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The State of a Nation on the Road to Ruin

January 28, 2003: George Bush opened his mouth for about an hour and revealed far more of his personal ignorance about both government and diplomacy than he did about any future for these United States, or for the world situation. What he did reveal was his complicity in fast-track ruination of this nation, this society, and the world. What his speech did not reveal was any reason to hope for any possibility of change, whether one looked for an economic recovery; a political breakthrough in our relations with the wider world; or just some real facts regarding the immediate threat that Bush is making on Iraq.

Judging by Bush's past promises to the public and the world: it was clear last night that we're in for more of the same lies, more of the same deceit, more of the same drive for global domination - regardless of the human or ecological costs for the planet.

Dubya, in his speech clearly demonstrated for the entire world that his version of leadership is Absent Without Leave (AWOL) - in a time when this country is under siege both from within and without. The first 40 minutes were devoted to sheer fantasies about sharing, and caring, and providing for people in all sorts of ways - each of which was cynically flawed at the very root of each proposal. The economics alone will prohibit such a smoke screen from ever taking place. Not to mention the added hundreds of billions that we'll now squander on his war with Iraq. Between the huge costs of the foregoing and after adding the $674 billion in give a ways to the rich - there isn't enough money on the planet to cover the costs of all that Dubya says he will do. But the Congress just applauded every thing, and no one is raising any serious complaint against bullyboy George.

Of course Bush is under no obligation to lead this nation. His entire term of office is based on his theft of that office-which was stolen from the people of this country.

What will be the Price of this WAR on IRAQ?

Bush has spoken of the faceless terrorists with whom we are now engaged in a war without end - just as in the novel "1984.' Mr. Orwell's characters lived in a world such as Bullyboy George is racing to complete - a world without freedom. It's a world where Greed dictates, and where Fear reins over a beaten and stupid people who only follow directions, never daring to question anything that comes from the tyrannical self-appointed dictators that rule them. Speaking about the 9-11 pledge that this nation has 'made' Bush said:

"We will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men - a free people will set the course of history." And he continued: "Today the greatest danger in the war on terror - the greatest danger facing America and the world - is outlaw regimes that seek and posses nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. These regimes could use such weapons for blackmail, terror and mass murder."

Bush is right about all of the above, except that The Outlaw Regime of which he speaks, is his! It is the USA who will be using weapons of mass destruction, nuclear in particular, to threaten, to blackmail, and to ultimately murder millions of Iraqi civilians when we launch our 48-hour war on Baghdad.
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0127-08.htm 

There is nothing about our planned attack on Iraq that even remotely approaches civilized behavior. To launch one cruise missile every 4 minutes for two days, to literally decimate the capitol city of Iraq, is tantamount to the Firestorm of Dresden in World War II.

Any real assessment of what happened to the troops we sent into Iraq under George Bush the 1st reads like a litany for a disaster that the U.S. seems determined to keep covered up:

"80,000 Gulf War returning vets filed for medical care in the summer after returning from the war. They were denied care. Evidence shows they were becoming ill in theatre of Saran exposure, but the military ignored it. Hundreds of soldiers went through Walter Reed that summer and continued coming, Walter Reed spokesman told Congress that they had none, only a few, and they considered them malingerers. Since then, the First Gulf War real numbers are 53,000 DEAD Gulf War soldiers 150,000 receiving compensation for diagnosis's 343,000 have filed claims so far of which all but the 150,000 are still waiting for their claims to be processed.

Many have died on active duty, the military will only give us a count of 10,000 dead Many active duty personal are sick, trying to work out their retirement, many are not going make it. Birth defects of children are unreal. The chemical suits don't work. Go back and read the testimonies from the original hearings in congress from June 9, 1993, then go to the Senate hearings at later dates."

This time it will be far worse for all those that are sent into Harm's Way. And this does not include the people who have to live in that country, after the attacks. Given that there is no clear justifiable reason for attacking Iraq at this time: How can Gulf War II be anything other than a crime against humanity?

Then there is the real reason for going to war with Iraq. It's so simple and such a well-protected fact that most people just missed it. The basic reason is over which currency will be used to purchase oil; the U.S. Dollar or the Euro: It's here:
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=231238&group=webcast  

In November of 2000 Iraq actually switched to the Euro, when the Euro was only worth around 80 cents. But since that time the dollar's steady depreciation has given Iraq an excellent percentage increase in its profits from the sale of its oil. The threat this poses to the Dollar from this potentially international shift toward the Euro has been the reason for all the urgency to attack Iraq now! Especially since Iran and other countries are also interested in doing likewise (axis of evil or threat to world domination plans?) Venezuela under Chavez is interested in working out oil deals that cut out the dollar. This would have profound implications for the deepening crisis in the US economy. So why have the Bushwackers not cited this as the reason for our need of a regime change in Iraq?

Because we don't want to change the regime - we want to take over Iraq for the oil wells and their extremely lucrative profits. This from the Observer in London:

"Iraq has the world's second largest proven reserves - some 112 billion barrels, and at least another 100bn of unproven reserves, according to the US Department of Energy. Iraqi oil is comparatively simple to extract - less than $1 per barrel, compared with $6 a barrel in Russia. Soon, US and British forces could be securing the source of that oil as a priority in the war strategy. The Iraqi fields south of Basra produce prized 'sweet crude's' that are simpler to refine."

But Saddam is not unaware of our plans to steal his oil, and given his mentality about watching the US take what he considers to be HIS wealth: Saddam just might decide to contaminate the oil first and then set the fields ablaze.
http://www.ruminatethis.com/archives/000004.html 

This would leave the world with a monstrously toxic ecological problem - possibly for years or decades to come. So ask yourself - IS the cost of invasion really worth it - how many people need to die to satisfy these twisted dreams of Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove, Perle, Ashcroft, Rice and Bush?

All of these actions are being undertaken in Our Names; and yet they were conceived, designed and will be carried out by criminals in full complicity with most of the 535 members of the Congress, and by a majority of the judges who serve in the so-called judicial branch of the federal government. This may sound hysterical - but if the above were not true, why is the whole world against this WAR on Iraq.
http://www.blackcommentator.com/27/27_commentary.html 

Vast numbers of Americans, as well as people around the world - want to give the Inspector's the time to search for answers - but that's not been made clear to anyone who might be watching US government controlled media.

The United States is supposed to be a Representative Democracy. One has to wonder: Where is the 'representation' in this stolen country that used to be called a representative democracy? Listening to Bush lashing out at his critics, it might appear that we have a neurotic dictator, instead of a supposedly elected president. Only we can change the course of this nightmare, but we'd have to go out into the streets in serious numbers during the workweek - to have any real effect on the course of the coming WAR on the World!