With Us Or Against Us

When I was coming up, with what was a dangerous world, we knew exactly who the they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who the them were. Today we’re not so sure who the they are, but we know they’re there. – King Bush 2nd, pre-September 11th 2001.

When America’s great enemy suddenly disappeared, many wondered what new direction our foreign policy would take. We spoke, as always, of long-term problems and regional crises throughout the world, but there was no single, immediate, global threat that any roomful of experts could agree upon … All of that changed five months ago. The threat is known and our role is clear now.” – Grand Vizier Cheney, post-September 11th 2001.

This is a great article that examines how the Bush Junta — stuffed full of Viagra-embalmed Reagan-era cold warriors — was lost, utterly bereft of any moral compass, before those nasty people in the Axis of Evil came along to give them a new lease on life. And help them to deprive USians of many liberties they had formerly and foolishly considered their birthright. Meanwhile, I hope for the warmongers’ sakes that nobody on the “other” side is as smart as this guy.