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The Supposed basis for the war in Iraq? All "threats" to the continuity of the U.S. government are to be neutralized. Ultimately, "liberty" is a threat to these proclaimed ends, so long as liberty consists in the possibility of choice. The ability to choose actions and thoughts leads necessarily to the possibility that those thoughts and actions may be a threat to the continuity of the State, and thus considered terroristic. The "War on Terror" logically will not be satisfied with simply fighting current "terrorists", but also must address and stop possible future "terrorists", i.e. those with the capacity/ability to think and act outside of the control of the U.S. government. The more "free" the people of a country, the more of a threat they pose to the continuity of the governing body/social structure of that country. In other words, true freedom is a direct threat to the continuity of the State which proclaims to defend said "freedom". |
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I love the idea of waging war on abstract concepts. the war on drugs was hilarious and sad enough. the war on terror takes the cake. it's a big fat blank check--now we can justifiably pick on whoever we feel like in the name of conquering terrorism. the people in power are greedy bastards and war nourishes the state. |
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Freedom to do as we say. |
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Greetings:This is the Secretary of War at the State Department of the United States. We have a problem. The companies want something done about this sluggish world economic situation. Profits have been running a little thin lately and we need to stimulate some growth. Now we know there's an alarmingly high number of young people roaming around in your country with nothing to do but stir up trouble for the police and damage private property. It doesn't look like they'll ever get a job. It's about time we did something constructive with these people. We've got thousands of 'em here too. They're crawling all over. The companies think it's time we all sit down, have a serious get-together and start another war. The President? He loves the idea! All those missiles streaming overhead to and fro... Napalm... People running down the road, skin on fire... The Soviets seem up for it: The Kremlin's been itching for the real thing for years. Hell, Afghanistan's no fun. So whadaya say? We don't even have to win this war. We just want to cut down on some of this excess population. Now look. Just start up a draft; draft as many of those people as you can. We'll call up every last youngster we can get our hands on. Jand 'em some speed, give 'em an hour or two to learn how to use an automatic rifle and send 'em on their way. Libya? El Salvador? How 'bout Northern Ireland? Or a "moderately repressive regime" in South America? We'll just cook up a good Soviet threat story in the Middle East - we need that oil. We had Libya all ready to go and Colonel Khadafi's hit squad didn't even show up. I tell ya, that man is unreliable. The Soviets had their fingers on the button just like we did for that one. Now just think for a minute - We can make this war so big - so BIG... The more people we kill in this war, the more the economy will prosper. We can get rid of practically everybody on your dole queue if we plan this right. Take every loafer on welfare right off our computer |
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Take every loafer on welfare right off our computer rolls. Now don't worry about demonstrations - just pump up your drug supply. So many people have hooked themselves on heroin and amphetamines since we took over, it's just like Vietnam. We had everybody so busy with LSD they never got too strong. Kept the war functioning just fine. It's easy. We've got our college kids so interested in beer they don't even care if we start manufacturing germ bombs again. Put a nuclear stockpile in their back yard, they wouldn't even know what it looked like. So how 'bout it? Look - War is money. The arms manufacturers tell me unless we get our bomb factories up to full production the whole economy is going to collapse. The Soviets are in the same boat. We all agree the time has come for the big one, so whadaya say? That's excellent. We knew you'd agree. The companies will be very pleased. |
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/\ || Dead Kennedys, "Kinky Sex Makes The World Go 'Round", circa 1987. Still just as accurate today as it was then. |
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