Hey... I never saw this coming.....
Apparently the War on Terro is a contrivance suited to building political power and accomplishing a few things and it's scheduled to be curtailed a bit before the 2008 elections.
Raw Story has some news and a link to the WaPo, which I am not adding.
It's all after the jump.
Raw Story
Al Kamen, who writes the Post's "In The Loop" column, cited a pair of memos written by Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England in today's paper. The first memo was written Dec. 6 and sent to top military and civilian officials. It identifies eight priorities for the coming fiscal year, and the first of them is to "Win the Global War on Terrorism."
In a second memo from Feb. 15, England writes that "to ensure that warfighters and taxpayers receive maximum benefit from on-going initiatives, it would be highly desirable to complete current projects by the summer/fall of 2008."
The bottom line is that the War on terror is a contrivance to accomplish things other than protect us from "terrists". And whatever those reasons might be (grotesque profits for the oil companies, elimination of the US Constitution) it seems like they are saying "Missions Accomplished".
Reaffirming this "cynical perspective" is this little blurb:
"the first priority of winning the global terror war from the earlier memo is included on the grid, and "looks to be over around October 2008."
Pardon my cynicism, but we have known this War on Terror is fake and no more real/useful than the similarly failed War on Drugs.
It's all bullshit and leaked memos like these bolster this perspective. These people are playing us (or trying to) like a fiddle so it's no surprise to me to read this lovely bit of news.
Arrest Bush, Arrest Cheney, Bring the Troops Home.