Toward Militarism, War, Empire, Caskets, and Bankruptcy
By Jacob G. Hornberger
The incident in the Gulf of Tonkin - excuse me, Gulf of Hormuz - this past week confirms how easy it is for an American ruler to send the entire nation into war, especially given that he is now permitted to ignore the constitutional provision requiring a congressional declaration of war. If the captains of those U.S. battleships and destroyers had blown those Iranian speedboats out of the water, one can already hear Bush and Cheney proclaiming, "We've been attacked! We've been attacked!
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The incident in the Gulf of Tonkin - excuse me, Gulf of Hormuz - this past week confirms how easy it is for an American ruler to send the entire nation into war, especially given that he is now permitted to ignore the constitutional provision requiring a congressional declaration of war. If the captains of those U.S. battleships and destroyers had blown those Iranian speedboats out of the water, one can already hear Bush and Cheney proclaiming, "We've been attacked! We've been attacked!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19070.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=militarism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=empire
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bankruptcy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=American+ruler
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tonkin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hormuz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger
rudkla - 15. Jan, 05:48
