« 031: The Death of Manuscript | Main | 033: "Bitch, you know I love you. Why do you make me beat you?" » March 20, 2003

032: The Rites of Spring

There are oil fields burning in Iraq tonight.

It is the Vernal Equinox -- the first day of spring. This day held great importance to our primitive and savage ancestors because it was the magical day when they conducted their annual rites to herald the return of spring. In illo tempore the people believed that their kings were the living embodiement of the lands and, through practices of sympathetic magic, they could effect change. In removing the old and barren king and replacing him with a new and fresh leader, they could ensure the return of verdancy and vibrant life to the land. The world and its vegetation was born anew because they conducted a blood sacrifice.

In the early morning hours of the Vernal Equinox, the United States conducted a "decapitation attack" against Iraq. Presented with a "target of opportunity," the government attempted a swift and precise beheading of the old king. On the most critical day of the ancient cycle of death and rebirth, in the very land between the Tirgis and Euphrates rivers known as the Fertile Crescent, the United States acted to kill a king.

What exactly was this "target of opporunity" which Bush's advisors presented to him? And what information were these advisors working from? Is it possible that the opportunity had nothing to do with tactical information or geo-political strategy and had its basis in one of the oldest and most powerful of magical rites?

Posted by Teppo at March 20, 2003 10:54 PM

Comments