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"Be Afraid - be very afraid" that statement could easily be the
unofficial motto of the Republicans this November. It's one thing to have the
power to destroy the entire world ten times over, which we have: it's a
completely other thing to actually plan to use that power-secretly.
We have the world's most awesome military might, but we no longer seem to
have the resolve or the sense, to restrain that power in light of the global
community's desire for a viable and sustainable planet. Part of having the kind
of military power we posses, is the need to have the intelligence, to act with
wisdom and restraint, because if we do not then there will be a literal
Armageddon, the like of which this planet has never seen before.
One thing that the Bush Doctrine maintains is their imagined right to use
preemptive strikes to "keep this nation safe." Preemptive Strikes in
this case amounts to the administration's questionable ability to detect what
others might be thinking, concerning an attack upon the continental United
States. In effect Bush & the Bandits want to be able to decree which nation
is secretly planning to attack this country, prior to any actual military
activity. If Iraq is their example, then that concept does not meet any standard
test of that theory. Basically what Bush is trying to say to the world, is that
we will now punish thought crimes with ballistic missiles. Bush-Cheney wants to
fight ideas with bullets, and to kill all those that disagree with them, be they
friends or enemies. That concept borders on insanity, because it cannot lead
anywhere except to global war.
What Bush and his handlers are saying to the world is that 'we will decide
who can live and who shall die, and that decision shall not be overridden by any
other considerations.' That kind of power does not involve political leadership
because it's based on arrogance and greed alone. When combined with intimidation
and fear, as watchwords for the use of that power, this does not create a strong
nation-but a fearful and an insecure country. This 'country' when governed in
that way, becomes the very thing we say we fear the most, which is an insecure
and completely vulnerable society.
Moreover, with the military might we now posses, there should be a balanced
and sober set of leaders and advisors in charge of the use of our overwhelming
force, but that is something we simply do not have in the current officers of
this government. The madmen are now in charge of what has become an unbalanced,
irresponsible, and a very dangerous outlaw regime. The world knows this: only
the citizens of the United States seem not to see what has been created under
Cheney-Bush.
Bush & Cheney state repeatedly that they are the only guarantee against
any further attacks upon this country. However, these were the two men in charge
on 911, and because they conspicuously failed this nation on that day, the
attacks we suffered then, were far more serious than they otherwise should have
been. Now they believe that we are so afraid, as to actually forget that they
were the ones responsible for the attack in the first place, and that they have
yet to do anything except create evermore terror, without having completed
anything they've undertaken. So much for "they can run but they cannot
hide."
This course of action, which they absolutely refuse to deviate from, has
netted the United States absolutely nothing but the loss of thousands of our
people and the loss of vast sums of money, and this has gained us only the
enmity of the entire free world. What we have acquired is a deeply divisive
paranoia, based on government generated false-flag fears, of everything from
strangers to unspecified attacks - with no specifics ever given. In the eyes of
serious watchers, there is no logic behind the pitiful decisions we continue to
make.
These things are not synonymous with strong nations-they are better suited to
third class nations who are always uncertain about friend and foe alike. That's
how the outside world sees the USA at this moment. Question: Are limitations,
permanent insecurity, and fear of everything except oneself, what you think the
USA ought to be about? Because that's what this administration wants us to do
when they say 'Be Afraid-be very afraid!'
A strong and resolute people do not spend their lives in fear of boogey men
or mythic attacks by unspecified shadows in the night: nor do they devote our
national treasure to the destruction of others because of some deeply misplaced
fear of other people, just because they have a different system of beliefs.
Sanity is required to run a prosperous and diverse nation in a complex and
troubled world. The current government is not qualified to attend to any aspect
of this country's true interests in the world today.
The time has come to say to these perpetual and paranoid fears of endless
enemies, and conspiracies of all kinds-that our worst fear is of them. We do
fear what will be done in haste and arrogance, for that is precisely what will
bring on the very things that Bush & Cheney say their policies are designed
to prevent. But then they have no real experience in making decisions,
militarily, diplomatically, scientifically, or logically, because as individuals
they are ethically and morally bankrupt, especially when it comes to choices.
Tough talk must be balanced by determined and careful diplomacy. Threats
alone cannot become national policy-because fear alone can never check every
threat, or stop all those who are seeking to avenge their private or their
public losses. Yes this is a hard world and there are many dangerous and
determined people out there who want to see us fail. But when we practice
aggression without concern for the civilian populations that we say we have
invaded to protect-we are fooling no one. When we decimate a backward and
defenseless place, destroy their cultural infrastructure, and continue to
attack, long after we have said: "mission accomplished" - then we can
only further defeat ourselves.
We say that everything is under control; yet there are over 85 attacks a day;
no guarantees can be issued for anyone anywhere within 'pacified' Iraq, so who
is in denial, and why can't we find a better way? Yet the message from the
Pentagon and the White House remains "Stay the Course." It is
abundantly clear that militarily we have no clue about what this was about to
begin with; never mind how we're going to end this tragically illegal invasion.
Top that off with the possibility of an October Surprise, just in time to sway
the voters, toward a landslide victory-based on yet another hollow military
adventure. What we have in Iraq is a guaranteed failure of resolve, of planning,
and most of all of national stature. How this could ever be confused with
success defies all logic. Then there is this. www.lebanonwire.com/
George W. Bush has based his entire campaign upon how seriously tough he and
Cheney are supposed to be; how utterly unafraid they are of anything. George W.
Bush is a coward because is literally afraid of the one thing he claims to have
done everything for-that would be, the people of the United States of America.
Bush is terrified of questions. He is literally riven with fear of the
ordinary man or woman, maybe even teenagers; anyone with a serious question that
needs to be answered. Just today it was announced that his occupying forces
managed to lose 380 tons of the most dangerous weapons that were in Iraq, before
the war. On this subject he would take no questions today, as he is running for
office, and 'that's not a positive topic for discussion,' according to campaign
aides.
This massive stash of death was being protected by the United Nations, before
the invasion, and they informed the coalition of its location, and, that this
horde should definitely be protected. Now we learn that it has vanished because
of a "lapse in security, due to insufficient troops to guard it." That
was changed today to be, "possibly it was stolen by insurgents even before
we arrived."
Whatever really happened, the fact is that the 380 tons of deadly material is
missing, and it happened on the Cheney-Bush watch. These are the same two
failures that want you to vote for them, because they are the only ones who 'can
guarantee that we won't be attacked again.' Somehow they never manage to mention
that the only time we were ever attacked at all was on their watch. Nothing this
crew has done adds up, nothing they've undertaken has succeeded.
Bush speaks constantly about the elections that are coming to Iraq. There are
roughly 35,000 voting stations in that country and they have exactly four U.N.
advisors in country to prepare Iraq to vote. Does that sound like we have the
situation well in hand? No one there is immune from kidnapping, murder, random
violence, or wrongful imprisonment upon the whims of untrained troops acting on
suspicious tips that are often motivated out of jealously or fear. There is
nothing whatever, in Iraq; that could be said to be working as promised. Yet
that has been the entire justification for retaining the Bush-Cheney team. Bush
says: "it's in the hands of the voters." If that's true then go to the
polls and show them what you think about their stewardship of this country, and
of their plans for the rest of the world besides. Show Bush-Cheney that
"fear" is not the only thing that moves you in these troubled times,
performance and keeping one's promises counts, especially when the price is
civilization or barbarity-worldwide. Speak now or forever hold your piece!
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