Despite the hype and blathering excitement of a deliriously giddy news media, the real war of consequence is not a senseless and petty game of non-relevant matters between the Democratic candidates, it’s in Iraq where American blood and treasure are flowing daily. The real war, which should still be the pertinent news, has nothing to do with much of anyone but George W. Bush, the war profiteers such as Halliburton, Chaney’s company, and those neoconservatives at the Project for a New American Century, the people who wanted Iraq, probably for its oil, but were obviously ignorant or mindless or maybe didn’t give a damn about the consequences of such a war. These were the people, such as William Kristol, a co-founder of the Project for a New American Century and conservative writer for publisher Rupert Murdock who owns Fox News among other ultra conservative outlets, who claimed that the oil in Iraq would pay for the war.
Speaking of which, if this war was about oil, and it probably was, how come gasoline is now pushing four bucks a gallon? Was that an intended consequence, and if so, why? Or did the powers-that-be get it all wrong? But that’s not the big issue here…not that it isn’t a big issue. At present I am simply amazed that the American public continues to put up with a moron who would be king…well, dictator, anyway. A few years ago I wrote rather extensively on why the hell we went into Iraq and how incredibly stupid our president is, two more or less related items of interest.
The stupidity of our president is, of course, directly related to the intelligence of our voting public; we did elect him twice. Was that what one might call “democracy in action”? Or would mindless, frightened sheep be a better term? It was fear and fear alone that made the president’s case for a second term. Falling for that ploy is not, in my opinion, very bright. It is one reason I can find it easy to relate what we like to think of as “democracy” to mob rule. If we are a government of the people, electing a stupid leader is a good indicator of the general intelligence of those who elected him. And I do realize that is not a popular sort of thing to say. No one wants to take that much responsibility for our so-called government of the people…it could make them look as stupid as their leaders obviously are. We’d rather just think the president and all his men and ladies are the stupid ones.
The realization of our glorious leader’s intelligence should have become obvious when he declared war on the sovereign country of Iraq, which represented no threat to us. Most of all, as we found out quite some time back and have since forgotten, there were no weapons of mass destruction. That is why we went into Iraq. It was a lie, of course, one of the first big ones, but the stupid part is that we have forgotten why we went into Iraq, which also means we have forgotten we were lied to. That was never the real reason, of course, but it was the one we seemed to believe at the time. We should also be aware that Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with the events of September 11, nor was Iraq a “breeding ground for terrorists,” at least not until we took out its legitimate government, sent it into chaos and anarchy, which ended up an invitation for real terrorists who then did, in fact, join in the fray and keep the whole thing going in a virtually non-winnable and endless conflict.
All that sort of makes you wonder why we really invaded Iraq in the first place. Inasmuch as we can write off all the official reasons as outright lies, and the “oil” thing, which seemed like a good guess at the time, isn’t paying off—at least for the American public—I’d say we need to look for another reason. And where to start on that search? Who is benefiting the most? Who benefits from the cost of the war? Well, Dick Chaney’s old company of Halliburton is one. But who benefits from the big oil game, which is now selling at over one hundred bucks a barrow? Dare we say the Saudis?
Now consider this: George Bush, as a would-be business man—the oil business in Texas—has run a couple of small-time oil businesses into the ground. And who financed those losing businesses of his? The Saudis. Michael Moore’s documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 (available on DVD) covers the whole story much better than I could even hint at it, but it does question—and answer—why an oil-rich country like Saudi Arabia would back a small-time loser like George W. Bush. Look at current events, and gas prices, to realize that one.
The sad news is that George W. Bush, who ran a couple of small-time businesses into the ground, is now the president of the United States. Those are a couple of things you really don’t want to have to say in the same sentence, but damn, look where we stand economically after two terms.
As I said, I did post considerably about George W. Bush a few years ago, and in particularly about his obvious lack of intellect. A nice guy to have a beer with?
Maybe. Someone to lead the country? Give me a break. How did that happen?
Anyway, here is one of my commentaries from three years ago, which, unfortunately, is still timely: http://wm-monje.com/politicalblog/archives/38-The-Idiot-King.html The preceding link is to one article only. I would like to remind readers that they can access the whole blog with this link: http://wm-monje.com/politicalblog/index.php?frontpage The link to political commentary only is here: http://wm-monje.com/politicalblog/categories/2-Political-Writings And the link to movie commentaries only is here: http://wm-monje.com/politicalblog/categories/1-Movies
