Killer Inc.

[salinen]

Destroying Afghanistan wasn't satisfying enough. They screamed for more death and destruction. Steeped in a culture of violence and hate, the mob begged their leader for blood. Being a stupid, violent, and vengeful leader, he checked the map for a suitable target to quench the lust of his adoring flock. He knew that killing was the key to his success.

But the slaughter of 100,000+ mostly innocents was still shy of complete rapturious pleasure. So he checked the map once again.

[Must_B_Free]

1. Human Sacrifice

is a familiar brand of terror utilization.

[salinen]

2. There seems to be

a violent opposition to peace.

[Ardee]

3. Oversimplifications are dangerous

as they tend to distort issues rather than clarify them. The invasion of Afghanistan was both legal and justified by a government (the Taliban) that furthered and fostered the aims of AlQaeda. Invading without a plan for the future of that nation was criminally incompetent and will surely come back to bite us.

Afghanistan is far from destroyed you know, though I hasten to add that I do not wish to appear to be justifying the deaths and what destruction there was.

The invasion of Iraq was not an afterthought and had been on the table for over a decade, the brainchild of Rummy, Cheney, Wolfie and Perle, among others.Its purpose has been plainly stated by the PNAC Titans and has been noted here many times.

Your characterization of the American people as a mob while colorful is less than constructive and does nothing to clarify the thinking of a majority of Americans. We were attacked you know, and it seems rather normal to thirst for revenge, especially in the absence of clear and concise voices to explain to the nation exactly why we were attacked, why the targets were symbols of world wide capitalism and the military that protects and fosters them.

I would offer that one might castigate and excoriate the Democratic Party for its jumping on the Bush bandwagon, waving the flag,when its duty, as an opposition party was to call for rationale, common sense and giving the public another and more civilized point of view of events.

[salinen]

4. Please forgive my

dark humor. I was thinking of how this might look as the seed for a screenplay. The leader spins the globe and his finger lands on.......

I'm not sure that the "thirst for revenge" is normal. It may occupy the bigger part of the bell curve, but it may be primitive.

I suppose that since I meant this as dark humor, it should have appeared in the lounge. But then the lounge people would have been upset, and GDer's have thick hides.

Thanks Ardee, you might be cast as the sane statesman who is ignored by Washington.

[Ardee]

5. typecast

I could play that part,honest, Im ignored by children and grandchildren alike!

I have rather a knee jerk reaction to all the hyperbole and demonizations going on here, there and everywhere. I meant no slur and appreciate your posts generally.