Architects of Our Situation

Assuming the grave responsibility of my post as Under Secretary of the Bureau for Surveying the State of Art and the Medial State of Mind, I remain tuned in directly and remotely (visioning) to the media. Last night I heard/felt a discussion of great consequence, and so pass it dutifully on.

Last night Joseph Cirincione, Senior Associate and Director of the Non Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace spoke on the NPR program "Fresh Air." His presentation was followed by a discussion with William Kristol, editor of the neo-conservative publication The Weekly Standard. I strongly recommend that everyone listen to the archived interview with both figures. Cirincione laid out, in very clear terms, the Defense Policy Guidance Doctrine imagined immediately following the Gulf War by Paul Wolfowitz. This program was for military premeption and global aggression.

If we are to become more effective in countering the increasing fascistic state in which we are participating as citizens - and therefore for which we are responsible (we held the German population responsible for the Holocaust, didn't we?) - one of the first points of action is to fully know the architects of our situation. For those of you, like me, who were not yet up to speed about the real stragetists of our current global ambitions, who had been planning this policy long before the illegitimate appointment of this illegitimate administration by a corrupt Supreme Court, it is high time we get busy with our homework. I may be preaching to the knowledgeable, in which case, mia culpa (I was the ignorant one). If not, you will find this very informative and bone-chilling.

What I'm trying to point out is that we have to go beyond worrying about the current thug who is administering this policy (Rumsfeld) and the mastermind CEO thief (Cheney) to those behind the scenes, the architects of our current practices. A Saudi prince, educated at Princeton, pointed out, in a recent interview with Barbara Walters, much the same thing. Even though he refused to name names, he did name the "policy makers" as the major problem. Of course, we all know it isn't the dauphin himself.

As Cicincioni noted, the current national foreign policy being enacted in Iraq, belonged to what many felt under the Clinton Administration to be impossible because of its extreme position. Now this colonialism and empire is our reality; we are responsible for these people and this war!

May I recommend the following links to give both sides of this story: www.ceip.org/files/projects/Staff.ASP?p=8 (for the Non Proliferation Project) and www.weeklystandard.com/ (for the neo-conservative The Weekly Standard).

On a more personal note - my six-year old cat Pasha has been increasingly expressing his views about the war. His revenge tactic is spraying all
metalic and ceramic surfaces in the house, a guerrilla warfare gesture that is extremely successful in disturbing the home front, but having no effect on the enemy. If anyone knows a special way to calm my military man down - aside from the Prozac that he is now taking to ease his anxiety - I would be most grateful.

The war zone is really beginning to smell, and it would appear that the smell is permanent unless drastic measures are taken immediately. Is there a cat psychic out there?

Kristine Stiles
Under Secretary of the Bureau for Surveying the State of Art
and the Medial State of Mind