You know who scares the utter crap out of me?

The Onion.

Ever since the Idiot Boy King took office, they've been eerily prescient on well.... a butt-load of stuff. I just hope they crash and burn on this one.



Bush Begins Preparations For Nation's Final Year

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bush_begins_preparations_for

WASHINGTON—As his last term in office winds to a close, President Bush has directed White House aids and Cabinet staff to begin preparing for 2008, the nation's 232nd and final year in existence.

"My fellow Americans, it has been an honor to be your last president," said Bush during a televised address Tuesday, assuring citizens he would do everything possible over the next few months to promote a smooth transition into utter oblivion. "I want you all to know that I do not intend to let what precious little time we have left go to waste. That's why I ask all citizens to pull together and follow me, so we can accomplish everything we've ever wanted to before it all crumbles around us in a terrible belch of smoke and ash."



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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2745371&mesg_id=2745371

Western Warmongers Tell NATO to Consider Aggressive Use of Nukes
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2008-01-22 22:12. Media

Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strike a Key Option, NATO Told
By Ian Traynor, The Guardian/UK


The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the “imminent” spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, according to a radical manifesto for a new NATO by five of the west’s most senior military officers and strategists.

Calling for root-and-branch reform of NATO and a new pact drawing the US, NATO and the European Union together in a “grand strategy” to tackle the challenges of an increasingly brutal world, the former armed forces chiefs from the US, Britain, Germany, France and the Netherlands insist that a “first strike” nuclear option remains an “indispensable instrument” since there is “simply no realistic prospect of a nuclear-free world”.

The manifesto has been written following discussions with active commanders and policymakers, many of whom are unable or unwilling to publicly air their views. It has been presented to the Pentagon in Washington and to NATO’s secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, over the past 10 days. The proposals are likely to be discussed at a NATO summit in Bucharest in April.

“The risk of further {nuclear} proliferation is imminent and, with it, the danger that nuclear war fighting, albeit limited in scope, might become possible,” the authors argued in the 150-page blueprint for urgent reform of western military strategy and structures. “The first use of nuclear weapons must remain in the quiver of escalation as the ultimate instrument to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction.”

The authors — General John Shalikashvili, the former chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff and NATO’s ex-supreme commander in Europe, General Klaus Naumann, Germany’s former top soldier and ex-chairman of NATO’s military committee, General Henk van den Breemen, a former Dutch chief of staff, Admiral Jacques Lanxade, a former French chief of staff, and Lord Inge, field marshal and ex-chief of the general staff and the defense staff in the UK — paint an alarming picture of the threats and challenges confronting the west in the post-9/11 world and deliver a withering verdict on the ability to cope.

The five commanders argue that the west’s values and way of life are under threat, but the west is struggling to summon the will to defend them. The key threats are:

* Political fanaticism and religious fundamentalism.
* The “dark side” of globalization, meaning international terrorism, organized crime and the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
* Climate change and energy security, entailing a contest for resources and potential “environmental” migration on a mass scale.
* The weakening of the nation state as well as of organisations such as the UN, NATO and the EU.

more...

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30338

:puke:

"Heh, let's send a chill down people's spines."

Nasty fuckers, those Onion folks. I luvs 'em.