Politics continued

People don't change unless they have to. That is why tragedy is always a good opportunity because people take the time to inspect the situation during that time. If things are all good, why waste energy inspecting something? If it ain't broke don't fix it per se.

I was at the car dealer and missed the game. It sounds like Be-more blew it. Pitt beat West Viginia by lining up in goal line formation the whole game. It took some nads and a few defensive stops but that technique can work on the Pats. As a result, I am now rooting for them to go undefeated. I thought about the old Dolphins and realized that I don't like any of them individually. They seem like a bunch of a-holes. I like Moss, and Brady has allowed me to beat many a Lombardi in fantasy football. Plus, Belichik is a nerd who got revenge. I can relate to a mad scientist more than Shula.

Back to politics though. The War on Terror, Iraq and Iran are the same thing fundamentally. They are the current threat to manage. America needs threats. Without them our governent is useless. The whole purpose of the governement is to protect, which is why we pay taxes. America uses these threats to make changes. 9/11 led to government upgrading it's whole computer system to spy on Americans. Rumsfeld wrote a document highlighting the need of this and also stated that catasrophe had to happen before the changes could take place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

By keeping things hostile with Iran, the president has a trump card to play whenever he wants which is the security of America. It's just a leverage. Individual citizens are useless to a President. He is looking at things from a country level and if young boys dying in Iraq allows him to pursue his agenda then he will ship them off to die in a heartbeat. Also, the types of wars that really go on are financial wars. This is the key. Weaponry is the only advantage we have over the world. The more expensive they are to develop the less likely other countries will develop them. In order to catch up to us in terms of defense, any other country would have to bankrupt itself to keep up. This is what happened to Russia and why it broke apart. The cold war was a long term financial war and America knew that Russia could not sustain itself for too long. They are trying to play that game with China too. A nuke is the hardest and costliest weapon to develop. If Iran gets a nuke, they make a tremendous jump in standing in the worldwide arms race.