Falling Like Bombs
According to new surveys, public confidence in the conduct of the war against, um, against...the war in Afghanistan is dropping with the bombs. In both the U.S. and in Great Britain, our staunchest ally. Apparently a whole lotta folks are realizing that the bombing is doing very little to hurt the Osama and Taliban. At the same time, concern about the germ warfare being waged without a wrinkle on our soil is proliferating like spores at the post office. This is what comes from keeping up with the news.
It shows that the administration's hope that their public relations apparatus would carry the day might soon be dashed on the rubble of Kabul. The real concern that many people have is that the Bushies spend so much energy polishing their image that they don't spend the requisite time on policy. They've been given a blank check by Congress and have given free rein to the Pentagon. They continue to profess faith in the CIA abroad and the FBI at home, a trust that is only held by the highest levels of co-flagellators.
And one has to ask, If by stopping the bombing of Afghanistan we would see no more anthrax attax in our country, would they end the bombing? Their answer would be an unequivocal "No." They need to send a message; to punish and to kill people. Even though they don't know how to find them. So they keep doing what they know how to do, i.e., drop bombs, because they really don't know what else to do. They are like the monkey with his hand in the candy jar, unable to get his hand out because he refuses to let go of the candy.
So they'll put people on the ground — which is an obscene euphemism for sending in ground troops — er, hem, to help better direct the air attack. Guess what? That's what the Soviet Union did. They were similarly mired in this insanity, and ya gotta think that as the Russians were shipping home the thousands in body bags, they couldn't imagine anyone would be so stupid as to repeat their errors. I guess that shows a limited imagination.
The public relations campaign isn't doing a whole lot better. The White House lit the fuse on a plan whereby every child in America would send in a dollar for the Afghan children relief. Wowee-zowee, Bushman. If they all comply, that will be equivalent to amount of money the Pentagon spends between breakfast and lunchtime. And just think of all those Afhan children, sitting quietly, waiting for the manna to drop from the heavens instead of ordnance.
As part of their nonsensical campaign to exalt how safe we all are, Bush-Lite is headed for the World Series. Meanwhile, President Cheney is in hiding. Doesn't that seem kinda backwards? Shouldn't we send The Dick to the game and keep George the Younger in the bunker? And let's ask this question: Would you use your tickets to the game if you knew that Bush was gonna be there? We know there are terrorists here. In their wildest dreams, could they ask for a better target than Yankee Stadium? This must be Cheney's idea.
Finally, speaking of winners and losers, Lockheed-Martin has been awarded the most lucrative government contract in history. Hold onto your tax rebate, it's $200,000,000,000 to develop the F-35 fighter. The L-M win was Boeing's loss. It is expected to create 9,000 new jobs at the Lockheed plant in Ft. Worth. Quoth Phil Gramm, the senior Senator from Texas, the new plane will give our enemies "new reason to pause." Um, who thinks the Taliban are quakin’ in their boots? If not they than we, who realize that our military is always fighting the last war.
And that's SetonnoteS...I'm Tony Seton.
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