America: An "overfed clown in paramilitary drag, pretending to be powerful"

Kunstler continues with his transmogrification into the Bo Gritz of the left

How bad is the situation 'out there' really? In my view, things are veering toward such extreme desperation that the US government might fall under the sway, by extra-electoral means, of an ambitious military officer, or a group of such, sometime in the near future. I'm not promoting a coup d'etat, you understand, but I am raising it as a realistic possibility as elected officials prove utterly unwilling to cope with a mounting crisis of capital and resources. The 'corn-pone Hitler' scenario is still another possibility - Glen Beck and Sarah Palin vying for the hearts and minds of the morons who want 'to keep gubmint out of Medicare!' - but I suspect that there is a growing cadre of concerned officers around the Pentagon who will not brook that fucking nonsense for a Crystal City minute and, what's more, would be very impatient to begin correcting the many fiascos currently blowing the nation apart from within. Remember, today's US military elite is battle-hardened after eight years of war in Asia. No doubt they love their country, as Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte loved theirs. It may pain them to stand by and watch it dissolve like a castle made of sugar in a winter gale.

Er, this is unmitigated bullshit.

If there is one thing the US military does not want, not for all the tea in China, it is direct responsibility for running the economy of the USA. They don't have a clue how to run our economy and they know it. As long as the weapons systems keep being funded, they will keep their guns pointed outward at the perceived enemies who lurk 'out there' past our borders. So much simpler that way.

Countdown to Momus

One of THE great allegorical cold war era sci fi b-movies.

― Geological fondue (nordicskilla), Monday, February 27, 2006 11:11 PM (3 years ago)

a giant one-eyed monster stampeding through japan. it was a little too crass for me.

― gear (gear), Monday, February 27, 2006 11:16 PM (3 years ago)

bahahahahahaha