Please Let Me Be Wrong
I've had a surprising number of my ruminations about the direction of our country come true in the past 4 years, but this doesn't make me happy, it makes me scared. Among my predictions:
- We would go to war with Iraq (predicted at the onset of the offensive in Afghanistan)
- Abu Ghraib abuses were rooted in policy trailing all the way back to the White House
- The Democrats would nominate a lame duck to open the "Hillary" window in 2008 rather than 2012
For posterity, now that we are assured another 4 years of Bush, GOP dominated Government, and religious extremism, I am going to put my predictions for the next 4 years here. I hope more than anything that I am wrong.
On the war and terrorism- Iraq will not only last 3+ more years, but we will also begin cold war style sanctions and non-military offensives against:
- Iran
- North Korea
- At least one other "terrorist center"
- One of these will blossom into a military confrontation
- The Draft will be reinstated.
- Here on the home-front, there will be another attack, this time with the terrorist cell claiming to be centered within the US itself.
- Patriot II will be pushed through, further limiting our Civil Liberties and permitting discretionary wiretaps on all citizens. Those who speak out will be on terrorist watch lists. Neighbors will be encouraged to report any suspicious activity.
- Bush will appoint 2 more Conservative extremists to the Supreme Court.
- They will overturn Roe v. Wade
- And ban stem cell research
- Congress will uphold and expand the DMCA.
Get out your tinfoil hats - there's some doozys up there. Please, 4 years from now, let me look back at this post and say "Thank god I was a nutcase and none of that happened."
