Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion
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Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit DiscussionIn a time of the spring, old paths are obscured and new growth begins.
Sheldon Richman, writing in the Baltimore Chronicle, has the guts to come out and say what nobody else dares: There Is No War:
In contrast, I think the disconnect demonstrates that the apocalyptic War is a fiction. What danger exists grows out of resentment against years of U.S. intervention in the Middle East, not a desire to destroy American society. A noninterventionist foreign policy could reduce that danger. But the rulers won’t abandon interventionism. Too many political and economic interests are at stake.
Bush must know that what he says about the conflict is not true. There is no other way to explain why he has not asked for “sacrifices.” He realizes that if he imposes sacrifices, the fragile support for his “war on terror” will evaporate. He once enjoyed support for his war in Iraq, but that vanished as mounting casualties and increasing violence produced a sense of quagmire.
What we call terrorism is not war, but criminal action. It becomes war only if we make it so.
America is not under siege. There is no threat to its integrity as a society. No barbarians stand at the gates ready to overrun and subjugate us. What we call terrorism is not war, but criminal action. It becomes war only if we make it so. But war exacts a terrible cost on the country that prosecutes it. If you need proof, see the Military Commissions Act of 2006.”
If there is no war, there is no excuse.
There is no excuse.
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October 11th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
But, there IS a war going on!!! It’s the war waged by America’s “leaders” upon the people they presume to “govern”, and against rights held dear for over 200 years. George Bush, et al, are exactly what the founding fathers tried so hard to protect us against.