The 10,000th U.S. soldier was killed in Iraq today. Ever since George Bush had proclaimed "Mission Accomplished" in 2005, Iraqi insurgent continued to escalate the fighting. Peace was not anymore at hand now than it was when the Bush administration had illegally and unconstitutionally invaded Iraq just over five years ago. Rebels involved in that civil war were using the same kind of small bombs that O.U.T.R.A.G.E. members had used, and denotaing them with cell phones, just as O.U.T.R.A.G.E. had done; proof-positive that a well-equipped military was really not needed any longer to inflict casualties and immense damage. All that was necessary were a few phones and some materials easily picked up at almost any hardware store. American troop morale was down; desertions were up. Powell had never mentioned the war games in yesterday's address.
Fighting in Iran had begun in earnest, just a few short months after the late George W. Bush had ordered troops to invade that country on the premise that military aerial photos proved Iran was builidng a nuclear reactor near a remote village just south of the city of Shiraz, and directly across the Persian Gulf from Manama, Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Turkey, and Turkmenistan were all involved in on again-off again skirmishes. The Israelis were still at war with the Lebanese after countless cease-fire agreements since fighting first broke out in the summer or 2006. The once-beautiful resort city of Beirut was reduced to a garbage pit of rubble and ash. Smaller conflicts dotted the world's map in sudden 'hot spots' such as Botswana, Cuba and Uruguay. It seemed the whole world was fighting with someone, prompting many people to question whether we were on the verge of World War III.
In May, 2007 a major earthquake had struck Mongolia, but because its epicenter was in the middle of the Gobi Desert, few deaths were reported and little damage had be done. Seven huge volcanic eruptions had littered parts of the Earth since February, 2007, killing thousands in the Phillipines, the Hawaiian Islands, Indonesia and the Federated Sates of Micronesia. In the summer of 2006, a severe drought in southwest China left seventeen million residents of Chonqing and Sichuan without enough clean drinking water. Because of the government's inability to respond, thousands perished.
During that same season, terrorists had been foiled from a plot to explode planes leaving from Britain's Heathrow Airport entroute to the United States. Using simple dime-store devices and cheap cell phones, the plan was to denoate the bombs once the planes were in the air. British and American officials had been working together on the case for months, and heated arguments arose as to when arrests should be made. British law enforcement experts wanted to wait; American officials were anxious to make the arrests. Many believed their impatience was more because George Bush needed to boost his dismal approval ratings prior to the upcoming mid-term elections in the fall. If Republicans lost their grip on the House and the Senate, much of Bush's war-mongering would be deflated by Democrats eager to show voters how they would stop the war.
There was always the conspiracy factor: many believed this had all been orchestrated by the Bush administration in an attempt to heighten the Bush 'doctrine' that America could never stop being vigilant. Terrorists were everywhere, and Bush needed to keep reinforcing that message in order to continue to get funding for his Homeland Security programs and his war efforts.
It seemed the world was falling apart at its seams. Since the beginning of the new century, statisticians estimated over twenty million people had died in wars or natural disasters around the world. Colin Powell was right when he said yesterday, "Warring is no longer a viable option toward peace."
World governments had to start working together on environmental issues, needs of the populace, and social issues. There was no room in the world anymore for coddling those who had money or power; we could no longer afford to favor special interest groups with their own personal agendas; big business was going to have to learn to pay its fair share - or more - of taxes from the excessive profits being generated. Like it or not, "sharing the wealth" was about to become mandatory, not only in the United States, but across the globe.
Fighting in Iran had begun in earnest, just a few short months after the late George W. Bush had ordered troops to invade that country on the premise that military aerial photos proved Iran was builidng a nuclear reactor near a remote village just south of the city of Shiraz, and directly across the Persian Gulf from Manama, Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Turkey, and Turkmenistan were all involved in on again-off again skirmishes. The Israelis were still at war with the Lebanese after countless cease-fire agreements since fighting first broke out in the summer or 2006. The once-beautiful resort city of Beirut was reduced to a garbage pit of rubble and ash. Smaller conflicts dotted the world's map in sudden 'hot spots' such as Botswana, Cuba and Uruguay. It seemed the whole world was fighting with someone, prompting many people to question whether we were on the verge of World War III.
In May, 2007 a major earthquake had struck Mongolia, but because its epicenter was in the middle of the Gobi Desert, few deaths were reported and little damage had be done. Seven huge volcanic eruptions had littered parts of the Earth since February, 2007, killing thousands in the Phillipines, the Hawaiian Islands, Indonesia and the Federated Sates of Micronesia. In the summer of 2006, a severe drought in southwest China left seventeen million residents of Chonqing and Sichuan without enough clean drinking water. Because of the government's inability to respond, thousands perished.
During that same season, terrorists had been foiled from a plot to explode planes leaving from Britain's Heathrow Airport entroute to the United States. Using simple dime-store devices and cheap cell phones, the plan was to denoate the bombs once the planes were in the air. British and American officials had been working together on the case for months, and heated arguments arose as to when arrests should be made. British law enforcement experts wanted to wait; American officials were anxious to make the arrests. Many believed their impatience was more because George Bush needed to boost his dismal approval ratings prior to the upcoming mid-term elections in the fall. If Republicans lost their grip on the House and the Senate, much of Bush's war-mongering would be deflated by Democrats eager to show voters how they would stop the war.
There was always the conspiracy factor: many believed this had all been orchestrated by the Bush administration in an attempt to heighten the Bush 'doctrine' that America could never stop being vigilant. Terrorists were everywhere, and Bush needed to keep reinforcing that message in order to continue to get funding for his Homeland Security programs and his war efforts.
It seemed the world was falling apart at its seams. Since the beginning of the new century, statisticians estimated over twenty million people had died in wars or natural disasters around the world. Colin Powell was right when he said yesterday, "Warring is no longer a viable option toward peace."
World governments had to start working together on environmental issues, needs of the populace, and social issues. There was no room in the world anymore for coddling those who had money or power; we could no longer afford to favor special interest groups with their own personal agendas; big business was going to have to learn to pay its fair share - or more - of taxes from the excessive profits being generated. Like it or not, "sharing the wealth" was about to become mandatory, not only in the United States, but across the globe.
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