The Neo-Con Stretch Run

We're rapidly approaching the last half-year of the Bush Administration's tour of tyranny and terror. While the general public is running around asking "Obama or McCain?" "Who will be the VP nominees?" and "Lakers or Celtics?", the real question every American should be asking his or herself is: "What grand finale do the Neo-Cons have in store for us?"

There has been a rash of potentially ominous statements recently from the Neo-Con camp. Of course there's the ongoing talking point of "all options are on the table" regarding Iran. It's no secret that Bush, Cheney and the rest of them are absolutely clawing at the walls in anticipation of annihilating the Iranians. This has been on the table for years. Ron Paul stood before the House as far back as 2004 and pled for our criminal regime to exercise restraint in regards to Iran. The only potential saving grace is that at last week's Bilderberg meeting in Chantilly, Va., the European contingent was dead set against the U.S. attacking Iran. Hopefully, this will be enought to stall the aggression.

There have been some frightening similarities over the past year or so between Iran-related overtures, and the lead-up to the war with Iraq. Aside from the White House rhetoric, there has been the positioning of three U.S. warships right outside of Iranian waters, as well as nonsensical attempts to link Iran to al-Qaeda. Remember that Iran is Shiite. The opposite branch of Islam, and eternal enemies of the Sunni al-Qaeda. Of course, al-Qaeda as it's been portrayed doesn't exist. But the small terrorist groups that actually do run around bombing buses and such are indeed Sunni, based out of Saudi Arabia.

Then we have Bush demanding "bring me Bin Laden before I leave office." Now, by all legitimate (ie - non MSM) accounts, Osama has been dead for a long time. Whether he is still running around the caves of Afghanistan or not is completely irrelevant. This ultimatum from Bush could very well mean a late fall/early winter appearance of another staged video. We could well be looking at footage of a blown up cave, or an operative dressed up in Muslim garb with a fake beard. Complete with the proclamation that we've finally, after more than seven years, captured the boogeyman. This would naturally justify the entire war on terror, and proactively justify any subsequent wars or infringements on liberty that McCain or Obama have in store for the American people.

We also saw Newt Gingrich in the past couple of days spew more terror mongering and propaganda. This time in response to the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in favor of Habeas Corpus. At least one branch of the government still has a few (if very few) scruples. The high court ruled that it is not constitutional to round up anyone the government wants and deny them of due process - whether or not they are suspected of potential terrorism. Well, that just isn't going to fly with Newt.

Gingrich pronounced that the result of this ruling will be the destruction of an American city. That of course is code for a nuclear attack on a U.S. metropolis. While the general public will buy this wholesale, it's an unbelievable attempt at fear mongering. Gingrich is no doubt insinuating that al-Qaeda will nuke one of our major cities if we're not able to round everyone up and throw them into a black hole. The problem with this is twofold. First, al-Qaeda doesn't exist. Secondly, even if you want to believe they're hiding in your bathtub, they're not Pakistan, they're not China, they're not India, and they're not Israel. They... don't... have... nukes.