Let's see now, first it was Afghanistan, then Iraq, and now it looks like the Bush junta is going to go after Syria, Iran and North Korea-maybe, or maybe not in that order. What the geographic pattern this current series of U.S. lead conquests reveils, especially to anyone living in Russia or China, is encirclement with U.S. occupied/client states. Can you say "It looks like we're being surrounded!" Now try to say that in Russian(or Chinese)!

Now let's all recall that Russia, while no longer considered a "superpower", still has quite a large collection of WMDs, especially the nuclear variety, and intercontinental ballistic missles with which to deliver them to their targets anywhere on the planet. China also has a considerable stockpile.

Third-consider Bush's known reputation as a "deeply religious man". A good friend of the American version of Al Qaida(sp?) otherwise known as Christian Fundamentalist. They have a special fascination with the final chapter of the Bible known as Revelations and the story of the Final Battle they call Armageddon. Since Bush, etc. believe that this battle was pre-ordained to happen by God, it is therefore "inevitable"(sound familiar?).

So, in the (feeble) minds of Bush and so many of his supporters, since Armaggedon is inevitable and America is the world's last remaining "superpower", why not go for it?

Their wars are about oil, but also about a lot more than that. Like the immature brats they behave like, they appear to be preparing to blackmail the world-either accept total domination by America-or we'll start WW III and annihilate everyone!

Click on the world atlas link to see how it's shaping up. Every country bordering/flanking Russia from Turkey on up through Europe(including many former Eastern Bloc nations as of only a few months ago) are members of NATO. Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan are all either on Bush's "hit list" or already under U.S. occupation. This includes some of the former Soviet republics like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan that were bribed and/or coerced into allowing U.S. troop deployments and military bases during the U.S. attack on Afghanistan, all or most of which are still being maintained there. Then there is the U.S. threat to attack/occupy North Korea. Finally, off Russia's eastern most tip, just across the Bering Strait, is another NATO presence, the U.S. state of Alaska. The only interruption to this string of U.S. occupied(or currently threatened with war/occupation) territories is China and Mongolia. For them, it appears the Bush Regime is putting on the squeaze-with U.S. occupied Atghanistan and the aforementioned former Soviet republics with their U.S. military bases on one side, and North Korea, threatened with U.S. attack/occupation on the other(and already a huge U.S. military presence in South Korea).

With this senario in mind, this is absolutely NO TIME for the anti-war movement to start slacking off. We need to double-TRIPLE our efforts worldwide to head off what may be the literal end of mankind's existence! The primary motivator for us is this-Bush may very well be as insane as the Adolf Hitler he appears to be immitating. He may be as much of a megalomaniac as to want to stage his own personal version of the biblical Armageddon.

THE BUSH JUNTA MUST BE STOPPED!