Well, that sure was anticlimactic. After months of tough talk, the inspections charade, regular bombings, and finally, the surreal OK Corral-esqe ultimatum, all I can say is it's about fucking time! I've got a war-focused newslog to run here, and it works a heck of a lot better when there's war!
While listening to the President announce the attack, the penultimate paragraph struck me as a tip-off to the administration's agenda after the first election takes place in a liberated and democratic Iraq:
My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail. [emphasis added]
No, our liberation of oppressed peoples doesn't end with Iraq. But who's next? Some have handicapped Syria or Iran (after all, real men want to go to Tehran) as the next nation to feel our love, but the smart money is on North Korea.
Now, this isn't exactly a long shot since W has called Kim Jong-il a pygmy and the DPRK is a charter member of the "Axis of Evil," but a document written over a decade ago provides a hint as to why North Korea is next in line to be bombed into freedom.
In 1992 Paul Wolfowitz -- who likely spooged when news of last night's Iraq attack came -- sketched out America's mission in the post-Cold War era in a document called the Defense Planning Guidance. The draft is the blueprint for the Bush administration's foreign policy and America's current adventure in Iraq, and while it relies on seven scenarios in potential trouble spots to make its argument, the primary case studies are Iraq and North Korea.
With Wolfowitz and other neocons (Perle, Rumsfeld) now dominant, and Colin Powell reduced to a bloody stump after the diplomatic disaster at the UN, look for Kim Jung-il to replace Saddam Hussein as Public Enemy #1, and a new war of liberation to be sold by Bush & Co.
I think I don't want to know what spooge means, but I'm sure Wolfowitz and the other warmongers are having trouble concentrating on their stock portfolios this morning. And I bet their missuses and misters had to put up with a lot of grunting and squealing last night.
I live in Tokyo so I'm scared spoogeless about North Korea. One blunder by the Pentagon and I'll be sizzling.
THe new site looks great, Dack.
LATE BREAKING NEWS...Anti-war protestors declare Iraqi citizens "Warmongers".
As reports surface that Iraqi citizens are actually welcoming Saddam's demise and looking forward to a taste of freedom, many anti-war protestors are claiming that this is just another example of the evil of U.S. influence. Local 14-year old [PICK A CAUSE] protestor, Mikey Nelson, said after being told that the Iraqi people are "...ready to endure war for liberty." "The Leaders of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy are telling the Iraqi people what to think and say. At least that is what my Home Room Teacher told me this morning." Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the now irrelevant United Nations, said "The liberation of the Iraqi people must be stopped, otherwise more people will realize just how meaningless the U.N. really is." Just after Iraq launched several Scud missiles at U.S. troops, U.N. Weapons Inspector Hans "Inspector Clouseau" Blix added "Saddam promised he didn't have any Scud missiles. Anyway, I'm meeting up with Scott Ritter and we are going to go pick up some chicks." After catching up with French President Jacques Chirac while cowering under his living room coffee table, Chirac blurted out "France surrenders!"
How about we get a death toll counter for this skirmish.
Posted by: MyMindIsGone on March 20, 2003 08:06 PM