how saddam threatens the usa more now than he did two years ago or five years ago isnt clear... what he can actually do to america isnt clear..
Well, Bush hasn't made it clear, but it's fairly clear.
By acquiring enormous military force relative to his immediate neighbor nations, Hussein, a known madman, could conceivably assume control of one third to one half of the world's oil supply through force, thus sodomizing the process of supply-and-demand economics that currently determines price.
All of the West and certainly America is completely dependent on oil and cannot tolerate such a threat. So Hussein's history as a tyrant and America's supposed vulnerability to terrorism are trotted out to justify his overthrow.
This is why Bush doesn't care a lick about North Korea, run by a comparable madman with superior military force. Nobody stays up nights worrying about what happens to America when the Hyundai factories fall into the wrong hands.
This is also why Bush cannot resist mentioning a future reduction on America's foreign fuel dependency in practically the same breath as a comparison between Hussein and Hitler. It's very much the same as the Michael Jackson interview...
Jackson statement: I have a disease. Bush statement: Hussein must be stopped before deploying weapons of mass destruction against US.
Jackson truth: Bleaches skin. Bush truth: Cannot allow Hussein to assume control of world oil supply.
Jackson giveaway: Cannot resist pointing out white people try to change the color of their skin via tanning (so, by extension, why should anyone care about his bleaching?) Bush giveaway: Cannot resist promising a future reduction in dependence on oil, because in public speaking, he can't help but make a free associational jump from his public justification rhetoric to the real reasons.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2003-03-19 01:36 pm (UTC)Well, Bush hasn't made it clear, but it's fairly clear.
By acquiring enormous military force relative to his immediate neighbor nations, Hussein, a known madman, could conceivably assume control of one third to one half of the world's oil supply through force, thus sodomizing the process of supply-and-demand economics that currently determines price.
All of the West and certainly America is completely dependent on oil and cannot tolerate such a threat. So Hussein's history as a tyrant and America's supposed vulnerability to terrorism are trotted out to justify his overthrow.
This is why Bush doesn't care a lick about North Korea, run by a comparable madman with superior military force. Nobody stays up nights worrying about what happens to America when the Hyundai factories fall into the wrong hands.
This is also why Bush cannot resist mentioning a future reduction on America's foreign fuel dependency in practically the same breath as a comparison between Hussein and Hitler. It's very much the same as the Michael Jackson interview...
Jackson statement: I have a disease.
Bush statement: Hussein must be stopped before deploying weapons of mass destruction against US.
Jackson truth: Bleaches skin.
Bush truth: Cannot allow Hussein to assume control of world oil supply.
Jackson giveaway: Cannot resist pointing out white people try to change the color of their skin via tanning (so, by extension, why should anyone care about his bleaching?)
Bush giveaway: Cannot resist promising a future reduction in dependence on oil, because in public speaking, he can't help but make a free associational jump from his public justification rhetoric to the real reasons.