MadScot
Feb 24, 2006, 12:06 PM
There's been a lot of talk about this war being all about oil. I was never too quick to jump on that bandwagon. I like to try and look between the lines I think it's often where the truth lies. I don't think it was plan to help Haliburton make record profits that was just a bonus for Cheney. It wasn't about 9-11 Sadam had nothing to do with that. It wasn't about Sadam being an evil tyrant and killing his own people, we've got plenty of those running countries around the world where we don't invade. Preventive self defense. Knowing what we do now and most of who were against this war knew before we entered it Sadam posed no tangible threat to us. The no fly zone we imposed didn't even let Sadam fly planes over all of his own country. Spreading democracy is an interesting concept hard to disprove and it plays well i'll get back to it.
There was a prevasive opinion among the intelligence community of would happen if Sadam was removed from power, it was what prevented us from toppling Sadam the first time. It would lead to destabilization of the entire middle east. Iraq would end up in civil war and it would spread.
We have moments that are entrenched deep in our memory. Many of us remember clearly where we were when we heard the sad news of JFK, John Lennon, the shuttle disasters etc.
There is a another moment that vivid for me. It's when George Bush uttered the word crusade. A Freudian slip or foreshadowing for a plot designed to destroy Islam. It's been reported Pope John Paul once referred to Bush as the anti-christ and said he wished he was younger and had the strength to fight him. I don't think the Pope was that far off.
Bush was told what the probable outcome of this war was and jumped in with both feet. The fears of the intelligence community are now coming to fruition. Civil war in Iraq, Hamas taking power, Saudi Arabia facing revolution and a secular embolden Iran flaunting it's disregard for nuclear agreements. Why did Bush push so hard for Palestinian elections was the outcome really that hard to predict? There is a crusade at work a modern crusade designed to cripple Islam from within. Bush has often said history will judge him. A single point on which I must agree. George Bush will have had one of the most profound effects on our history as any leader the world has known. When I look into the mans eyes I must agree with the Pope I see pure evil. A man responsible for spreading death, pain and suffering abroad while ignoring the death, pain and suffering of his own people. History judged Nero he fiddled when Rome burned. How will history judge George? The President who peddled while New Orleans drown. The Texan who started the great Islamic civil war. In the story Robin Hood the good(?) King Richard is off fighting the crusades. Will history record him as a madman or genius?
There was a prevasive opinion among the intelligence community of would happen if Sadam was removed from power, it was what prevented us from toppling Sadam the first time. It would lead to destabilization of the entire middle east. Iraq would end up in civil war and it would spread.
We have moments that are entrenched deep in our memory. Many of us remember clearly where we were when we heard the sad news of JFK, John Lennon, the shuttle disasters etc.
There is a another moment that vivid for me. It's when George Bush uttered the word crusade. A Freudian slip or foreshadowing for a plot designed to destroy Islam. It's been reported Pope John Paul once referred to Bush as the anti-christ and said he wished he was younger and had the strength to fight him. I don't think the Pope was that far off.
Bush was told what the probable outcome of this war was and jumped in with both feet. The fears of the intelligence community are now coming to fruition. Civil war in Iraq, Hamas taking power, Saudi Arabia facing revolution and a secular embolden Iran flaunting it's disregard for nuclear agreements. Why did Bush push so hard for Palestinian elections was the outcome really that hard to predict? There is a crusade at work a modern crusade designed to cripple Islam from within. Bush has often said history will judge him. A single point on which I must agree. George Bush will have had one of the most profound effects on our history as any leader the world has known. When I look into the mans eyes I must agree with the Pope I see pure evil. A man responsible for spreading death, pain and suffering abroad while ignoring the death, pain and suffering of his own people. History judged Nero he fiddled when Rome burned. How will history judge George? The President who peddled while New Orleans drown. The Texan who started the great Islamic civil war. In the story Robin Hood the good(?) King Richard is off fighting the crusades. Will history record him as a madman or genius?