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Will Fear Strike Out?

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Mon, 09/04/2006 - 9:22pm.

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

Even the Christian Science Monitor, which tends to cover the news with relatively less administration bias than other mainstream papers, couldn’t help falling for the bait, yet again.

"Another blow to Al Qaeda in Iraq: Iraqi officials captured the No. 2 leader of the terrorist group," reads the Monitor headline. One blogger noted that this was the 39th "top or near the top" al-Qaeda official captured or killed in Iraq – and the violence only gets worse.

In fact, over the weekend, when the mainstream media once again fell for the PR hype that the Busheviks were making progress in the war in Iraq by capturing a "key" al-Qaeda figure, Iraq descended further into the heart of darkness. More than 30 mutilated male bodies were found in and around Baghdad and at least 7 "coalition soldiers" were killed.

The media has been through this cycle of PR stunts by the Bush Administration so many times before – you know, the "We finally got one of the the top guys and the violence will diminish now" PR announcements – that you would think that the press would at least put the word "alleged" in front of "Number 2 al-Qaeda Leader in Iraq."

Not that it would matter, if you were even to believe that all these killed or captured men are "top" al-Qaeda members, it’s of little importance to the carnage in Iraq. What is going on in that nation now is a civil war, in which al-Qaeda plays only a secondary role, by all accounts except for the Bushevik Ministry of Propaganda.

Meanwhile the threshold has been crossed: more American men and women have now been killed in Bush’s ill-conceived wars than the number of those who died on September 11.

And right now our Gis are dying because the Bush Administration can’t admit a dreadful and horrific mistake. They are dying because they are cannon fodder for a fall election that is going to culminate in some grand finale of fear (the exact nature of which, only Karl Rove and Cheney know). They are dying because they are occupiers in a nation where two Islamic sects are slaughtering each other – and sometimes our soldiers just happen to be in the way.

The lack of skepticism on the part of the mainstream media as another "top" terror leader was arrested leads one to believe that Rove is still in charge of the media train called "Fear Express."

The 24-hour blitz coverage of yet another "blow to the terrorists" was nonsensical. It makes no sense, because it will have no impact on the civil war in Iraq, the deaths of our soldiers or Iraqis. It’s a political announcement blown totally out of proportion to its impact on the bloody chaos. After all, weren’t we supposed to see violence reduced hundreds of times before, most notably with the capture of Saddam Hussein, the killing of his sons, and the killing of Zaqarwi?

Karl Rove is going for broke, playing the fear card to the extreme for the third time around in a national election.

Everyone knows that the "news events" such as the weekend’s arrest are unfolding according to a timetable of sorts. Everybody knows that there is going to be some fear mongering event shortly before the November election that will put the Democrats on the defensive.

It won’t have to be true; it won’t have to be verifiable; it will only have to be terrifying enough in its packaging to attract the usual media frenzy that loves fright fests.

And it will only have to go unchallenged through the end of voting.

The media is supposed to be the mediator between an event and our emotions. It is supposed to give us news tempered by reason and a reasoned perspective on the news. But many years ago, it abandoned that role – and now it is just a hotwire into the mosh pit of our emotions. And Karl Rove is the guy that puts the two wires together and starts the electrical jolt – again and again.

Will the Democrats have run enough focus groups and come up with enough contingency plans to be ready for the big jolt of fear coming our way?

Will they be able to ensure that this time fear will strike out?

If not, we should be prepared for full darkness to set over America.

If Rove succeeds, it won’t be morning in America; it will be mourning for America.

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

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A page from Greek mythology

Submitted by libertysghost on Mon, 09/11/2006 - 7:17pm.
Damn! Al Qaida must be like that mythological beast, the Hydra, that Hercules battled (tricked into doing so by Hades). Cut off one head and two more grow in it's place. We've "killed" or "captured" so many top Al Qaida operatives that the whole organization SHOULD have collapsed from lack of anyone to give the orders! The only thing mythological about this whole illegal attempt at Pax Americana is the justifications and idiotic "stay the course" insanity of Herr Bush and his brownshirt henchmen.
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Al Quaida "leaders"

Submitted by willymack on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 11:39pm.
What's the number.now? Thirty nine? Let's talk about the REAL terrorist leaders, namely bush, rummie, cheney, gonzalez, and a few more. Get rid of that bunch and watch things get a whole lot better.
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Just A Little Observation

