The Null Device blog: Who's next?

So, after Iraq is pacified (or handed over to junior COW members to fix up), who's next? Let's take a look at the candidates:

Syria. Its name has come up in Washington lately. They're sheltering Saddam and/or his WMDs (you know, the ones they couldn't find in Iraq), helping Palestinian bombers, and refusing to let McDonalds set up in Damascus. And besides they're not very nice.
Iran. Similar reasons. Plus they're right between Iraq and Afghanistan. Not conquering them wouldn't look very good.
North Korea. Rumsfeld's heart seems to be set on Syria, but if Kim Jong Il keeps jumping up and shouting "Me! Me! Pick me!", he may have to reprioritise. Business before pleasure and all that.
Cuba. The presence of a fiercely anti-US Communist state a stone's throw from Florida makes a mockery of the Project for a New American Century's goals of full-spectrum dominance. How can they expect every government in the world to fear and respect the US, knowing that their fortunes, and indeed their very survival, hinge on the report card Washington gives them, when America can't even control its own backyard? Cuba has to go; and with no USSR backing it, it's only time before it gets its turn.
Venezuela. Crucible of No Logo-style anti-corporate populism or creepy Cuban-like Marxist dictatorship in the offing (depending on whom you believe), either way, it doesn't belong in the New American Century. And they have oil too. To further sweeten the deal, some figures associated with the military-backed strike against the leftist leaders there have actually made claims of President Chavez giving money to al-Qaeda shortly after 9/11.
Saudi Arabia. The monarchy is apparently tottering on the verge of collapse, with Islamic fundamentalists of the same stripe as made up most of the 9/11 hijackers set to take over. Backlash against the invasion of Iraq could be the push that sends it over, and invites intervention.
Pakistan. See Saudi Arabia. And they have nukes too.
France. Well, there are bumper stickers in the U.S. which read "First Iraq, then France", so someone must be for it.
Canada. Because it's there. It's not heavily defended either; a quick conquest of Canada in the last 2 weeks of October 2004 should be enough to get Bush back with a landslide, even if the economy is fux0red.

So which will it be? Only time will tell.

There are 6 comments on "Who's next?":

Posted by: gjw
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Fri Apr 11 07:08:26 2003

They'd better not move on Iran; 1) Reforms are coming along slowly but surely - any US intervention would destroy all that hard work 2) A friend of mine, a fellow postgrad student who was visiting from Iran to complete his PhD, returned there about a week before the war started to visit his family. I would really like to see him again...

Posted by: voy-sv-resn
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Fri Apr 11 21:52:06 2003

I'm trying to understand the logic behind this nonsense. "Don't stand up to one tyranny, for fear of having to act consistently with others?" If this becomes our foreign policy, I think I too will hide in a cave.

Posted by: acb
http://dev.null.org
Sat Apr 12 11:32:54 2003

I see the Fisking Op-Center have sent their best and brightest yet again.

Posted by: rtg
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Sat Apr 12 21:02:55 2003

You forgot to put California on this list

Posted by: Greyzone
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Sun Apr 13 06:54:48 2003

Canada: we got oil, and gas, and WATER, and softwood, and agriculture (lots & lots) and we got more WATER, and fish, and bever, and few guns, and practise multinationalism (well they do their best), and a lame duck prime minister until Feb 2004, then we'll get a Bushbunnie prime minister, and got no armed forces that are ready to go, but we have the mounties!!! Dudley Dooright Where are you? Oh yeah, did I mention we have lots of nearly clear, most of it clean, almost sparkling, fresh (sic) WATER?

Personally, these Bushies seem to prefer the more arid areas of the world, something about sand in their teeth that turns them on...

Posted by: mitch
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Thu Apr 17 07:16:36 2003

http://www.whichcountryisnext.com/

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