Putting Terror in Perspective

In this recent post "Wait, Aren't You Scared?" KungFu Monkey lays down some sobering logic for these panic-filled times.

"I cast my eyes back on the last century...

FDR: Oh, I'm sorry, was wiping out our entire Pacific fleet supposed to intimidate us? We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and right now we're coming to kick your ass with brand new destroyers riveted by waitresses. How's that going to feel?

CHURCHILL: Yeah, you keep bombing us. We'll be in the pub, flipping you off. I'm slapping Rolls-Royce engines into untested flying coffins to knock you out of the skies, and then I'm sending angry Welshmen to burn your country from the Rhine to the Polish border.

US, circa 2001: BE AFRAID!! Oh God, the Brown Bad people could strike any moment! They could strike ... NOW!! AHHHH. Okay, how about .. NOW!! AAGAGAHAHAHHAG! Quick, do whatever we tell you, and believe whatever we tell you, or YOU WILL BE KILLED BY BROWN PEOPLE!!!

... and I'm just a little tired of being on the wrong side of that historical arc.

Tip o' the hat to FireDogLake for the link.

- Edoc 12:09 PM - [PermaLink] -

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9/11 to some was a tragedy.

To Dick Cheney it was a plan to implement his plans in motion:

1) Create an imperial Presidency
2) Invade Iraq

And with 9/11 he was given a boogey man. A political tool. Terrorism is a campaign slogan.

Cheney and Bush have weakened the war on terrorism by removing the needed resources to catch bin Laden so they could concentrate on their own pet project - war with Iraq. The war with Iraq has fed anti-American sentiment throughout the world, in a time we needed allies. In the Muslim world our actions demonstrated the arrogance bin Laden and his ilk have often talked about when trying to justify they're actions. Cheney and Bush have been the best requirement tool al Qaeda ever had. In turn bin Laden has been the best campaign tool the GOP ever had.

Truly a dangerous symbiotic relationship.

Now Cheney considers Democracy in action (Holding those who weakened our national security by spending precious resources [such as the lives of our soldiers] on a horribly ill considered war) as encouragement to "al Qaeda" types.

Cheney seems to hate Americans because they are free.

Democrats Back Lamont in Race in Show of Unity

At the same time, Republicans began a concerted effort to use Mr. Lieberman's defeat to portray Democrats as weak on national defense, reprising a theme that they made central to the last two national campaigns.

The attacks came in searing remarks from, among others, Ken Mehlman, the chairman of the Republican National Committee and Vice President Dick Cheney, who went so far as to suggest that the ouster of Mr. Lieberman might encourage "al Qaeda types."

"It's an unfortunate development, I think, from the standpoint of the Democratic Party, to see a man like Lieberman pushed aside because of his willingness to support an aggressive posture in terms of our national security strategy," Mr. Cheney said in a telephone interview with news service reporters.

- rob 1:33 PM - [PermaLink] -

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C'mon kids, let's go to Army World!

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia (AP) -- The Army is considering a proposal to allow a private developer to build a military-themed park that would include Cobra Gunship rides and bars including a "1st Division Lounge."

Military officials said a massive entertainment and hotel complex built next to a national Army museum could draw more than 1 million people a year. But authorities in Fairfax County are objecting because of already traffic-clogged roads surrounding the proposed site.
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County officials have no authority over the Army's decision because the site is federal property.

I really have no problem if a private company wanted to create a military theme park.

Let's face it if you were 10 still wouldn't it be cool to be in a tank? It'd make sense that a company would want to milk that for money.

Heck I spent the night in a battleship a couple years back with my son and I thought that was really cool.

No - what trouble's me is the DOD's involvement.

Now we know whose hearts and minds they are really trying to conquer.

- rob 2:01 PM - [PermaLink] -

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