Reply #7: Replace Commie With "Islamofascist"

[KharmaTrain]

In the early 90's, I remember having a discussion with a very knowledgeable expert on the Cold War who lammented that now what would the "Commie haters" do with no Communist party or Russia to kick around. It's gotta be tough when your boogie man is vanquished. These people had to find a new one...for many reasons.

The defense industry needed some big threat to justify those huge weapons systems and massive defense build-ups. The policy wonks needed it to play their Neo-Con geo-political games...making the globe into their own Risk board...and the party aparachniks who saw how the fear of Communism had been a big money-maker and kept them in power.

Sure enough...we've now entered the "War On Terror" that sure has the feeling of the early Cold War days. A-rabs could be hiding under your bed...ready to slit your throat. They're demonized in popular culture and it plays real well with the sheeple...those who live in fear and never figured out the last boogie man was never a threat and thus think this one is.