It was the sound of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rattling his sword for the folks at home. His fundamentalist policies weren't playing so well and his poll numbers were down, so now he just bashes America (his numbers have since soared).
And did you hear this? Bush is jumping for the bait, knowing that invading a second Muslim nation will impress his core constituency as well. This time, he doesn't have to make up stories about weapons of mass destruction, because his new fight is with a nuclearized loudmouth who'll do anything to give Bush a black eye.
Something else you hear in the background: World War III, and Bush's core voters singing their approval. In case you didn't know, they've all been raised on tales of the world ending any day now, as the result of a war in the Middle East.
Have you ever stood at a bookstall and thumbed through Tim LaHaye's popular "Left Behind," or Todd Strandberg's "Are You Rapture Ready?" or Hal Lindsay's classic "The Late Great Planet Earth"? You should.
According to these Bush-favored texts, nukes rain on the Arabs, God roasts the blue-state voters, and evangelical Christians float up to heaven just before things get nasty.
Imagine that. Walking around believing God wants you to start wars, but since you're a favored person, you'll not have to endure what you've started.
Sara Miller
Whispering Pines