Submitted by dgvb55 on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 10:00pm.
Over the last five years, I've noticed something that I really never heard mentioned anywhere else. Correct me if I'm wrong, but since the bulk of the alleged Al-Qaeda attack happened in NYC, it strikes me as both a little strange yet admirable that the folks in NY seem to be the LEAST fearful of any future attack. Perhaps the opposition can use this in some sort of advertising or documentary. The fact that not even Usama bin Laden can make these folks vote for Cheney and his Chimp. Not only would this serve as an example of courage in the face of tragedy, but also of the right attitude toward any future danger for the rest of the country to follow. I know it sounds naive and simplistic, but my own admiration is sincere. Maybe a lot of other people can learn something from this besides paranoid voting.... So far an awful lot of "sophisticated" people have referred to the rest of the country as "red-state-stupid". And this hasn't gotten us anywhere. All it's done is offend too many people. Perhaps an appeal to peoples' sense of courage and determination NOT to be frightened will work better.
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i may just be depressed,. however.

Submitted by jph_iterationGAMES on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 5:35pm.
well, lots of good insight form you all,. perhaps I'm in a dark mood, however i feel that it's basicly over for america. The cash is all gone,. the bush junta has seen to that,. when the dept is called and there being no gold to back it,. . can you say dust bowl. and for what? to build up millitarism world wide. remember millitarism=corporate profit at taxpayer expence. And as was stated the reputation of the good ol' USA has been destroyed, no one outside of some red-state death-cult simpletons belives that america stands for freedom; secret prisons, tortures, renditions, and killings, its possitively sickening. They cluster-bombed the Lebannon for crist sake! There will be an attack on Iran or the USA before the elections,. either will bring similar results,. fear and homeland patriotism++ and then the election rigging will kick in to assure success. If americans are, as they have proven themselves to be in the last few years, un-able to pull themselves away from their pathetic little suburban HD plasma daydreams and are unwilling to do what real people in eastern europe and currently in Mexico have done and hold a general strike to force the election not be rigged then it will be rigged! from my point of view it apeares 'democracy' is all but dead,. corporate rule is upon us! I'm just waiting for Bill Gates to throw his hat in the ring,. and likely win the presidency,. proving that he is indeed the anti-christ,. and then corporate fudalism will rule america and eventualy all the planet.
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Fear "Strikes Out"

Submitted by nortonantivirus on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 4:58pm.
The Neo-Cons have chosen the drug of fear to control the population. They must use ever increasing doses to achieve their desired effect. Sooner or later, they'll become "the cons who cried wolf" and they will paint themselves into a corner. The public will continue to grow more de-sensitized to this tactic or there must be an actual terrorist attack, in which case, the Neo-Cons will appear impotent in "the war on terror." To say nothing of the despicable morality of this approach.
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Fear times 39

Submitted by Ming on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 4:14pm.
MingFlash Nothing new here. The Ministry of Truth has spoken and none from either side of the political spectrum dare refute the reality of Mr. Decider and crew. We know it's happening. We know it will continue to happen. We can't change it because our elected officials do not represent us. They represent their own power structures. FDR may have said we have nothing to fear but fear itself. That was then. Now our fear has taken on the shape of those in the White House and Congress. They are not our friends and do not speak for us. They are living, breathing manifestations of fear. We need the piss and vinegar attitude of the 60s and 70s to rally the troops against this dark stain on mankind.
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Humanity...

Submitted by MERCMAN on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 3:28pm.
It still makes me chuckle when I hear speak of Democrat vs Republican left vs right..What ever became of Humanity? Are we all still that gullable? 21st century people...wake the FUCK up!!! See it for what it is..a charade..smoke and mirrors, a weak ass parlor trick at best.. They play you against your neighbor,your own flesh and blood....For what? So they can stay right where they are and keep you right where your at...Divide and conquer..thats how they do it! Go out and meet the guy next door.. say hi to some stranger on the street. Talk to each other. You will find out that there are alot of people feelin the same way..That's how you change things..In short, I say "fuck em' and feed em' fish heads." Get ready. There's an ambush up ahead, and were in the crosshair...
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Forget Bush-Rove- Focus on CONGRESS

Submitted by dorispatrick on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 2:19pm.
We must contact every single member of Congress and urge them to pull us out of Iraq. The only hammer we have with these otherwise useless politicians is our vote. And, we must use it. Regardless of party- these people have to go. There are few if any who care about our Nation, about our guys in uniform, about our borders. The members in Congress must be voted out. Don't let their words confuse you; their actions speak the truth. Get these clowns (Dem or Rep) out of Congress.
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Zero Hope for Iraq Pullout Without Democratic Majority

Submitted by stevehigh on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 3:27pm.

