Global War on Terrorism. The Global War on Terror. When you think about it, the "Global War on Terror" is a fiction. If it is real, then how does invading Iraq, ousting Hussein, and (presumably) establishing a democratic government get rid of all the terrorists? Oh sure, all of the other dictatorships in the Middle East will come tumbling down like dominos and the Arabs and Muslims will no longer be angry. I'm not sure our government would even want such vast, catastrophic upheaval to happen at all. Especially to our oil suppliers and friends in Saudi Arabia. So what's the strategy? Where's the next front after Iraq? Pakistan? Germany? England? Oklahoma? We're supposed to feel safer, but I don't think there's been much of a difference. The administration takes credit for the fact that we haven't been attacked again since 9/11, and perhaps rightfully so, but Hurricane Katrina proved (once again) that the administration is incapable of protecting us from disaster. Quite the contrary, Bush believes in his bones that government can't and shouldn't do anything except fight wars and staff police. Unfortunately, it seems to me that the Global War on Terror is just another way of justifying the ouster of our former ally Saddam Hussein and enforcing our hegemony in the Middle East and in the world.
