ALLEN ROLAND'S
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER 10/15/03
THE TIME OF CHOICE !
WE CAN NO LONGER WISHFUL THINK ~ IT'S
TIME FOR BOLD ACTION.
We can no longer wishful think about the intentions of
the Bush Administration ~ it's time for bold action from
united and concerned Democrats and presidential
candidates who can honestly speak for millions of
extremely concerned and disenfranchised Americans.
I'm not crying wolf and I'm including three outstanding
articles which reinforce the urgency for WE the people and
OUR representatives to say NO to a neo conservative empire
building agenda which is rapidly taking water and soon
may sink ~ taking us and our economic security with it.
Pentagon official: US may take action against Syria:
Associated Press 10/14/03
Pentagon adviser Richard Perle said Tuesday that the recent Israeli attack
on an alleged training camp for Palestinian militants in Syria was long overdue
The Widening Crusade: If some wishful Americans are still hoping President Bush
will acknowledge that his imperial foreign policy has stumbled in Iraq and needs
fixing or reining in, they should put aside those reveries. He's going all the
way-and taking us with him.
Excerpt;
In his new book, Winning Modern Wars, retired general Wesley Clark, a candidate
for the Democratic presidential nomination, offered a window into the Bush
serial-war planning. He writes that serious planning for the Iraq war had
already begun only two months after the 9-11 attack, and adds:
"As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military
staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still on track for going against
Iraq, he said. But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a
five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a total of seven countries, beginning
with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia and Sudan. . . . I left the Pentagon
that afternoon deeply concerned."
A five-year military campaign. Seven countries. How far has the White House taken this plan?
And how long can the president keep the nation in the dark, emerging from his
White House cocoon only to speak to us in slogans and the sterile
language of pep rallies?
Excerpt:
The American people are now faced with a big choice: Should we continue to believe the falsehoods, exaggerations, and deceptions of those who have led our nation down a road that has produced massive amounts of death and destruction — a road of empire, intervention, and dominion over the lives and fortunes of people all over the world — a road that now threatens the economic security of the American people through the uncontrolled federal spending that is necessary to finance it — a road that will inevitably produce more animosity and hatred against our nation, which in turn will produce more terrorism against the United States, which in turn will produce more government oppression here at home?
Or has the time come to reestablish the constitutional republic that our Founders and ancestors intended for us — a republic that would restore peace, prosperity, and harmony to our lives and once again make America the most admired and respected country in the world?
And to top it off ~ George Bush Senior
In his memoirs, "A World Transformed," written five years ago, George Bush, Senior, wrote the following to explain why he didn't go after Saddam Hussein at the end of the Gulf War.
"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.... There was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles.
Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."
[ If only his son , who claims he never reads , had read and listened ]
ONLY LOVE HEALS
Allen L Roland , Ph.D
Daily weblog: http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/
Website: www.allenroland.com
Reflections on Geopolitics It seemed like such a good idea .
Oh, when did it begin to sour, and start to be no fun ~
to be the last remaining superpower ?
Calvin Trillin ( The Nation )
12:53:20 PM 
|
