okay, fresh off of watching eugene jarecki's "why we fight" documentary on dvd, a brilliant -- yes! -- summary of what eisenhower dubbed the military industrial complex, and what it has morphed into, i.e, a modern orwellian oligarchical cheney/bush/halliburton/carlysle corruptocracy...
i'm left to conclude that after the republicans steal the elections of '06 (and the american sheep passively accept it yet again), we will proceed to bomb iran -- and i sadly admit to that as having taken only 28 years after i wanted them to...
but what did i know in 1979... ? i was a snot-nosed 19 year-old full of hormones and viscera -- not a bad sensation, that, especially with teenage girls wandering about... but as an imprimatur for gunboat diplomacy in these times: i think i'd rather not...
now is hindsight, you see, and i'm left with an odd sense of irony: the same culture that wants a gun in every classroom -- complete with a pocket bible and fireproof heterosexual flag (the logic being there'd be fewer shootings in pulpits and brothels, and, uhm, i'd like to spare the brothels) -- also want to prohibit tehran and pyongyang the right to arm bears, them being fucking sub-human heathens and all (persians, koreans & bears -- oh my!)...
personally, i'm all in favor of their possessing nukes... because i'm thoroughly convinced they'd never be foolish enough to use them on us, unless, of course, we used our daisy-cutters on them... or more simply, if they were to possess the requisite armament, WE would be prohibited to make war against them...
hey now, *there's* a concept...
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actually, I think I could make a pretty good case that their having nukes makes it more likely that they will, in due time, get nuked.
On the flip side, knowing that by having nukes, they will "die by the sword" should they choose to live by it, then they may act a helluva lot more responsibily.
And think what a nuclear Iran and NKorea does for our defense industry. Wonder why we are just "negotiating" with them and not rattling our sabers? Now, there is a conspiracy theory for ya.
now your thinkin' like a human being...
best move for the next prez is to say simply: "hey iran! let's be friends!" give 'em their frozen assets, let 'em nuke up, extend a hand...
that'd put al queda and the neocons outta business lickity split...
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