Gah, sorry this is up so late. I misread the date on it.
The War on Terra—-the propaganda tool used to convince otherwise sane people to give up rights and common sense, not the cover story for imperialism—-has officially jumped the shark. It’s been used by the TSA to justify harassing passengers at airports, by the Bush administration to tap your phones, by the Bush administration to win the 2004 election through the government-funded campaign strategy called the Homeland Security Advisory System, by defense contractors looking for a way to feast on taxpayer money, by the creators of “24”, and by people trying to sell you gas masks and American flags. But as a way to pressure the U.S. government to waste money and time investigating sightings of little green men? And in the paper of record.
Nick Pope’s argument is that the U.S. is putting itself at the risk of a terrorist attack because we don’t investigate UFO sightings. No, really.