I Am A Bit Concerned At The Timing

Right now, according to this article, five countries are sending military ships to the Persian Gulf for some exercises. According to the article it is to flex a little muscle and demonstrate to Iran that it will not be able to ship nuclear material from its ports.

I’ll put on my conspiracy theory hat right now. The Vietnam war started in a gulf, too. The Gulf of Tonkin. In the middle of the night, according to reports at the time, the USS Maddox was attacked by a North Vietnamese torpedo boat during questionable circumstances. Two days later, another report of an “unprovoked” attack on another ship was reported. That was all it took to spark the war. Documents unearthed decades later prove the second story was a fabrication.

Let’s just play the conspiracy out. Rove and Bush need the Republicans to win. Who cares if they are uncharacteristically upbeat when all signs point to a GOP defeat, that is their job (especially Rove’s). Anyway, what if there was something else they knew about? What would mobilize Republican voters and shove the undecideds and independents to the GOP? How about a Gulf-of-Tonkin-like attack by Iran in the Persian Gulf?

Think about it. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, even Rove could face some nasty investigations if the Democrats take over both the House and Senate. It could be ugly, they have everything to lose in the face of the Democrats taking over Washington when the administration has two years left. Think of what two years worth of investigating could uncover on these crooks?

I really don’t want to believe in conspiracies, but my resistance is being broken down by the lies I hear every day. Every. Single. Day.

And we don’t even want to think of the implications of this little item Bush has at his disposal now, do we?

Am I crazy here? Help me out.