"You May Commence Bombing Caucasians At Your Discretion"

In response to the United States' rampaging, the Eurasian powers -- China, Russia, France, Germany -- have been cooperating in an effort to check U.S. power.

There are now even plans in the works for an EU Military Headquarters -- separate, that is, from NATO.

This development is a clear violation of the Bush Doctrine, which asserts that any threats (indeed, any threat of a threat) to U.S. power will be met with military devastation.

So, we begin bombing Paris and Moscow pretty soon, right?

Well, not so fast. The U.S. is none too pleased, to be sure. But, as is its wont, it is following the Bully's Code on this one: never pick on anybody that can hit back, only pulverise the smallest, weakest, most put-upon sectors of the schoolyard.

So it is that we find the U.S. response -- "We would hope that those plans would not be materialised because it would not be productive for the future of NATO-EU relations" -- to be one at the same time in violation of the Bush Doctrine and in league with the Bully's Code.

Therein lies the paradox. Will any in the mainstream media dare to call the administration out?

"You may commence holding your breath at your discretion."

Posted by Eddie Tews at October 8, 2003 08:41 PM