In Search of the Next War

Now that the USA has cut the $2 trillion designer diamond-studded leash that bound us to Afghanistan, and its revolving door of acting Presidents, like a pet poodle we’d been walking for 17 years, we need to find another country to invade—some low hanging fruit as they say at The Pentagon. Perhaps we could find a much smaller, friendlier country than Afghanistan, a country that might give us a better chance of success and, equally important, keep the arms industry employed.

The tragic news of the young US military men and women who were killed the other day in Kabul and its prominent placement on the front page, made The New York Times appear almost progressive, and not the house-organ prone to promoting US foreign policy and keeping the generals happy that it’s been for so many years. Perhaps this is a sign of things to come?

Perhaps there’s receptivity in The Pentagon,as well as among the gatekeepers of our Imperial Presidency, to engage a fresh new way of approaching the affairs of state: why not keep any future international peacekeeping engagements closer to home? We could start in the 500 block of Clement Street in San Francisco where a domestic terrorist was recently identified, accused of stealing houseplants from a store that sells aquariums.

Wanted poster, 500 block of Clement, terrorist still-at-large. If see him alert merchant.