Prime (Time) Evil

[Clara T]

Prime (Time) Evil
by William Bowles • Thursday, 12 January 2006

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Do the mad dogs actually intend to invade/bomb Iran or is it part of the general ‘softening up’ process needed to get us into the ‘swing of things’, in other words to get us to accept a state of perpetual war preparedness by creating a never-ending supply of demons with which to terrorise us into submission? It matters little which country it is, but we can be assured that there will always be one that will fit the stereotype supplied conveniently by the corporate press.

I lean toward the latter if only because the mad dogs have already bitten off more than they can chew (never mind swallow). History is on my side when it comes to the devious nature of the ruling classes of the US and the UK. Creating enemies has a long pedigree and given the demonisation that has gone on concerning ‘Islamic extremists’ and the like, it’s just a case of pushing the right buttons.

Of course, the ruling class of Iran, like ruling classes everywhere, when domestic policies fail as they have done in Iran, need a diversion and what better than the ‘evil infidel’, not that this stopped them from ‘trading with the enemy’ as they did when Ronald Reagan sold them weapons via Israel (remember Iran-Contra and the ‘October Surprise’?

But Iran’s domestic politics are not the issue here, the central issue is the role played by Iran in the imperium’s plans. Regardless that the pirates really screwed up over Iraq (it’s not the first time, nor will it be the last, remember the Bay of Pigs?), it would be self-delusion to think that they don’t have a plan, there is just too much at stake. But for the plan—no matter how half-arsed—to even stand a chance of working, it requires the acceptance by our domestic populations (or at the very least, our acquiessence), hence the latest ‘news’ about Iran’s “nuclear ambitions” has now escalated to that of a “crisis” according to BBC Radio 4 news this am (12/1/06). Without continuous ‘threats’ of one kind or another, how are they able to justify their onslaught? It matters little whether they invade today or next year, the important thing is to keep the planet on the boil.

http://www.williambowles.info/ini/2006/0106/ini-0384.html

[AX10]

1. He's right to say that the Anglo's have always used....

fear as a means to motivate their masses.

[ewoden]

2. Orwell wrote on this perpetual state of war as the means of

Perpetuating a state of control in "1984"

"It was with the last revolution and the coming of INGSOC that the latest High learnt how to keep their position permanently – by cultivating ignorance among the other classes and by constantly surveying them through the Thought police. Part of this strategy included the maintenance of a state of continual warfare, which Goldstein discussed in the third chapter. The three major powers were not fighting this perpetual war for victory, they were fighting to keep a state of emergency always present as the surest guarantee of authoritarianism."