It has become clear that the Bush Administration does not desire stability in the Middle East. Through its foreign policy, it has empowered a Shiite Crescent to stretch from Beirut, to Baghdad, to Tehran. Beirut, Lebanon, where America looked the other way whilst Israel bombed southern Lebanon, using a variety of illegal munitions on civilian neighborhoods, for the sake of two kidnapped Israeli soldiers. Now, what most people don't know is that kidnappings occur all the time over there. It is a routine policy, in a manner of speaking, where Palestinian militants and Lebanese militants will kidnap Israeli troops in exchange for the release of political prisoners, many of which have only committed the 'crime' of speaking out against Israeli policies. Not Jewish policies, as the pro-Israel lobbyists would have you believe, and therefore twist the truth. The Israeli policy towards Palestine is nothing short of apartheid. They evict people from their homes that have committed no crimes, and have been known to fire on members of the press at close range in an apparently intentional move. The fact that America actually prevented any UN action against this aggression is particularly indicative of the Bush Administration's support for an unstable Lebanon, thereby keeping Israel interested enough to cooperate with the Infinite War.

The increased Shiite militancy has provoked the Sunni community, who held peace prior to the American invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. The Middle East has never before been this hot in our recent history. Iraqi Nationalists have given up hope in the face of the seemingly never ending foreign occupation and have instead given their loyalty to Al Qaeda. The occupation is a primary motivation for terrorism and the insurgency itself, nothing else. And the perpetual lying by virtually every member of the Bush Administration makes it perfectly clear that all of the reasons they gave for going into this war were utter rubbish (except for the oil prices line they used when the prices first spiked over three dollars a gallon since the invasion).

This kind of foreign policy, along with the recent naval buildup in the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean (featuring destroyer vessels equipped with tactical nuclear cruise missiles) and threatening Iran's existence, has the potential to drop the entire Middle East into instability. An unstable region that large would create plenty of opportunities for the war profiteering companies that currently hold sway over our Commander in Chief. Private military companies (PMC), which already make up the second largest military force in Iraq, would be called upon to support the overstretched American military presence in the region. These PMC's would be able to operate with little to no oversight and would become a primary component in this war profiteering playground.

Other corporate interests that want a piece of the action would no longer be forced to deal with any local governing entities in the region other than those either controlled by the Bush Administration or otherwise friendly to their interests, and the entire region's plant genetic resources would be open for exploitation. Given the high degree of privatization of the American federal government (the executive branch, in particular), the history of no-bid contracts for companies belonging to friends of the Administration, and an apparent lack of concern for the choices of a majority of American citizens, the Infinite War has become an all-too-real future.

This Administration has been emboldened by the lack of effective mass outrage. Now, what I mean by that is that our country as a whole has not effectively demonstrated its outrage about the policies of this Administration; the workers are still going to their jobs; the traffic is still flowing; products are still being consumed. As long as this is all functioning and every measure of control is in place, and as long as Congress continues to nervously shift about and take no determined action, the Administration does not feel threatened by the anger of its opposition.