A staged attack to boost Bush might backfire

[justinsb]

If Bushaburton staged another attack to try to boost poll numbers it could backfire very badly. It would say that despite 2 wars, countless expenses and deaths that the US wasn't any safer, and that those critics who have been saying that current homeland security isn't good enough were right.

[marmar]

1. And the U.S. economy is already teetering...

An attack would drop it into something more than a recession. But never put anything past this group of rogues.

[Inland]

2. And they would say, "Nobody could EVER have predicted...."

Would we buy it? Would we allow once again the Bushites to pretend that they never got any warning that (put attack here) could ever be contemplated.

[Beetwasher]

3. Yes And No

Yes, because the country WILL blame him this time. No, because it may be too late and he will use the attack to impose some sort of draconian measures like Marshall Law etc. and start rounding people up.

[calimary]

4. And we'd have to JUMP on that particular take, immediately.

Because believe me, the wrong wing will take it WAY the other way - about how we all have to unite behind little king schmuck. Can we shout loud enough? Can we storm our reps and insist they grow some backbone? Can we stage sit-ins in their offices? SOMETHING to grab SOMEONE'S attention?

[iconoclastic cat]

5. An attack would do it. So would a draft. But watch for the Abu Ghraib pix.

That's when it will hit the fan.

[MessiahRp]

6. Possibly.. but what about a staged assassination attempt?

We as Americans always seem to glow about someone when they've almost been killed (See: Reagan). If Bush were "shot at", wouldn't that make a lot of Americans back the weasel once again, especially if the assassin was connected to the "terrorists"?

Rp

[kitkat65]

9. Karl Rove to agent: "You were supposed to miss!" n/t

[reality based]

7. I think they are coming to that realization.

Limbaugh of course thinks that they can justify a political bloodbath if another attack occurs, and I'm sure they would try that. It just seems that people have reached the "fed up" point with the little emperor's incompetence. The economy is teetering. The world is beginning to realize that we are destroying ourselves with this insane Iraq adventure. The people sense the same thing. They only need leadership.

[kitkat65]

8. How about this scenario

Abu Gharib photos come out

Huge rioting in the Middle East - I'm talking frightening numbers

Things get so bad in Iraq our troops have to withdraw immediately due to overwhelming conditions leaving Iraq to god knows what but we lose the war

All liberals, Democrats and the ACLU will be publically flogged in the op-ed pages, demonized and blamed because if we had just kept our big mouths shut we would still be fighting terrorist on their own soil - because you know, Dick Cheney said that the insurgency is in it's last throws and we were so close to winning

[leveymg]

10. Even the N Koreans aren't cooperating - nixed nuke test tomorrow ?

A few months ago, there were widespread reports that North Korea was readying an underground nuclear test site for a demonstration, it was thought, to coincide with the 55th anniversary of the start of the Korean war, which falls on Saturday, June 25.

There has been nothing heard about that since late last month, when the government officials in Seoul stated that there were no indications the North Koreans were preparing for such detonation, as US sources had earlier claimed. http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=at8_cdAQpZ78; Also, see, North Korea denies preparing nuclear test: Czech envoy
AFP | May 25, 2005; http://www.infowars.com/articles/world/nk_denies_nuke_test_prep.htm


That little rumble would have been amplified into an all-consuming fear festival by the US media. Too bad for Bush. He sure could use some "good news" right about now. :bounce:

[emcguffie]

11. Well, I'm a fear-monger, I guess --

-- but what if they use such an attack as an excuse to implement martial law, and start filling up their internment camps?

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[Jose Diablo]

12. Not only that

but they could send a bunch of bunglers and they get caught without the attack coming off, just like Watergate.

I think they will try though. I doubt they will just give-up. If they just give-up, they will probably go to jail, and they know this.

Edit: They have to stay in power to keep from getting prosecuted.