'HAMMER of VENGEANCE'
WARS BEGIN WITH CHEERS AND
FLAGS AND END WITH TEARS AND BAGS
1. While the method was a surprise, the attack was inevitable. Did Americans REALLY believe that they were safe from terrorist attack? Surely not. Author Tom Clancy described just such an attack years ago. And anyone with half a brain could see it coming. Not hindsight, clearsight. Fortunately it wasn't a nuclear attack. How difficult would it be to sail a boat up the Hudson River with an oil drum on board containing an atomic bomb?
2. Before lashing out with a "hammer of vengeance" it might be an idea to ensure that the hammer crushes the culprit and not innocent villages and refugee camps. "Infinite Justice" has a hollow ring to it when no one knows for sure who did what. "Operation Kneejerk" more like it.
Oh, they've re-christened the war so as not to offend friendly Muslims. What's it called now – Fred?
3. If bin Laden is the man behind the attack on America, why hand to him on a plate the very thing he craves, namely, the so-called "jihad" or holy war against the "infidels"? He's pulling the strings and we're dancing and jerking to order. Why not disappoint the bastard by denying him World War Three?
4. The USA claims that bin Laden is the only man wealthy enough to plan an attack on the World Trade Centre and Washington but how much does it cost to take flying lessons, rent a car, stay overnight in a motel and buy a plane ticket? A few thousand dollars, not millions. Well within the reach of any westernised Muslim or "patriot" with a grudge.
5. This is being called a "war against terrorism". It has the same chance of success as the "war against drugs". This is an extraordinary situation that requires extraordinary decisions by extraordinary leadership. So far George W. Bush has shown that he is not an extraordinary leader, he's just a "loving guy" who's determined to show the baddies what a tough hombre he is.
6. The world's largest most powerful military machine is about to wage war against less than half a per cent of the Afghanistan population – the Taliban – and the man they're out to get may already have fled. But no worries, America believes it can crack an AIDS virus with a mallet.
7. If President Bush is serious about tackling "all" terrorism then he must annihilate the Iraqi chemical bomb factories. They are a far greater threat to the west than the Taliban. So while he's in the area Georgie boy should finish the job, otherwise the journey will have been in vain.
Finishing the job will mean attacking Iraq and sacrificing the lives of thousands of American, British and Australian enlisted and conscripted men. Either that or George Bush must resort to the Hiroshima solution. Whichever method he uses to fulfil his promise he will arouse the hostility of every Muslim nation, including those which presently, grudgingly lend their support. These nations will rise up and become terrorist nations. So having started this "war against terrorism" George Bush must be prepared to destroy every Muslim country. And he must be prepared to deport every Muslim presently living in America. Because like cockroaches in the home, you've got to exterminate every last one or they'll continue to breed and leave holes in your cornflakes. People thus far haven't grasped just how serious this situation is. Soon they will.
How can America prevent further attacks, perhaps worse attacks?
8. The only way to make air travel safe is to seal off the cockpit – no entrance possible via the passenger compartment and no communication from the flight attendants to the pilots. The pilots must be unreachable by any means other than the control tower(s) which must be made impregnable. Tough luck on any passenger who suffers a heart attack or falls ill during the flight but it's the only way to defeat hijacking.
9. America spends billions of dollars on "defence", probably trillions of dollars. The so-called stealth fighter is already obsolete and that cost a fortune to develop and build. Invisible to radar, or so the developers claimed, and yet Iraq managed to shoot one down with a WW2 cannon! Imagine how much a nuclear submarine or an aircraft carrier costs. And then of course there's the utterly pointless "National Defence Initiative".
10. Divert money away from war machines, spend half of it at home defending America from terrorism and half on things like helping the Russians dismantle their nuclear submarines. Give them a bag of money to destroy their stockpile of chemical weapons. Cleanse the world of landmines. Find cures for cancer. There might even be a few dollars left to provide the third world with drinking water. How many children's lives could be saved for the cost of a destroyer?
The only way to defend the west is to attack the mind!
11. America is perceived by much of the world as being the bad guy. Why not reverse that impression by becoming the good guy? The attack on New York has proved one thing – all the money in the world cannot guarantee America's safety. So fresh thinking is required. America must stop being a greedy, destructive power and become a generous constructive power.
12. Americans already perceive themselves to be generous, after-all, they give a few sacks of rice and dried milk to the starving don't they? Yep, and they spend 4 billion dollars a year on sexy lingerie, 9 billion dollars on face cream and perfumes while children in the third world drink excrement and eat maggots.
13. America, Europe and Australia must put an end to world poverty. We must take the job seriously. Of course it sounds ridiculous, most good ideas do at first. But can you think of anything more ridiculous than spending billions/trillions of dollars on defence initiatives that can be thwarted by a Stanley knife?
If we refuse to change then everyone killed in the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon died in vain.
14. Explain to the Israelis that it's wrong to steal people's land and to bulldoze their homes. It causes anger which results in retaliation, which results in more retaliation, which results in massive retaliation, which results in yet more massive retaliation.
Learn from the heartlessness and stupidity of the Israelis and don't go down that path. Divert anger away from Muslims towards tobacco companies, domestic gun manufacturers and lousy drivers. Between them these enemies of mankind kill many times more than 6,000 people every year. (30,000 Americans killed every year by Americans with guns). Why focus on the Muslim ragtops, while ignoring the BIGtime murderers?
Americans seem willing to accept 30,000 deaths each year from guns because the right to bear arms is a constitutional right. The war America wages against itself is justified on the grounds of protecting the Constitution. And yet most Americans are pleased to sodomise the Constitution when it comes to the separation of church and state. "In God we Trust!" blah blah blah... yeah right, fat lot of good that did them on September the 11th. They'd be better off putting their trust in Spiderman.
15. What's the alternative? The alternative to the above suggestions is to go to war, get "revenge", kill Afghanis, stir up the Muslim world, trigger reprisals, including nuclear, chemical and biological reprisals, lose 65 million Americans (and others) which is a lot more than 65 hundred, wreck the world economy and ultimately destroy the world.
16. Realistically this is the option that America will go for. Keep the killing industry happy, churn out thousands of cruise missiles and other lumps of death metal, keep the people cheering and waving flags while the chemical and biological weapons explode all around them, keep them singing "God Bless America" while the armaments barons retire to their luxurious safe havens in Peru to survive the plagues and famines soon to ravage the rest of the world.
17. Wars begin with cheers and flags and end with tears and bags. Those of you who disagree will change your minds the moment you're forced to pay double for your petrol. And remember, all it takes to wipe out the western economies is a turn of the tap. Finally here's a message for Christians, Jews, Hindus and Muslims - "Men who believe absurdities will commit atrocities." Voltaire.
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