the beginning of the october surprises?
several months ago, in meatspace (unfortunately), i made a comment that the bush administration had so polarized the world that everyone now had a vested interest in the upcoming election – and i said something to the effect that i thought we’d see a large number of “october surprises” probably starting well before october.
it’s hard to draw a line in the moving political sands, but the breaking news this morning is that Russia ‘warned U.S. about Saddam’ [cnn]. the story is that saddam was planning terrorist attacks on united states interests both in the united states and abroad.
maybe that’s the first surprise. maybe we’ve already seen a few from interested parties around the world. anyway, since i was just reminded that i made the comment, i thought i should dump it here too. i expect all kinds of interesting developments this year as individuals and groups with influence and resources push for or against a particular outcome in november.