On Mar 11, 2005, at 12:56 PM, maru wrote:
And who benefits? Well, the oil interests obviously do, though it seems rather foolish and needless (Isn't China's oil demand enough?), and obviously the Wahabists do, since they are Sunni, and Iran governed by Shi'ites.
It ain't all about American neo-fascism. That's surely *a* motivating factor, but the elephant in the room is the ultra-right wing Paulino-christians who sincerely believe that the US is a holy scourge on the valley of Megiddo, and that it's about time to bring about rivers of blood in the name of hastening their long-dead god's return.
As long as these freaks are permitted to speak without being challenged, we're going to see this outrageously stupid religion-based policy pushed toward fruition. There is no difference between Tim LaHaye and any Iranian Mullah who agitates for attacks on the States.
Money's a bad problem. But we have faith-based idiots on both side of the border pushing us toward an all-out conflict. The Paulines' hoped-for Armageddon will not bring about the return of Jesus Christ or anyone else; however, it will incontrovertibly do tremendous damage, cost millions of lives, and likely spell the total ruin of the US. From there it's an easy slide into the last century, with each nation acting like a tribe and attacking anyone on its borders. Let's hear it for the wave of the future: The past.
All who push for permanent war are traitors.
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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