Washington’s Aggressive Policy
Political analysts assess Cheny’s statements in line with the probable Republican worries about their probable loss in the upcoming 2004 U.S. presidency elections. The frequent disappointments of the Bush administration and the increase of the casualties of the U.S. troops in Iraq are under severe criticism nowadays. At the same time, the Treasury Department has announced that the federal government’s deficit is over 400 billion dollars which is unprecedented in the history of the U.S.
Under such conditions, the neo-conservatives are prone to justify their expansionist policy by adopting warmongering policies and exaggerating the U.S. security concerns. Leaders of this party believe that the only thing which can guarantee Bush’s victory in the upcoming U.S. presidency elections is to insist on concepts such as fighting terrorism, banning weapons of mass destruction, and confronting the so-called non-democratic governments of the world. That is why the rightists controlling the White House and the Congress have brought up the danger of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism during the recent months.
Now that the question of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has become irrelevant, Cheny attempts to revive the danger of terrorism in order to overshadow the U.S. economic problems. Indubitably, only creating such psychological and emotional atmosphere may help approve the 87 billion dollar budget presented by Bush for the Congress to pursue war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
However, in such circumstances and on the threshold of the presidential elections, there is the danger that the U.S. warmongers attempt other adventures like those in Afghanistan and Iraq in order to retain power. SRM/IS END MNA