04/09/2002 Archived Entry: "Bush's vision for the United States"

Maybe Bush will see the madness going on between Israel & Palestine, and think twice about his forwarding the US into a "Homeland Security" military state?

Bush basically follows the footsteps of his father's "New World Order" plan for hegemonic control of world by a militaristic United States. In Bush is going much farther than McKinley ever did, the Bryan-McKinley races of 1896 and 1900 are compared with this in mind. It seems to me that the whole way that the Bush Administration has went about in this War on Terror is being played out in such a way as to ensure perhaps a decade, or at least a re-election in 2004, of Republicans in the WH, in order to follow through on the awaited victory over Terrorism. That being the case, it's a very unethical use of the US military. The operatives in the WH view War as just another tool to be used to manipulate toward remaining in power. That would seem to work, given a pure hegemony, in a world where Bush's word is the voice of the king that all the other national leaders give heed too. However, as Dionne points out, this world is not that sort of place. Rove's playbook for re-election is instead spring-boarding the world into catastrophe's at the hands of revenge-seeking merciless killers.

Bush's whole attempt at election in 2000 was due to his seeking out to avenge his father's loss to Clinton in 1992. Why should the US be surprised that Israel follows the lead laid out by the US in dealing with terrorists. Suicide terrorists bombed the US, killing 3,000. The US retaliated by killing over 3,000 Afghanistan citizens while hunting down terrorists. India nearly followed the US lead, by invading Pakistan, following a terrorist act in New Delhi. Israel is following the US actions now while waging war against Palestinians, after being subjected to suicide bombers. The Bush administration we are told, is preparing to overthrow Iraq's dictator, completing the vengeance there of Bush I.

This is a vicious cycle that is playing out in the world. One where reconciliation is not viewed as an alternative. With leaders such as Bush, Saddam, Blair, Sharon, Arafat, resolution just doesn't seem possible.