"this War was never political at all"

[pynchonoid]

"It is all connected. The historical continuum in
which Iraq forms but an episode is as inescapable as
it is shaming. And in a sense, all are culpable. The
US march on Iraq is merely the latest, sick
manifestation of a world that for all its supposed
modernity, remains addicted to war. Humankind's
self-destructive, self-interested apocalyptic urge is
the real, abiding enemy within. Beware that old
Armageddon buzz. It's the thrill that kills."

War remains the option of first resort - not last 
The US is by no means alone in conniving at conflict
with Iraq 
Simon Tisdall 
Thursday February 27, 2003
The Guardian 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,903751,00.html>

"It means this War was never political at all, the
politics was all theater, all just to keep the people
distracted . . . secretly, it was being dictated
instead by the needs of technology . . . by a
conspiracy between human beings and techniques, by
something that needed the energy-burst of war, crying,
'Money be damned, the very life of [insert name of
Nation] is at stake," but meaning, most likely, dawn
is nearly here, I need my night's blood, my funding,
funding, ahh more, more. . . . The real crises were
crises of allocation and priority, not among firms--it
was only staged to look that way--but among the
different Technologies, Plastics, Electronics,
Aircraft, and their needs which are understood only by
the ruling elite . . . "
Gravity's Rainbow, p. 521



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