The following might be considered grounds for cautious optimism, if the reader was unaware that dominant forces in our little corner of the Universe have little use for optimism, unless it is the key to something far more sinister, such as allowing the Empire to maintain its choke-hold on the American political process. It seems, at first glance, that all of the key military leadership positions are changing (including Sec/Def Gates), just in time for Obama to silently initiate a new direction for the war. Articles like the following and leaks, which confirm that the war might be winding down in time for the elections, are intended to put the American war resistance "on the back foot," persuading many of the less committed among us to drop our guards and to relax our resistance to the war....
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/02/18/justice
We cannot forget for even one second, that everything we are being fed is an intentional, malicious lie. If they want us to believe something, then, in our dialectical existence, we know that it cannot be true. In our world, the world being constructed for us, "black is always white, war is always peace, slavery is true freedom." But in the real world, the world which lives in our hearts and in our minds, "black" is black, and "white" is white, and the interplay between them is a wondrous sight to behold! They cannot destroy this beautiful world, which lives and thrives within our own minds, but they cannot stop trying. After all, this is a war against improper thoughts. If you dare to harbor any of these improper thoughts anywhere within your being, then the terror war will surely find you and bomb those thoughts right out of your fragmented skull, or from your next of kin...
(SEE: BOMBING IMPROPER THOUGHTS)...
War resistance will become tagged as the new "existential threat," to be used for rallying the lunatic fringe on the far right. Look for "left-wing, liberal" views to get the blame for this faltering war. If there were no antiwar effort, then the patriotic crowd would be free to rally American bombers into a great swarm, to wipe the "terrorist elements" from the face of the earth, at least in the Af/Pak, Iran and Lebanon war theaters.... It is very likely that the Republicans will nominate either Petraeus or some other military icon as their next candidate, since the usual gaggle of political hacks will fail to rally the citizenry in any meaningful way (barring another false flag terror attack). If Petraeus is really being retired it will probably be for that purpose.
The Afghan war will not change, except to grow considerably larger that might include Iran and Lebanon....
http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?712290
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