NEW Grand Theft Election: APOCALYPSE FOREVER : Dick Cheney Loves War

[McCamy Taylor]

Last week we saw Israel act in an unexpected fashion. They responded to provocation from Hezbollah--the kidnapping of two soldiers would normally have precipitated intensified bombing and retaliatory kidnapping--with a full scale war against Lebanon and Hezbollah. Since Iran backs Hezbollah, this ammounted to a declaration of war against Iran, which Israel can not defeat in one on one combat. Were Israel to pull out the nuclear option, it would earn the eternal scorn of the rest of the world and risk retaliation from Pakistan to boot.

Israel, being smart and cautious, is unlikely to have declared war without assurances from someone that it had military backup. The only country able and likely to back it up is the US. Now, why would the US promise it back up last week? What was going on in the White House last week that might have Dick Cheney (the real president, especially when it comes to Mid East policy) in a fury? Valerie Plame was filing a civil suit against him. This would be the first time a sitting VP was named in such a law suit. W. would not be able to squash this one. The press was going to have a field day talking about how Dick (popularity 19%) Karl and Scooter were going to get theirs.

If you were Dick "The Prince of Darkness" Cheney with Karl "Rasputin" Rove by your side and you were facing a solid week of media jubilation at your expense with further erosion of White House poll numbers, and you saw the mess in Gaza and the Hezbollah incident, you might be tempted to add fuel to the fire in the Middle east. Especially if your Neo Con buddies have been whispering in your ear "We have really got to do something about Iran. That is why the war in Iraq is going to hell in a hand basket. Because we havent moved on to phase two."

So, in a moment of blind Dick "Go f**k yourself" Cheney rage, you get on the phone or get one of your NeoCon buddies on the phone and you let Israel know that the US has its back if it wants to take care of Hezbollah once and for all. You dont really mean it. You dont have the political clout at home to back up the promise. You are just mad as hell, and you dont dare go hunting right now after what happened the last time. You want to watch some people die and some stuff blow up. You want the press to talk about something besides your treason. And hey, this is doing what the NeoCons have been saying you should do all along, so you can delude yourself that you are doing the RIGHT thing. Or at least, you can tell Dumbya that you are doing the right thing. He is so damn idealistic. You always have to give that boy an honest sounding excuse for all the dirty tricks you pull. Things were so much better when Nixon was around.

Anyway, Israel goes to war with Lebanon. The US gives it two solid weeks to dominate the world headlines and blow the hell out of a country that everyone except Israel agrees is innocent (even the US). Valerie Plame's lawsuit gets a littel bit of media coverage and then is forgotten. A lot of other stories get slipped in under the cover of Israel's War with Lebanon, like how W. told the DOJ it could not obey Congress's order to investigate domestic spying.

And at the end of two weeks, the US people are united in their belief that Israel has a right to defend itself.

Dick Cheney loves the smell of innocent blood being shed in the morning. It smells like political victory.

From Grand Theft Election Ohio "Apocalypse Forever"

http://www.grandtheftelectionohio.com/060716.htm