I'm not going to give you a lecture on the committee system in Congress or what happens when the leadership changes hands except to say, we need every Democrat who walks, creeps or crawls to vote for the next speaker and majority leader. If you vote against a Democrat, your vote hammer will be more like an overcooked ravioli on a popsicle stick

As to relating Bush's unpopularity to Congress, the Rumsfeld initiative is ideal for that. In a role call vote, Republicans who vote against "No confidence in Rumsfeld" will have hard time explaining why they are not rubber-stamps for an unpopular Bush and a mismanaged war.

Your vote-against-Democrats plan will keep us in Iraq until Jenna Bush is old enough to drink her way into the White House. Please take another look at the foolhardiness of your bipartisan scheme.

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Mr. Decider Has Spoken

Submitted by Ming on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 4:18pm.
MingFlash Bush told us straight out on TV that we won't be pulling troops out of Iraq while he is President. It's time for the dopes to wake up and see that we can fight global terrorism without keeping the boots on the ground in Iraq.
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You're suckked in

Submitted by dorispatrick on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 3:50pm.
Laudable but wrong! You're sucked into the party division strategy. There are few, very few in Congress in either party that cares about YOU or our Nation. Enough of this party shit- vote all of these crappers out of here! Take a chance that possibly a few actual Americans will enter Congress. Really? Why then does Kennedy keep his wealth out of this country? Why does Hilary support this alien invasion? Get your head out of your party's ass.
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Control through chaos

Submitted by SCREAMING MODERATE on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 1:46pm.
I've worked for right-wing psuedo-christians. Their managment style is that the more chaotic they can make the situation, then the more they can posture and point to how valuable their leadership is.
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October Surprise came and went

Submitted by Maezeppa on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 1:32pm.
The October surprise fizzled when Israel didn't hold up well against Hezbollah. The proxy war was derailed and the "WW III" that Newt Gingrich was creaming over did not happen. That's not to say ol' Karl Rove won't try -- it's just that his options are rather limited and frankly, he's looking a little fried and desperate these days. Presumably Rove has analyzed the likely response Americans would have to a terror attack or a US attack on Iran and found that the public will lose rather than gain confidence in GOP leadership as a result. I think Karl Rove is out of ponies at this point and he's just going to pour it all into running Congressional races as dirty as he can. I believe he and Cheney are going to be taken out -- not by the Democrats so much as the Democrats operating in conjunction with the "sane" Neocons who would like to see Greedy Cheney and Karl the Jackal very busy answering subpoenas for the next three years while a broken and useless Bush fumpfers around the Oval Office between bicycle rides.
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We Change The World, That's What!

Submitted by crackerjack on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 1:31pm.
Being that the media's not doing it's job of mediating between events and our emotions, subjecting us thereby to these sudden and repetitive electric jolts; which, as the powers that be intended, keep us all in a perpetual state of fear; which, in turn, blocks out our reasoing capabilities as well as our insightfullness; turning us, well, into a herd of stampeding who knows what. How do we pull off changing the world. Well, for starters we try preempting this forthcoming October "surprise", since, as our BuzzFlash editors correctly point out , everyone knows it's coming. Preempt it, for example, along the line of today's editorial, "Has Fear Struck Out?" So let's see now, how many BuzzFlash Readers (each one forwarding this editorial to one or more persons), will it take before we'll have rendered inoperable whatever the "surprise" that's awaiting us. . Forward this editorial with a note attached; something like, "FYI. You'll know what to do."
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Remind Voters of the GOP Failures

