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Emergent phenomenon? September 11, 2014 7:54 am ER

The timing is remarkable.

I woke up this morning to a re-run of the original live 9/11/01 TV footage on MSNBC. Last night, the President spoke, and the pundits ponderously pontificated on his remarks. The news is filled with images of those unfortunate journalists being executed, masked thugs with black flags and Kalashnikovs, and grainy images of ordnance raining down on ISIL vehicles. All of a sudden, I get the feeling someone has decided we need to go to war, and a deliberate campaign has been initiated to get the nation to forget its so-called “war fatigue” and get ready to fight another one.

Don’t get me wrong. I agree radical Islam is a threat to world civilization, and that just in the last few weeks it seems to have gotten much worse. I also agree that a military solution appears to be the only way to deal with these savages. We really need to waste these bastards, once and for all. (There, I’ve said it. Feel better?)

But I still can’t avoid the nagging feeling that we’re being manipulated into another war. I’m not saying its necessarily government, the generals or the media, or some mysterious cabal of corporate puppet masters calmly discussing my options in some wood-paneled, leather-uphostered executive suite. But I’m getting an unmistakable sense of deja vu. I’ve been here before, but this time, they’re not even trying to be subtle.

  • The manipulation is by choice . . . by DanS 2014-09-12 11:28:18
    • No one gets it or cares. The US loses, period. And creates more enemies. So it can keep fighting. by bowser 2014-09-11 21:23:32
      • In which case, we have to ask, is America broken beyond all hope of repair? by mcfly 2014-09-12 06:05:00
        • Great question, simple answer. by bowser 2014-09-12 11:48:10
      • But is a military solution part of the problem? by mcfly 2014-09-11 17:44:13
        • That's a good point, and it has some merit. by ER 2014-09-11 19:47:18
          • Pottery Barn Rules by podrock 2014-09-11 20:44:15
            • I think it was Colin Powell. by ER 2014-09-12 05:33:20
              • I think we're both right. by bowser 2014-09-12 05:39:43
              • Condaleeza Rice. by bowser 2014-09-11 21:22:23
          • If IS didn't exist, the US would have to invent it. (In fact, it did.) by bowser 2014-09-11 15:29:14
            • On a related issue. by ER 2014-09-11 08:38:55

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