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As we enter a season of deep discontent and high energy prices, revelations such as these ought to finally roast BushCo:
The United States invaded Iraq with a high-minded mission: destroy dangerous weapons, bring democracy, and trigger a wave of reform across the Middle East. None of these have happened. When the final page is written on America's catastrophic imperial venture, one word will dominate the explanation of U.S. failure--corruption.
When the final page is written on America's catastrophic imperial venture, one word will dominate the explanation of U.S. failure--corruption.
Is George W. Bush a serious person? It's not a question to ask lightly of a decent man who holds an office worthy of respect. But it must be asked.
In the sense that the author, Doug Bandow, asks it progressives answered that question "no" long ago.
Staunchly, right-wing voices like - Bandow's and Cato's - that once refused to even consider the question seriously must now, after Katrina, contemplate Bush's recent gross errors: Read More
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GF17Ak01.html
BTW I hope this June 2005 article hasn't been linked before here. I searched the author's (Jonathan Schell) name and didn't find it. Even if redundant, IMHO, the article is worth reposting.
http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_04/article.html
The author suggests that structural changes in America (e.g., globalization's persistent economic insecurity and the "Volunteer" Army) make a significant anti-war protest movement impossible now.
I disagree with parts of the analysis but not the conclusion that a 1960's-style anti-war movement won't happen any time soon.
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