Oh, I agree Stephen: see Patrick Cockburn in The Independent. But what
news gets to most USAmericans doesn't include these stories, &, indeed,
they'll find a way to put the best coat of paint on the election as it
is, which becomes as they wish it to be.
A friend of mine many years ago said that the US behaved like (he
thought) all revolutionary societies did, to prevent any further
revolution(apparently anywhere) from changing things from what their
revolution brought about. An interesting theory; don't know if it
actually works.... But the continual attempts to prevent them anywhere
else does at least raise the question...
Doug
On 21-Dec-05, at 10:48 AM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> Curious to me how the Bush Admininistration portrays "torture" as a
> national
> benefit, the way itprotects 'us', 'our way of life', etc."
> Isn't it, I think, similar to the way Slavery prior the Civil War was
> also
> portrayed and supported also as a national benefit.
>
> Doug, all reports outside the Bush Way, indicate that Iraq is already
> deeply
> into a civil war, and the elections have cemented this war as a way of
> life
> (sadly). Bush folks - in total defiance of reality - will keep spouting
> "democracy" so they can out of there before total collapse. They will
> have
> to deal for the oil through other venues than a collapsing democratic
> charade.
>
> Talk about "unintended consequences" - the same folks brought us Enron
> & Co.
> as a model for fiction mongering.
>
> Oh, well, a happy Solstice to all!
>
> Stephen V
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