I’m not sure, but I’ll bet Michael Moore is having a field day with today’s events, or more to the point, the timing of them. It seems, as the news reports unfold, that there was no imminent attack scheduled today, or for that matter, in the next few days, or weeks, and that this group was under investigation and surveillance for several months...BUT there was an imminent threat to the Bush and Blair alliance of “politics of fear” after Joe Lieberman....a democrat senator from my home state of Connecticut, (for almost as long as I can remember), lost his party nomination in a party election yesterday.
Joe Lieberman, for those not up to snuff on him, was, and is a “die hard” supporter of the Bush war in Iraq. AND, most importantly, he was Al Gore’s running mate as Vice President in the last election!!!! He is the first senatorial “casualty” of the war in Iraq, and I suspect Michael Moore would say...”it’s about time.”
I can almost envision Bush’s call to Tony Blair late last night....”Tony, I’m getting behind on the fear factor...anything you can do?”
“Sure George. We can move up this investigation to bomb 10 British planes on their way to the states and scare the shit out of everyone.”
“Oh Tony, that’s great! We have to keep up this fear, or like Joe, we’ll all be dead.”
I highly suspect, despite all the bullshit that will come about how “imminent” or real this threat was, (remembering all the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq) that we have all been duped again. I thank God that the fine folks of my home state have seen through all this smoke and mirrors, and made their voices heard...which they have, not only in the Bush administration, but all over the world!
How does this affect Bali? It affects us greatly, especially as the politics of fear of terrorism prevails in the seat of government of the strongest nation on earth and its milk lapping cousins, Great Britain and Australia.
Joe Lieberman, for those not up to snuff on him, was, and is a “die hard” supporter of the Bush war in Iraq. AND, most importantly, he was Al Gore’s running mate as Vice President in the last election!!!! He is the first senatorial “casualty” of the war in Iraq, and I suspect Michael Moore would say...”it’s about time.”
I can almost envision Bush’s call to Tony Blair late last night....”Tony, I’m getting behind on the fear factor...anything you can do?”
“Sure George. We can move up this investigation to bomb 10 British planes on their way to the states and scare the shit out of everyone.”
“Oh Tony, that’s great! We have to keep up this fear, or like Joe, we’ll all be dead.”
I highly suspect, despite all the bullshit that will come about how “imminent” or real this threat was, (remembering all the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq) that we have all been duped again. I thank God that the fine folks of my home state have seen through all this smoke and mirrors, and made their voices heard...which they have, not only in the Bush administration, but all over the world!
How does this affect Bali? It affects us greatly, especially as the politics of fear of terrorism prevails in the seat of government of the strongest nation on earth and its milk lapping cousins, Great Britain and Australia.
, i.e. my quotation by H.L. Mencken