God's Barbecue is About to Start
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Bush is back in for another four years - and I'm delighted. Not because I think he's an excellent President (this Presidential election has, I think, presented us with a choice between the unconscionable - Bush - and the incomprehensible - Kerry), and not because I think the future of America is secure under his leadership. The very opposite is true, in fact.
Bush is now the leader of the most powerful, wealthiest, nation on Earth. And has a legitimate mandate to do whatever he feels should be done in order to set his mark indelibly on the face of history. He's already demonstrated a fascination with conflict (the man is evidently delighted to be a wartime President); he's also demonstrated a penchant for thinking about complex, dangerous issues in simple terms, terms that have already given birth to the ongoing chaos of Iraq. And in his sights, and now with the mandate of the American people, he has North Korea and Iran.
North Korea has Nukes. Iran, if it does not have them yet, will have them soon. Imagine the consequences that might reasonably follow if Bush gives his imprimatur to an Israeli interdiction of Iran's developing nuclear capabilities. If he's willing to challenge China (as he will have to be if he intends anything serious in North Korea). Because North Korea is an on-again-off-again Buddy of China, and China will not lose face to the Imperialist Aggressors of the Capitalist West - not with all Asia (not to mention its own billions strong population) watching. Iran, meanwhile, has the favor of the entire Muslim world. And both Iran and North Korea are a part of President Bush's Axis of Evil, and the President, bless his little cotton socks, has more than a touch of Messianic Christianity about him.
History in general appears to be shaping up for a new (and major) outbreak of hostility between the Christian West (and who knows, with Bush at the helm, that might in the not so distant future have real meaning again) and the Muslim Umma (the worldwide community of all Muslims). And Bush has the kind of gleam in his eye (he always had, but especially now) that tells me he's not just willing to step up to the plate but that he's actually eager.
And these are just a few highlights of the current world geopolitical situation. We haven't even mentioned oil yet. Or water. Water, for those of you so poorly informed as not to know, is rapidly becoming as contentious a resource as oil. Mainly because the supply of fresh and readily available drinking water is rapidly decreasing (Link).
All around us, history (thought to have died with the death of the conflict between the Soviet Union and the West) is resurgent. And its face is that of War.
Endless possibilities for the ruin of the World of Man, the ruin of human civilization, hover in the wings of the re-election of President Bush. Not because he's some Satanic figure bent on world-destruction, nor even particularly inept as a politician. But because of his Messianic leanings, his commitment to America, and his habit of not taking account of the long-term consequences of his decisions.
As I said, all of this, figured in his re-election, delights me. Why?
Because I'm perverse. Because life in the West has been reduced to nothing but trafficking in commodities. Because a world in which the highest of all values is determined by its price in a market place deserves to burn, and burn to its foundations, and in Bush I see the man who just might set a match to the tinderbox of our vanity, greed, and egregious stupidity.
With just a little luck, God might have decided it's time for a barbecue. And not only are we all invited - we're the meat on the griddle.
Bush is now the leader of the most powerful, wealthiest, nation on Earth. And has a legitimate mandate to do whatever he feels should be done in order to set his mark indelibly on the face of history. He's already demonstrated a fascination with conflict (the man is evidently delighted to be a wartime President); he's also demonstrated a penchant for thinking about complex, dangerous issues in simple terms, terms that have already given birth to the ongoing chaos of Iraq. And in his sights, and now with the mandate of the American people, he has North Korea and Iran.
North Korea has Nukes. Iran, if it does not have them yet, will have them soon. Imagine the consequences that might reasonably follow if Bush gives his imprimatur to an Israeli interdiction of Iran's developing nuclear capabilities. If he's willing to challenge China (as he will have to be if he intends anything serious in North Korea). Because North Korea is an on-again-off-again Buddy of China, and China will not lose face to the Imperialist Aggressors of the Capitalist West - not with all Asia (not to mention its own billions strong population) watching. Iran, meanwhile, has the favor of the entire Muslim world. And both Iran and North Korea are a part of President Bush's Axis of Evil, and the President, bless his little cotton socks, has more than a touch of Messianic Christianity about him.
History in general appears to be shaping up for a new (and major) outbreak of hostility between the Christian West (and who knows, with Bush at the helm, that might in the not so distant future have real meaning again) and the Muslim Umma (the worldwide community of all Muslims). And Bush has the kind of gleam in his eye (he always had, but especially now) that tells me he's not just willing to step up to the plate but that he's actually eager.
And these are just a few highlights of the current world geopolitical situation. We haven't even mentioned oil yet. Or water. Water, for those of you so poorly informed as not to know, is rapidly becoming as contentious a resource as oil. Mainly because the supply of fresh and readily available drinking water is rapidly decreasing (Link).
All around us, history (thought to have died with the death of the conflict between the Soviet Union and the West) is resurgent. And its face is that of War.
Endless possibilities for the ruin of the World of Man, the ruin of human civilization, hover in the wings of the re-election of President Bush. Not because he's some Satanic figure bent on world-destruction, nor even particularly inept as a politician. But because of his Messianic leanings, his commitment to America, and his habit of not taking account of the long-term consequences of his decisions.
As I said, all of this, figured in his re-election, delights me. Why?
Because I'm perverse. Because life in the West has been reduced to nothing but trafficking in commodities. Because a world in which the highest of all values is determined by its price in a market place deserves to burn, and burn to its foundations, and in Bush I see the man who just might set a match to the tinderbox of our vanity, greed, and egregious stupidity.
With just a little luck, God might have decided it's time for a barbecue. And not only are we all invited - we're the meat on the griddle.
