"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Bush's Blank Check
Submitted by Jeremy H. on Wed, 2007-06-20 15:00
"Neocons, war profiteers and hardliners of all stripes still argue that the 'enemy' we face is a nonexistent bugaboo called 'Islamofascism.' It's easy to imagine them laughing into their sleeves while they continue to claim that the way to battle low-tech, ragtag bands of leftover al-Qaida crazies is by spending billions of dollars on massively expensive, massively powerful, futuristic weapons systems."
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