Submitted by Anita Nance on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 12:42pm.
The closer we get to the 2006 elections, the more "I fear" Americans won't wake up. Yes, everytime an election comes up, the GOP pulls out the terror card. When do we stop living in fear? When do we get tired of them taking our hard earned money and giving it to the top 1%? Big corporation has taken over our country and their fear and intimidation tactics lead us here. It's time for democracy to win out. If we want to win this (might be hard if they steal it again), but if we want to win, we have to remind the American people of the failures in Iraq. That terrorist roam free now. We have to remind people of Katrina and how our current government allow US citizens to die on our own soil. We have to remind them that the more freedoms we give up, the more control of our lives they have all in the name of putting our money in the hands of the wealthiest 1%. It's time we realize that if we don't take back seats in Congress and the Senate, we will be going head first into a 3rd war, this time with Iran. They have so much as hinted at it. If you want the madness to stop, we have to get off the defense and get on the offensive! It's time to beat them at their own game! Remember the old adage " The best defense is a Good Offense!!!
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Fear

Submitted by jorge on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 10:53am.
Fear as presented by the Bush administration will indeed strike out, but so will democracy. The Republicans will easily steal all the votes needed, around 20%, to overcome any challenge by Democrat canidates. Democrats will blow them away in all legitimate polling exit or otherwise. The Republican Congress will decide in favor of their canidates in all elections. American voters and citizens will respond by doing nothing thus sealing the fate of democracy in the USA, end of story.
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Fear Going for the Record

Submitted by Joe Buff on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 9:10am.
Barry Bonds move over. Rove, Cheney, and Company are going to hit more over the fences than you ever dreamed! In fact, they probably already have. Fear will not strike out. Fear rules! Fear reigns supreme! The terrorists in Washington, aided and abetted by Pravda and Tass (American style), have most Americans so frozen with fear that Osama can only sit in his cave and wipe away the tears of laughter. Fear will keep the enemy in power for the foreseeable future, and maybe even longer; until the day when America becomes the puppet of either China or the Islamic fanatics. So, turn out the lights, crawl under the covers, and don't look in the direction of the Big Flash. The glory days are over. The experiment has failed. No, Mr. Franklin, we couldn't keep it. The REPUBLICans threw it away--along with the baby, the bathwater, and the Constitution.
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Depends on just how dumb Americans really are...

Submitted by kenoshaMarge on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 9:03am.
Stale Rovian scare tactics and heaping helpings of fright-fests seem to be losing some of their punch. How absurd to allow them to keep portraying Democrats as weak when it is the whining, scaredy-cat, bed-wetting, Republicans who are so frightened they will do anything, give up anything, allow the government any intrusion so long as it makes them feel safer. Not be safer, just feel safer. The scare tactics always work with the "useful idiots" in the Republican base. They have long since lost all capacity to think for themselves. What our country must depend on and must hope for is that the majority of Americans who still bother to see the world as it really is will vote these pathetically incompetent liars out of office. Rove has one stale trick he uses again and again. If American falls for it again, it will truly be time to mourn. Not just for our nation, but for a population too stupid to maintain a free society.
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What the Democrats can do...

Submitted by cagey on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 8:06am.
...is what they are doing now, which is to go after Bush's record on homeland security - including Katrina - to point out that Bush is actually a failure at protecting America. That way, if a threat or attack happens, it will be seen as another Bush failure. Since the Democrats don't have the media megaphone, they need to talk about this at every opportunity starting now to hammer it home.
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Keep pressure on Rumsfeld

Submitted by stevehigh on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 12:14pm.
Bush is stubborn and loyal to a fault. The Democrats should continue to goad him by calling for the removal of Rumsfeld.

It would be nice if the Democratic blogs would join the leading members of Congress who have done this with a coordinated one-day display of a "Fire Rumsfeld" message on the front page, temporarily replacing all other content.

Failing that, simply a pledge to avoid talking shit about other Democrats for 60 days would be good.

The GOP strategy is to make the public fear the Democrats as weak and disorganized; we have a chance to turn the tables, but it'll take teamwork.

--Steve

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Can he fire Rumsfeld?

Submitted by winterfire on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 4:36pm.
Rumsfeld knows where the bodies are buried. How loyal will he be, if he is fired?
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Response to what the Democrats can do

Submitted by muddmike on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 9:26am.
I would like to add one change to the comment by cagey. The Dems should go after the REPUBLICANS' record. Bush is not going to be running. Also, he has only been able to do what he has done because the Republicans have supported him, and have only been a rubber stamp. The Republicans now control all three branches of the government and they have eliminated all checks and balances, which are critical for a functioning democracy.
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Mistake?

