It's just that **** keeps popping up more and more lately, and I'm just starting to notice it.
But **** has
always been popping up. I would suggest to you that it popped up in a much bigger way in 1939, 1948, 1962, and 1979.
As far as the rest of your second paragraph goes, I refer you back to your topic starter:
Before I say anything, let me make a plea: Let's please try to stay on topic and avoid debates about whether we should say or leave Iraq, or why this or that candidate/party would bring about TEOTWAWKI.