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Politics : Stop the War!
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To: bacchus_ii who wrote (62)3/18/2003 10:59:45 AM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (2) of 21614
 
The Rot at the Center of the Empire

by Jacob G. Hornberger*
The Future Of Freedom Foundation
March 14, 2003

fff.org

<<...Last weekend’s announcement that the U.S. government had relied on
fake and false evidence in the attempt to secure approval of its upcoming invasion of
Iraq was, by and large, met by a collective yawn from the American people,
especially the members of Congress. It’s just one more example of the depths of
moral depravity to which our nation has fallen.

Think about: After months of enumerating a long laundry list of alternating
justifications for invading Iraq and killing lots of people and after looking for every
conceivable technical violation of UN resolutions to justify an invasion, it now turns
out that the federal government has cited and relied on fake and false evidence to
persuade both the American people and the UN Security Council that an invasion is
necessary — an invasion that will certainly kill tens of thousands of Iraqis, including
both ordinary soldiers and civilians, and possibly large numbers of American GIs...>>

*Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he taught law and economics.
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