Submitted by fan43fever on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 7:55am.
I agree that all of this is no mistake. It fits in with the grand plan. Read up on PNAC. The way I see it, we've got one last chance to take back our country and it isn't going to be easy. They aren't just going to roll over and let it happen. And with all the wonderful Diebold machines, it's going to take alot of voters voting in the areas that don't have Diebold yet. And I don't see it happening. Thankfully, a large majority in this country is finally waking up, but it's going to take a massive uprising to accomplish anything. And there are still too many people that don't believe the truth about 9/11 or PNAC for that to happen. I've just about given up on the whole deal. America, you and democracy were a grand experiment, so sad it was over in a blink of an eye thanks to a lazy ignorant electorate.
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No Hail Mary Pass

Submitted by stevehigh on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 7:41am.

In past campaigns, Rove has relied more on steady repetitiion of a few messages than on pyrotechnics at the end. If his idea is to get the country to rally around Bush by threatening war in Iran, for example, I think that would happen in September, not October.

Rove's campaigns are usually pretty simple--Gore is a liar, and I'll cut your taxes. Last time, it was even simpler--You can't trust Kerry because he lied about being a war hero; trust your president instead. The Swift boat attacks came in August, not October.

This time it's also simple--Democrats are afraid to fight terrorists, but we've kept you safe. The have a big megaphone to shout out this lie.

The message that the Democrats are too weak and disorganized to protect the nation is the one they hope to ride home on. Their goal is not to make Americans afraid of terror, but to make them afraid of Democrats.

A united Democratic party looks strong; a divided, quarrelsome, self-critical party looks weak. With Labor Day past, nothing is more important than for those of us in "blogosphere" and "DLC" wings of the party to mute our differences and concentrate our critical remarks on George Bush and the GOP.

Americans will be afraid of terror; there is not stopping that, nor is it entirely unreasonable. We must make sure they fear the GOP even more. Then they will turn to a Democratic Party that is strong and confident and whose support is broad and deep.

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Let the word go out

Submitted by winterfire on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 7:40am.
Any "terrorist event" happening now, will be blamed squarely on the GOP and such an event will mean the end of the GOP as a viable political party for generations to come, if not forever. It wouldn't be at all abnormal, if there is such an "attack," for Americans to realize that their government is either totally incompetent or doesn't care to protect this country and its citizens and that it will be up to us to protect ourselves. Let it be known, that if there is so much as a 1% chance that our votes have been manipulated or stolen again, there will be hell to pay. Just imagine the harm it would do to the economy, not to mention certain portfolios, if 33% of Americans refused to buy anything for 3 days, 7 days....Americans are in a unique position to wreak havoc with the Greedy Old Pukes without lifting a finger, by simply not doing what we are expected to do; buy, buy, buy...consume, consume, consume. There are no laws requiring us to spend money on anything. The news media should be advised, through emails and phonecalls that White House skullduggery is widely suspected heading into this election. The more suspicions there are, announced to the media in advance, the less chance there is that another 9/11 (or a new, new Pearl Harbor) will happen or will go unchallenged if it does happen. Perhaps the Democratic Party officials can't run the risk of seeming paranoid off the scales, but we can. I agree with everyone who says that Iraq was not a mistake for the Bushites. They and their sociopathic, corporate pals have made gazillions off this "mistake." It was not a war for oil, it was a war to control the flow of oil, thus making the Oil CEOs wealthier than in their wildest dreams. Let it be known that we will not, repeat NOT, tolerate another nuclear weapon being used in our name, against any other nation. If the Bushites do this, there won't be enough torches or pitchforks, at all the Home Depots and Lowes in the country. Americans have been waking up since Katrina, and since January of this year the awakening in America has taken on a phenomenal speed. Here Ye, Rthugs, 'the times they are a changin''. You won't get away with it again!
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Mistake?

