A friend of mine recently gave me a disturbing scenario: what if Iraq has descended into civil war because Bush and his neo-con puppetmasters want it that way? What if Bush’s repeated failures to end the violence aren’t failures at all, but rather the desired result? Consider: the continued violence keeps federal money pouring into the pockets of Bush’s neo-con and military contractor supporters, so they’re happy; the political situation is in chaos, so Iraqi oil remains in the hands of Bush’s oil pals, so they’re happy; Muslims are killing each other in large numbers, so Bush’s radical Christian supporters are happy; Bush’s elite-rich supporters don’t have sons or daughters dying to provide cheap gasoline for their SUVs, so they’re happy…so, who among Bush’s core supporters is bothered by a protracted war in Iraq? What if they are perfectly happy with the way things are going and that’s the reason for Bush’s “stay the course” rhetoric in the face of an ongoing slaughter?
Remember: they lied to get us into this mess, so why wouldn’t they lie to keep us there?
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