The war
I may have been wrong about the motives behind our war on Iraq. When it was suggested that the war in Iraq was a stepping stone to spreading freedom to the world through extreme methodology, I knee-jerked that the energy industry's greed and Bush family vendetta were guiding the war.
Now, after watching Frontline's The Jesus Factor and having listened to evangelicals talk for the last 40 years or so, I believe President Bush's evangelical beliefs are being used by the greedy, vengeful right to sway what was quoted as 40% of Americans and 70% of voters who are deeply religious, into thinking that the Armageddon war is upon us, thus we need God's chosen president.
The terrorists, who have a whack ideological bent as well, are none the less, religiously motivated to believe that our society is evil, just as we believe that fundamentalist Islam is. We attacked a place where major factions of the Moslem world have been held together by totalitarian force. Even without our intervention, Iraq was a cultural powder-keg. Through seemingly accidental actions (like insufficient troops, or armaments to really control Iraq) we have fomented that ill-ease. Warlords are gathering power as the (now neutered) UN plans to start running the show with their own puppet government this summer.
Meanwhile, the mastermind of the attack on New York and Washington moves freely (he's not scheduled to be aprehended until October), calling for uprisings in Europe. And terrorist cells planning future attacks are still planning while our own (softened in order to support the war in Iraq) security forces still look for the last attack. We are even having a mock trial about it - I wonder how the part where Dick Cheney drank a glass of water went yesterday? Hey John "hidden-referrer" Ashcroft! (I know you read this blog) - the next attack won't be like the last one!
January 20th, the earliest date a new President could be seated, is a long way off. And as you may recall, John Kerry is not my favorite Democrat. And Ralph Nader is not as dumb as he looks - he knew damn well that his candidacy would give us a Bush presidency. It's a classic case of the lesser of two evils, and Sen. Kerry is surely that. The lesser one, so from now on (until he is elected) I'll support John Kerry for President. But just until then, cause right after, the impeachment will start. So John, watch who's sucking your dick.
Incidentally, Paul Wolfowitz, undersecretary for death, said that that 'about 500' United States service men and women have died in the war. He left out over 200, I wonder why? Maybe he has different priorities than to support our troops.
