression; fusing of the state with corporate interests; single party rule; the suppression of civil liberties; and pervasive propaganda. All of these inhered in the Italian, German, and Japanese governments of the 1930s and '40s. All of them would have to be present before the label "fascism" could legitimately be applied to a modern regime."
So what happens when the corporations start going broke? Obviously one partner isn't happy and the love affair begins to crumble. However, unfortunately for you and I this scenario will also result in our economy and entire way of life being flushed down the right wing toilet for the next 50 years.
So lets keep our fingers crosse, and more importantly, try to overturn the Republican majority in Congress this November, otherwise the atack on Iran is a serious possibility. Counting the dead soldiers and paying ten dollars a gallon for oil is no way to spend a winter.
There are a number of reasons why this may not happen, but do not be misled, the desire and opportunity exist. The only question is whether they have the power to drag a reluctant U.S. Military along with them. With 140,00 plus men and women within easy missile range of Iran in Iraq, and a significant number of U.S. Navy vessels in the same predicament. The Pentagon recognizes the obvious result should Iran decide the path of massive retaliation. This doesn't even address the asymetric resources available to Iran in Iraq and throughout the middle east theatre. While the Pentagon is full of career loyalist to the Commander in Chief, everyone has their breaking point and I suspect that sacrificing their subordinates like so many goats at the alter of lord Bush is darn close to theirs. Such heavy Pentagon resistance was reported by Seymour Hersh when the Administration was contemplating an offensive nuclear strike on Iran that the option had to be taken off the table. I'm no military man, and even I could see the potential for massive US casualties if things didn't quite work out as the Neocons predict, and we've had a slice of that pie already.
But what if the neocons are able to pull this operation off, what are the real consequences? First we must examine the possiblities and then think like a neocon. The potential for a massive regional war and staggering oil prices triggering a worldwide depression are certainly the most obvious, and one might even argue likely, risk in the imediate term. But neocons have more important things to think about, like more and broader conflicts with North korea and possibly even China. Certainly lets not forget Hugo Chavez and his huge supply of Anti-American oil in South America. I fear that in the twisted militaristic minds of the neocons, a massive retaliation by Iran resulting in massive US Casualties would be a welcome result. This may sound extremely cynical but lets face facts. Without an influx of new bullet catching bodies, the US military will be DOA somewhere right around the 2008 presidential election. They'll be bringing back ghosts from the war of 1812 for duty in Iraq at the rate we're going. Its a pretty sure bet right about now that the US citizens would blow a gasket at the mere mention of military conscription with support for the Iraqi campaign hovering just above support for reinstating prohibition. But think of the unifying effect of substantial military losses? They would likely argue that Iran has killed our boys by the thousands and we have to declare war on Iran for revenge, naturally a military draft comes with any declaration of war and voila, all the bodies you need to invade Syria, North Korea, and maybe even France. Not that there's any real reason for the France invasion, but if you're going in the direction of fascism, then invading France is your coming out party. It's like kind of your announcement to the world that you're a fascist regime and darn proud of it.
So thats the neocons dream scenario, you've got the bodies to attack the enemies you are making at a rapid pace and ideally the support of a bunch of flag flying, yellow ribbon on their SVU, Lib'ral hating "real Americans". Everyone else either keeps their mouth shut or goes into those fresh new internment camps that Halliburton has built throughout the US.
But of course as history has shown time and again, the rest of the world will see the need to take action. For one thing they'll be starving in the new depression, but more importantly they will recognize the long term threat of a new gobal ruling party of elites with the conscience of a block of ice. Realistically, the most powerful weapon in modern warfare is not used on the battlefield, its the power of worlwide consumers. If the major consumer markets throughout the world decide to boycott American goods, the war party will quickly find that their corporate support has disappeared. If you research the history of Fascism you'll find that the real definition of a fascist government as defined by the Musollini, the man who coined the phrase, is a government in which the power is shared by the Government officials and the largest Corporations.
"In classic terms, fascism is defined by five characteristics of governance: nationalist aggression; fusing of the state with corporate interests; single party rule; the suppression of civil liberties; and pervasive propaganda. All of these inhered in the Italian, German, and Japanese governments of the 1930s and '40s. All of them would have to be present before the label "fascism" could legitimately be applied to a modern regime."
So what happens when the corporations start going broke? Obviously one partner isn't happy and the love affair begins to crumble. However, unfortunately for you and I this scenario will also result in our economy and entire way of life being flushed down the right wing toilet for the next 50 years.
So lets keep our fingers crosse, and more importantly, try to overturn the Republican majority in Congress this November, otherwise the atack on Iran is a serious possibility. Counting the dead soldiers and paying ten dollars a gallon for oil is no way to spend a winter.
posted by Garlandn @ 5:35 PM
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