Submitted by GOPHater on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 7:31am.
The readers who allude to the fact that it's no mistake are right on. If only it were. For one thing, they've gotten Iraqi oil off the market, which pays back a huge return on investment to their supporters in the form of oil company profits. Also, of course, you've got to replace the weapons used to destroy Iraq. More payback. And now, rebuild what you destroyed. More payback. We all know they want to destroy social programs. You do this by bankrupting the country to where it simply cannot pay for them. They're devious, but they're not stupid. They have a plan for you and I, and it's goes something like this, "Oh thank you master for this low-paying, no benefits job".
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GIs Dying for Bush - not just US troops

Submitted by Hugh on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 2:30am.
I think that the latest figures from Afganistan show that US "Friendly Fire" has killed or wounded more canadians than the Taliban has managed to inflict. You are doing a hellava job bush. Kranky Canuck
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Fear/Ignorance

Submitted by bladerunner on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 12:54am.
Why would BushCo want to leave Iraq or Afganistan? There is no reason to leave from their vantage. They are still in power here at home. BushCo and friends are making huge profits. They are not paying for, or dying for any of this. And did I mention the huge amount of money that, oil, opium, bankers, and defense contractors are making. BushCo and company. Which includes the CONgress, will "Stay the Course". Till there is no profit, or their freedom becomes imperialed. The other problem is the Dumber then S(!+ factor. About 30% of the population will believe anything that a priest, TV, or public figure tells them. Because of poor education, indoctrination, and mental fitness( yes stupid). And as my friends all know, For years I'v said. The idiots will get us all killed! Live in truth and love
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right on mattnet

Submitted by tclarke on Mon, 09/04/2006 - 11:03pm.
thanks for writing my response.

re:

"Gis are dying because the Bush Administration can’t admit a dreadful and horrific mistake."

No mistake was made here....Rove wants us to think that at worst there were "mistakes".

The truth is far more sinister.

With my limited geopolitical saavy I knew what was going to happen in Iraq in 2002...can anyone think the United States government with all its intellegence agencies etc, is stupider than me?.

This was no mistake. What we have in Iraq is precisely what they wanted and planned on. All the rhetoric of misinformation, mistakes and incompetance plays right into their hands, its what they want us to believe as worst case scenario...but its not true.

"You can't handle the truth!", says a famous actor in a famous movie. He's talking to us, even Buzzflash.

Please get real people (and Buzzflash) its worse than you think!

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Mourning for America

Submitted by clichy1950 on Mon, 09/04/2006 - 10:55pm.
Hi: Nice to see that phrase is still resonating as much as it did when i wrote it in a reader's contribution back on 16 July 2004 entitled Constitutional Crises: "For Ronald Reagan’s supernumeraries and his army of true believers, it was “Morning in America.” Unfortunately, the path down which he and his cronies have led this country has produced much more “Mourning in America.” No matter who said it, the reality is this: For 38 years the GOP has been screwing with our democracy right down to our current problem of unverifiable elections and Jim Crow-like laws requiring voters to identify themselves at the polls. Enough is enough. Nothing will change this short of a civil war in this country and it's about time people realize that for far too long the people behind the scenes have been manipulating ordinary folks to hate each other so that the rich elites can continue to loot our treasury and our legacy. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were kiled because there was a real chance that people whose class interests coincided were going to put aside their differences and coalesce into a grand coalition that was going to fight THE MAN. That coalition never happened and America is the worse for it today. Martin had a dream; Bobby had a dream; JFK had a dream. All those dreams were snuffed out by people with ties to Texas politics and Texas oil. Hell, even Teddy Kennedy alluded to plots hatched in Texas recently. Need I say more?? Matt Carmody Cornwall, NY
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Fear

Submitted by rufus2704 on Mon, 09/04/2006 - 10:34pm.
I don't know about you but I'm afraid. Terrified even, that these totally dishonest fascist republicans will do anything to hang onto their control of this government and to the morons who vote for them. Anything! If the terorist cells can't duplicate 9/11, these nutty rapture right fools will likely fill in the blank spaces with their own, 2nd Pearl Harbor event.
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Mission right on Schedule

Submitted by mattnet on Mon, 09/04/2006 - 10:04pm.
You write: "And right now our GIs are dying because the Bush Administration can’t admit a dreadful and horrific mistake.", but this I think is completely wrong.

To the Bush Crime Family it is not a mistake. For them the plan was always: create enough chaos to that they can steal and loot and rob everything not nailed down; plunge the country into a civil war so that it cannot recover and fight back; and destroy the reputation of the U.S. so that it cannot serve as a check on global corporatism.

For the Bush crime family and the neo-cons it's "Mission Accomplished" and everything right on schedule... except for that Iran invasion... it's a little late, but they haven't given-up hope yet.

Mattnet
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." G.B.Shaw
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