Ever get the feeling that the "War on Terror" is a snipe hunt?

[RandomKoolzip]

Having read the PNAC charter, and having already read lots of books and pieces detailing the CIA's rogue shenanigans thoughtout it's history, I see the "War on Terror" as being just a diversionary item on Bush's menu. When I see him talk about it on TV, he's always got that smirk on his face, like he's in on a joke the rest of us are falling for. I get the feeling when he speaks that even HE doen't really care about fighting terrorism, that he knows he's got the American people cowed into frightened apathy and reactionary thought-paths and is just so damn amused that he pulled it off, and that's what drives him. I think he's addicted to wool-pulling, I think he's still got that frat-prank mentality.

Remember that picture of Bush with his blindingly-caucasian frat buddies stuffed into a phone booth? I see him talking about fighting terrorism and cannot stop myself from mentally conjuring that picture....I see the same expression of bemused, sniggering malevolence on his face in both situations. In the first, he's got that confident look that says, "I'm rich and white and I could OWN YOU if I asked my daddy to put you on the market....." and in the second, IT'S THE SAME DAMN EXPRESSION. An emotionally dead smirk.

The "War on Terror" is an elaborate PRANK. Bush is like your asshole older brother as a kid, who says "look up there!!!" while you're eating so that he can steal food of your plate when your head is turned. While he's got so many people whipped into submission, behind their backs he's robbing us of Social Security, education funding, our environmental protections, our civil liberties, our overtime, our supposed "tax breaks", and our free time since we all have to work so damn much just to scrape by. And he's laughing it up- he sees this as just more fratboy fun and games, more stuffed telephone booths, more hand-in-a-bowl-of-warm-water for us "major league assholes." Our own president has "punk'd" us.

[arcane1]

1. we are at war with Eurasia, we have always been at war w/Eurasia

er, I mean Eastasia...

I think...

we're at war, anyway.

[Minstrel Boy]

2. It's "Scare Tactics", without benefit of Shannon Doherty.

Terror Terror Terror Terror Terror Terror Terror

Is this any way to run a country?

No.

But it may be the only way to rule the world.

3. What is this thing you call "snipe hunt"?

please do not give away the secret

[leftofthedial]

4. right from the start

it is a smokescreen for the PNAC agenda and political fodder for the Bush GOPNAC Cabal.

[VOX]

5. Exactly. "Terror" is the perfect enemy -- it could be anywhere, anytime...

and anybody. It can be reframed as needed to fit the moment's needs.

As for a "War on Terror," the concept of chasing smoke comes to mind.

[RandomKoolzip]

6. What really irks me

is the image I have in my head of Bush laughing his inbred moneyed-redneck ass off watching us all scramble around in fear whenever he mentions "terror." I just get the feeling that frat-pranking is the motivation behind it all.

He knows there's no real way we can stop terrorism. He just wants to have a good laugh at our expense as we try it.

[chookie]

7. I think you've got it

Although I think they may have tried botox or even severing his trigeminal nerve to stop that silly smirk, but he just can't help himself. There he is, babbling inanely, making it all up as he goes along sometimes, or outright lying, and all these serious guys are writing it down and printing it and analyzing it and he can kill people -- of course he thinks its a real hoot.

When people said that he "grew into the Presidency" -- boy, at best, that was wishful thinking.

Interesting to note that although the guy is 6 feet tall, he gives the impression of being a midget. He is routinely drawn by cartoonists as a small man.

I think that smirk tells us a lot.