The media is doing it's "frenzy" thingie.
Our government is preening.
MSNBC askes, "Concerned?"
And all because, once again "An Alleged Terr'erist Plot" has been revealed.
And, here am I, wondering why now...
The Republican Debate did not wow anyone but the 28 percenters. Even the most compliant of the pundits did not seem to be willing to carry water for the chest thumpers. Indeed, they seemed a bit embarrassed by the blatant display of stupidity and stuborness. The Tough On Terror Crew, fell flat.
The next round of debates is looming and the Democratic Candidates still sound like they don't have a clue. (They may well have a "plan" but not a single one of them has been able to articluate it in a way that captures the imagination.) They can still be painted as "soft on terror" and "not supporting the troops" through sheer inarticulation of a strategy that makes sense.
So, I can see Karl and Dick, sitting around and thinking to themselves, "Isn't it time for a little sprinkle of fear to distract the unwashed masses from the news of the day?"
After all:
- A bunch of Hippies that don't know our basic economic theory are rioting at the G8. (Or maybe they do, but it's not good for the cause.)
- We have Castro, silly old man that he is, still managing to determine a large swath of US policy, designed to appease a bunch of geriatric expats - what was that media flo-fla about Condi desparately chastizing Spain? That didn't go over very well.
- Things just keep getting worst in Iraq, inspite of our attempts to whitewash this boondoggle.
- Afganistan is blowing apart and we need more troops which we just don't have..
- Russia's "I looked into his eyes" Putin is playing rough, and talking tough. And for all of the crap the Georgie hands out, this guy is the one with the real WMD's.
- We can't seem to get the damned oil companies to play along. Gas prices are still high just as we head into the summer travel season.
- Al Gore has another book that attacks the basic rational of Republican politics and those that actually read it are going to have to ask thmselves why we have gotten to this pass.
"Maybe", they muse aloud, "it's time for another terror scare. You know, we have this "plot" that has been hanging around for months. Why not announce it right at the start of Hurricane season and distract from the "Katrina is still a disaster" stories?"
"It will shut up the Democrats, mute the Lefty Blogs, keep the media busy and distracted for days, and scare the bejesus out of everyone who really believes that 9/11 Changed Everything (tm)", Karl smiles.
Now a question for you.
What is worse? That this little fantasy of calculated political gamesmanship is possible? Or that this Government has so Jumped the Shark that we could even imagine that such a thing might happen?