Through the eyes of a child.

Watch this:


30 seconds in:
"We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War Three, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon."

Note the chuckle. Note the smile. Now, couple of things.

History:
I think the domino effect which has occured since Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated is fascinating. His death triggers World War I the ending of which triggers World War II. At the end of World War II the United Nations, in response to the Holocaust, creates the state of Israel. Now the creation of the state of Israel will inevitably spark World War 3, ending the world.

Rant:
I don't know what was going through the mind of President Bush when he chuckled as he invoked the notion of World War 3. I don't know what made him giggle and smile like a child on Christmas morning. I've no idea how he can smile as he threatens to start a global armed conflict using nuclear weapons. But it is terrifying. And not in some melodramatic rhetoric sense, but rather in a "This idiot has the launch codes and he's giddy at the through of nuking something." sense.

Because that is the mentality of a certain group of people: the crazy third who see this man as a leader, a visionary. It's the external sign of the internal glee maintained by the war-mongering Right, perpetually entrenched in a Cold War mentality whose cocks ever-harden at the thought of their own WW2, their own great war.

In the video clip, you will note that after the quote President Bush becomes reserved. During the quote he bends over, smirks, laughs, and gesticulates with his hand. Then at 49 seconds he straightens, the smirk disappears, and he reverts back to his practiced "I will continue to work with..." line.

But we saw his true intentions, his underlying passion, the idea that awakens his child-like delight.

He wants to knock over that last domino. Domino 1 fell causing Domino 2 to fall. But Domino 2 required a little help to knock over Domino 3. And George W. Bush is more than happy to get on his knees and poke Domino 3, the final one, just to see what happens.