Maybe Not So Stupid Afterall?

The Administration has been slammed in the past few years for a variety of debacles, including being blamed for ruining the economy and starting a war based upon mistaken information. I have been thinking about all of this recently and wondering how so many well educated, well connected, people could make such big mistakes. It does not seem possible. Then I asked myself, what if the underlying premise, that these are mistakes, is wrong? What if this was all part of a larger, much more elaborate plan; one that is being held from the American public?

For example, let’s look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with a side trip to Iran. Iran is one of the biggest trouble makers in the world today, a major exporter of religious zealots and terrorism ( and oil ). Where is Iran? Well, sandwiched right between Pakistan ( our erstwhile ally ), Iraq and Afghanistan! If you wanted to put pressure on someone and create a foundation for future military action, what better way then to surround them with troops already in place?

What about the economy? Why would the people in Washington possibly want to intentionally ruin it? Well, by creating ( or allowing ) a period of economic down to occur, the government can cause several outcomes. One such outcome is that illegal immigrants are now less inclined to come here. The ones who are here are now unemployed or under-employed and American dollars are not being sent out of the country and being converted to pesos.

Who knows what other outcomes may arise from such a scheme to ruin our economy; outcomes that fulfill some larger and more diabolical plan? Between assuming that my government is too stupid or too evil, I will choose the latter.