[Austin-ghetto-list] Why I am really afraid
Stephen Porterfield
sporterfield@longs.com
Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:00:24 -0700
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Bill
<p>I'm glad to find out there's at least one other mind besides mine considering
such a scenario. When I mention things like this my friends act as if I've
gone around the bend. I can easily see how things could well play
out along the lines you delineate.
<p>Steve Porterfield
<br>
<p>Bill Irwin wrote:
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<font size=-1>Ok, here is my pitch
to unseat Roger as the Ghetto's greatest pessimist. It's all a fantasy
of what could go wrong in the worst way, but as we know shit happens and
if things can go wrong they often will at the worst time. Not much
attention has been paid to the downside of this war as we all think of
ourselves as the invincible superpower and that we are in control of everything,
so in order to sober up a little I will though out this little essay of
pessimism. Hopefully, I will be receiving a ton of e-mail condemning
me as an idiot in which case I won't speak to any of you again and will
just confine myself to expressing my concerns to my cats whom seem receptive
to my ideas.</font> <b><font size=+1>The Bush Oil Wars II</font></b><font size=-1>The
US Army invades Afghanistan to hunt down Bin Laden but the Taleban puts
up stiff resistance forcing Washington to send more troops to Afghanistan
and begin wide spread bombing of civilian targets. Moslem protest
increase throughout the Mid-East. The Pakistan army revolts and overthrows
the Pakistan government and begins attacks against US troops and the long
supply line into Afghanistan. The US Army races to takeover the Pakistan
nuclear facilities and after a pitched battle of a few days manages to
take it but discover that several nuclear devices are missing from the
inventory. The US is now at war with Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bush orders
the draft to be reinstated and 100,000 boys are called into the Army.</font> <font size=-1>Renegade
terrorist cells in Iran launch missile attacks against US war ships in
the Strait of Hormuz. Bush thinking that Iran is responsible for
the attacks bomb selected targets in Iran - Iran enters the war.
Iran manages to sink several oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and cuts
the oil supply line to the West. Due to the lack of oil a economic
depression begins. 200,000 more American boys are drafted into the
Army.</font> <font size=-1>Sadam seeing that Bush is tied up in the
Mid-East decides to enter the war by attacking Israel with his missiles.
Israel enters the war. Protest and disorder in Egypt and Saudi Arabia
reach the level of civil war. The rebels in Saudi Arabia overthrow
the government and destroy the oil shipping facilities making any oil transport
impossible. Syria sees this is the time to try and retake the Golan
Heights in Israel and enters the war. 500,000 more American boys
are drafted onto the Army. Protest inside the US gets more serious
and Bush declares marshal law and suspends elections.</font> <font size=-1>Meanwhile,
China is becoming increasingly nervous about the US troop buildup on its
back door (Afghanistan and Pakistan share a border with China). They
have been supplying weapons to the Mid-East for years. China, seeing
that the American military is fully occupied in the Mid-East decides to
retake Taiwan. Bush is unable to enter the war over Taiwan but does
institute an boycott on the importation of any Chinese products which results
in an economic collapse in China. The many unemployed and other dissatisfied
groups in China begin protest activities and the Chinese government responds
with a crackdown that makes the Tiananmen crack down of 1989 look like
a tea party. China introduces an new breed of portable, high altitude
SAM missiles into the Mid-East war and several B52s are brought down while
on carpet bombing raids over Mid-East cities. 500,000 more American
boys are drafted onto the Army.</font> <font size=-1>One of the missing
Pakistani A-bombs takes out an American coastal city (maybe Houston as
the bomb is hidden in an oil tanker).</font> <font size=-1>A paranoid
fantasy? Yes, but all in the realm of the possible.</font> <font size=-1>BTW
- no matter what you might hear, we are not at war with Muslim peoples
- we are at war with Islamic countries!!??</font> <font size=-1>A
note about China (not a fantasy but fact): China has its own problems
with Muslim fundamentalists. Xinjiang ( the most northwest province
and bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan and the other 'stans ) has a Muslim
majority and rebel groups here have been having skirmishes with Chinese
troops for years. Of the over 2500 bombing incidents in China last
year perhaps half of them have been in Xinjiang province. China has
been selling arms to the Mid-East for a long time, they are thought to
have supplied Pakistan with missile technology and nuclear technology.
Currently they are giving aid to the Taliban in the form of infrastructure
and economic aid projects. China's approach to Islamic fundamentalism
has been to use a stick at home and a carrot abroad.</font><font size=-1>Bill
"Ewie" Irwin</font></blockquote>
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