That's a very great capsulation as to what's been going on and what's not been going on.
I agree, had the American media reported both the historical and current facts of the situation regarding Iraq, more and more Americans would be behaving like the populations of Britain, Spain and Italy, populations which do not support the actions of their leaders.
It's long been my contention that Powell's presentation of supposed facts, most of which have since been disproven, was aimed more at shoring up American support behind the Administration; that the increased terrorist alert was again aimed at the fear of Americans and also a means of shoring up support; and that the recent capture of an Al Qaeda leader that America already took credit for killing (back in September-November 2002) also was a means by which to shore up the support of the American public.
All of the administration's rhetoric relative to Iraq's nuclear capability has been proven unfounded, and it was largely this rhetoric which influenced Congress into passing a pre-election support resolution for Bush's preemptive war on Iraq. Again, I submit this has been an effort to whip fear into the genuine concerns of the American public.
That the path leading to this war is littered with enumerable incidents of fabricated documents, plagerized information and deletions of fact has caused mid-level intelligence personnel to leak information. If this war really was that important for our vital national security interests, why would this information be leaked by folks who ordinarily would remain loyal to their respective British and US governments?
That 1,000 veterans, including generals, admirals, colnels commanders, majors and captains would sign a document stating that this war is a violation of international law, morality and militarily is impractical is telling, and yet another example where folks who ordinarily would remain loyal to their government have taken actions and put their names and reputations on the line to stop this war.
This war achieves political objectives only and has nothing to do with morality. It's my belief that the GOPside strategists believe Bush automatically gets reelected if he gains the reputation as the one who took Saddam down; it's my belief this war cloaks Bush's selection as president, rather than his election as president, and that it also cloaks the worsening economy (which should be the issue of the day); it's my belief that these strategists also theorize that taking Iraq out of the picture would enhance the standing of Israel and thus fracture an element of both political and financial support that's long been a stable base of support for the Democrats; it's my belief that those corporately aligned with this oil-drenched Administration will gain obscene profits as a consequence of this war related to the control of the primary source of the world's oil and from the rebuilding the infrastructure of Iraq.
Were people before profits the guiding force then this war would not be happening and the common citizen American would not be behaving out of fear and supporting the Bush Administration only because, given what they've been told, it seems to be the right thing to do. |
