A while back, I read an article about yet another government official taking yet another threatening posture toward Iran. I have to wonder if I'm the only one who finds such chest-beating disturbing. Apparently one unending quagmire of a Middle East invasion is not enough for some people.
I dealt with my frustration by jotting down a tongue-in-cheek list of my Top 10 reasons why we're probably going to invade Iran before too much longer. Since I haven't done much writing lately, I'm going to go ahead and post that list here:
10. It's urgent that the Bush Administration create another Mideast mess to make the job that much harder for either President Clinton or President Obama.
9. In case anything goes wrong, Fox News has already prepared a series of talking points to explain why it's Bill Clinton's fault.
8. The Iraq war has become too politically unpopular to secure more election victories for Republicans.
7. We need to distract people from listening to those darn scientists who won't shut up about that "global warming" stuff.
6. Long-term estimates suggest that our great-great-grandchildren may still have some money left over when they finally finish paying for the Iraq war.
5. We finally have that permanent U.S. military presence in the Middle East that the Project for a New American Century always wanted -- we may as well do something with it! (I'm not providing a link to PNAC. Just Google the phrase "Project for a New American Century.")
4. To the Religious Right's dismay, the Iraq war didn't lead directly to the Battle of Armageddon. (Yet.)
3. We still can't find that Bin Laden guy.
2. Those darn freedom-hating liberals just won't stop with all the Bush-bashing.
And the number one reason why we're probably going to invade Iran before too much longer:
1. The Iraq war isn't making enough money for Halliburton!
Monday, May 19, 2008
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