Who
needs liberty when you got Bush?
Robert
Higgs quotes John Quincy Adams
concerning war in search of monsters:
“The fundamental
maxims of [U.S] policy would insensibly change from liberty to force,” he said.
America “might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the
ruler of her own spirit.”
Whose
spirit would guide us then? It appears that it will be the combined ambitions
of two
armchair generals and a "finish-what-daddy-left"
president.
Constitutionally obsessed
Some people these days. All they can think about is principles,
traditions, precise definitions and that bloody Constitution. One such culprit
is Rep. Ron Paul (R- TX) who is up-in-arms
about the lack of evidence of Iraqi threats, poor public hearings, and legislative
irresponsibility. What does he want, freedom, liberty... America? As
if!
War on
Villages
The village of Hajibirgit "is dead." Robert
Fisk investigated the US Special Forces mission to this small Afghanistan
village and what he documents is chilling: women tied up and imprisoned, money
stolen, a village disarmed and left defenseless, and a "war on terror" tainted.
Skipping history class
The Middle East has never been known as an area of stability
and peace, and Iraq is no exception. Eric
Margolis summarizes the bloody and tumultuous history, hoping the president
will listen. If not history, what did Baby Bush learn at Yale... besides
how to snort white powder through a straw?
What.... Christian Zionists?
Just when you think that the US involvement (read funding,
aiding and abetting) in Israel could get even deeper, some
American Christians are funding the re-settlement of Jews in Israel. These
self-labelled "Christian Zionists" believe that they are paving the way for Jesus'
return and their path to heavenly assent. Or maybe these famously bigoted fundies
just want to get rid of Jews. The easy way….
Sanction for terror
Charmaine Seitz
suspects that as soon as the bombs drop in
Iraq, the Israeli government will say: "They're doing it, why can't I?" "It"
will include the terrorizing of the Palestinians and the removal of their leadership
(as if they had any...). This should give new meaning to the concept of "riding
coattails"….