Compassionate Fascism at Work

With two recent international "interventions" and constant
speculation on where Uncle Sam’s heavy bootprint will fall next, many
people (including Dowbrigade) have been wondering exactly what were the
criteria by which my Government decides when the time is right for one
of these helpful interventions.

Why Iraq and not Iran? Why Afghanistan and not Pakistan?

Well, Vice
President Dick Cheney has cleared things up, and
the whole world can breath a sigh of relief. Cheney on Friday declared
that this President will not tolerate weapons of mass destruction in
the hands of dictators.

I guess dictators who DON’T have WMDs are OK, or at least tolerable.
However, given the availability of modern scientific know-how (thanks Google!)
there is no country in the world which would have any trouble of whipping
up a batch of deadly pathogens on short notice. Why, any self-respecting
nation-state will surely have a few canisters in cold storage somewhere,
just in case.

In fact, most adequately equipped high school science labs could take
out thousands of innocent bystanders, if used improperly. The only thing
stopping potential perpetrators is the eternal vigilance of the forces
of order. So if the GOVERNMENT decides it wants some of the nasties, it
is absolutely no problem.

Inexorable logic leads us to the conclusion that since every country
(except Iraq, apparently) has SOME WMDs, or at the very least could produce
some on short notice, any and every Dictator (who by definition is in
charge of a country, no?) has them. Therefore, the current US regime
has committed to knocking off each and every dictator in the world!

So rejoice, oppressed people of the world. The Yankees are coming! It’s
just a matter of lining up the ducks in the shooting gallery, squeezing
a few more billion out of Congress, and getting our asses over there.
Lets get started by taking a headcount. All you Dictators out there,
could you please raise your hands?

Cheney story from CBS