WW III

Anyone paying attention should be aware that World War III commenced on March 20, 2003. That is the date upon which the United States began its illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Unlike World Wars I and II, this third conflict is not a contest between and among nation states. Instead, it is a guerilla war fought by non-state actors largely against the citizenry of various nation states as well as police and military personnel. It is a war of reprisals in kind for acts of state-sponsored terror.

Unlike past wars, this one is not a fight for territory as much as it is a fight for honor. And since honor has no borders except in the minds of those individuals and groups who believe (not without reason) that they have been dishonored, there is no clear terminus to the conflict. It can (and potentially will) continue indefinitely.

This is good news for the war-profiteers and the politicians who see to it that the taxpayers foot the bill for this conflict in the name of "freedom" while they and their corporate enablers laugh all the way to the bank.



It is bad news, of course, for just about everyone else.