Russell Chapman wrote:
>Does anyone understand why the Bush administration is investing so much
>of America's energy into this pursuit, when there are so many other
>problems, foreign and domestic, facing the country today?
>Why is Saddam such a dire threat this year when he wasn't worth chasing
>last year?
Because elections are only two years away and, since America typically
begins revving up for elections a year to a year and a half *before*
elections, that's not very far. The word I believe I'm looking for here
is "smokescreen". The country is facing serious economic problems at the
moment, and most of them stem from abuses of corporate power. Corporate
powers are the ones that put Bush in the White House. He has to do
*something* to distract us.
I'll give the man that. He may be dumb, but at least he's loyal.
I'm sorry. I guess I come off as overly cynical, and I have to admit I
haven't been following the news too closely; it depresses me. I've just
heard too much in the past year or so. First Afganistan, then there were
the threats to attack Somalia (??!), then we sprayed Roundup on civilians
in South America because the "War on Drugs" was directly connected -
somehow, although I never saw any evidence - with the War on Terrorism,
and now we're suddenly making a big fuss over Iraq. It seems so, I don't
know. Transparent.
And I'm still not seeing much evidence that Saddam is a threat. He hates
us - considering the way the *last* Bush administration betrayed him, who
wouldn't - and he's being a pain in the ass, but "do unto others before
they do unto you" isn't in my book of ethics. And I don't think it's in
the Bible, either.
Kat Feete
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(from http://projectkooky.com/dylan/biteme/)
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