Like a De Beers’ diamond, Bush’s “war on terror” is forever

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

By Ben Tanosborn
Online Journal Contributing Writer

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_980.shtml

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Indifference and repetition can allow some lies to take the shape of myths in a short span of time, and stay as a dark cloud over us for a very long time, if not in perpetuity. The Bush administration has been very successful in the creation of a myth that may stay with us regardless who is elected to Congress or who occupies the White House. It will make little difference whether the reins are in the hands of Republicans or Democrats . . . and those are the only two blood types acceptable to the United States’ political circulatory system.

And what is the myth? Simply that the nation is under siege, surrounded by the forces of terror and evil, and that to stay safe we must have total faith in a government that keeps watch over our interests . . . both our lives and our economic well-being. And that we must be ready to pay whatever price is necessary for that, in economic sacrifice or even in the surrender of our cherished freedoms.

It’s not a new concept. For sometime now the word is out that wars can be good for us, for our economy, and even to keep the population in check . . . as if a dietary supplement to natural disasters where nations sacrifice their young, dressing them in colorful team uniforms, giving them weapons to fight with while citizens cheerlead and waive flags. We are told that without World War II our nation would not have exited from thirteen years of depression . . . the axis of fascism notwithstanding. And the beat goes on!

But as insane and immoral as weighing war is, at least in the past it was exercised against specific nations(s) for specific, even if illegitimate, reasons. Now the war is quixotic, but in a malefic way. The war that Bush personally has declared against terror is a catchall war . . . an abstract war to be interpreted solely by those who govern from the White House and the Pentagon. It is a war that can have an unlimited number of fronts . . . against nations . . . against ideologies . . . even against basic human rights. It is a war where the end (victory) justifies any and all means to obtain it...

[Erika]

1. These quixotic wars have always existed and alway will

We just need to get that 23% to understand that.

[unhappycamper]

2. Maybe if these asshats ended the OCCUPATION of Iraq,

it would be easier to continue the "War on Terror Ideas."

You don't need F-22 Raptors, B-2 stealth bombers, an Anti-Ballistic Missile 'shield' or new atomic bombs to fight ideas. We might even be able to spend some of the $2,000,000,000 a week the OCCUPATION is costing on things that count.

[Tesla]

3. $2,000,000,000 a week sure could buy alot of housing

education,healthcare for Americans!!

Pretty soon there won't be any Iraqis left to kill, just insurgents.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

4. The monetary costs of this illegal...

...war have been staggering:

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

The human costs, tragic:

http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/