On June 13, 1942, my parents were married right before my father was sent off to fight in World War II. Like millions of young men, he volunteered to protect the country he loved. It had been attacked by enemies from across the oceans and Americans rallied to their nation's defense.
Now, sixty-four years later, America was engaged in another 'war', but it was different. The United States of America had attacked another sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the U.S.A. Led by an incompetent nincompoop who saw himself as some kind of macho military man, the country became embroiled in an unconstitutional, unjustifiable, illegal, immoral war all for the sake of OIL and WAR PROFITEERING.
In 1991, then-President George H.W. Bush came to the rescue of Kuwait when (supposedly) Saddam Hussein tried to invade his tiny neighbor. The 'war' was telecast with vivid displays of bombs bursting in air, missiles guided to undefined targets, and infrared visuals of attacks-in-progress as television journalists hunkered down and explained what was happening. This 'war' was better than the movies! And all America had to do was sit back in their comfortable recliners, much on some fresh popcorn, and cheer as U.S. forces blew another Iraqi platoon to pieces. The war ended almost as abruptly as it began.
Iraq's dictator gloated over Bush's 'retreat', and even threatened to have the President assassinated. Even at home, Bush was criticized, ridiculed and humiliated for not 'finishing the job' and ousting Hussein at that time.
Years passed while America watched another politically-inspired drama unfold in front of their television sets: the Republican witch-hunt that sanctimoniously scathed President Bill Clinton's sexual prowess, something Republicans either resented because of their own personal impotencies, or feared because Clinton's varacious and reckless appetite for the flesh might eventually expose their own indiscretions and perversions.
In 2000, amid heated controversy, George W. Bush, simpleton son of the 41st American President, was 'elected' to the highest office in the land. His cocky swagger tried to portray an air of confidence and brash bravado. His 'deer-in-the-headlights' stare and flummoxed public-speaking abilities gave it all away: Bush was nothing more than a spoiled rich kid who had no business being President of the United States. His family's money, power and influence made it all possible.
There was a sinisterism behind this election, something that didn't 'smell' right. It became apparent that Vice-President Dick Cheney was really the 'man' in charge. Eventually Cheney would come to be considered the most evil man in America (even more evil than radio talk-show propagandist Rush Limbaugh). Cheney had been CEO of a little-known company called Halliburton - a company whose fortunes would rise dramatically as Cheney took the reigns of government and initiated a 'war' in Iraq.
As soon as his tour of duty as President was over, George H.W. Bush joined a non-descript little political consulting firm called the Carlyle Group, based in Washington, DC. It, too, would see its corporate fortunes explode once bombs started exploding again in Iraq. The Carlyle Group had been capitalized by a number of independently wealthy families from Saudi Arabia, with whom George H.W. Bush had long had strong ties. Curiously, but not worthy of any note at the time, one of the families who had invested $2.5 million in this new venture went by the name of binLaden.
September 11, 2001 started off as a pretty routine day until mid-morning when trivial TV morning gossip shows were interrupted by 'breaking news' of commercial aircraft hitting the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City. A nation watched in awe as both massive towers - among the tallest structures in the world - collapsed into piles of rubble. Roughly 3,000 innocent people died. Emotions ran high as Americans demanded to know who committed such a vile, reprehensible act of terror....and why? Cheney seized the opportunity (and, years later, controversy would erupt over the U.S. government's participation in - or knowledge of - this horrific incident) to 'advise' his President. There was no evidence that Iraq had in any way threatened, provoked or initiated these attacks on New York and the Pentagon. In fact, what evidence there was quickly got washed away as the Fourth Estate failed to investigate on its own, and simply took the government's word for what had happened. The media had become the government's propagandists, and rarely - if ever - provided any skepticism, asked any hard questions, or tried to hunt for the real truth. 'In-depth" investigations were relegated to the last fifteen minutes of the network news shows, and consisted mostly of three-minute film clips that posed more questions than they answered. News readers were paid millions of dollars to recite, verbatim, government press releases. In fact, most news networks used the very same footage and scheduled the very same news segments at the very same time, all in the interests of putting profits ahead of integrity, credibility, or truthfulness.
Cheney persuaded President Bush that he now had the change to 'settle the score' with Saddam Hussein for humilating his father ten years earlier. With the compliance of a cowardly Republican-led Congress, Bush violated the U.S. Constitution, disregarded national laws and international treaties, and attacked Iraq. It was Cheney's finest defining moment as President behind-the-scenes. He and his group of wealthy elitists had accomplished exactly the objective they had intended from the very first day they stepped foot in the White House. The illegal invasion of Iraq would accomplish three things:
1. It would satisfy a personal vendetta the Bush family held against Saddam Hussein for ten years;
2. It would allow Cheney and his friends in the oil industry to take complete control of Iraq's rich fields of cheap, easily-accessible OIL, so that Exxon-Mobil and other oil companies could continue to rape the American motorist by feeding his addiction to OIL. Over the tenure of the Bush administration, oil company profits would increase tenfold or more, with many oil giants reporting quarterly profits in the billions;
3. Ever since World War II, the giant U.S. military-industrial complex realized how profitable 'war' could be. Eisenhower warned Americans about such a danger, but the warning went unheeded. So, all the politicians were bought up, pricey lobbyists were hired, and special interest groups were formed to promote and encourage more 'war'. Thus, the U.S. was invovled in the Korean Conflict; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Cold War; Vietnam and Desert Storm. America needed a 'new war' to help boost the sagging profits of companies like McDonnell-Douglass, Sikorsky and Lockheed-Martin. And, the government had two new contractors that needed to get its share of the cache of cash floating through the federal war trough. The Carlyle Group and Halliburton quickly became two of America's top government contractors; both companies had direct ties to the Bush-Cheney Oval Office.

A Bushwhacker is a frothy adult beverage, popular in the Caribbean Islands.
Dictionairies define "frothy" as "amusing, but essentially empty and frivolous".