The logic of King George

President's not good enough, I want to be king. I want to be above the law. I want to snoop on my citizens. I want to detain people indefinitely without trial. I want to torture them. I want to invade countries.

And I want to do all this legally!

But how do I achieve that? Let's start a war. When in war, I can do "whatever it takes", so laws don't apply. Viola!

Wait a minute. What if the war ends? No problemo. Let's start a war that never ends. All I need is an enemy that can't be defined and thus can't ever surrender. Who could that be? Terrorists! Let's call it the "war on terrorism". Nevermind it sounds as ridiculous as the police declaring a never ending "war on crime". Our PR machine will sort that out.

But then how do I invade countries? Oh, we'll invade those who harbor terrorists.

What about those who don't harbor them? I'll just lie about it, invade them anyway, and make them terrorists.

What if people catch we're lying? We'll just call them unpatriotic left wing loonies and shut 'em up, and if that doesn't work, I'll use my wartime snooping authority and cook something up against them.

What if the voters don't like all this and vote us out? Voters? Don't worry about them. We've got 'em covered by abortion, homophobia, intelligent design, and such.

Remember, I talk to a Higher Father. I can't lose. Yee-haw!