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To: Gary H who wrote (17553)3/17/2003 3:57:44 PM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (3) of 81137
 
Gary, what I find fascinating about war is how so often the apparent victor is actually the loser and vice versa .

There are clearly hidden costs to war and unexpected consequences.

Chris Hedges mentions that war is a drug to which its adherents become addicted. But what he doesn't mention is how war messes up all those who are involved in it. That's the reason why the chicken-hawks/neo-cons are so keen on war --- they haven't been there. All they can think of is how they will be rewarded by the new American Empire. Their egos are driving them to the heights of glory and self-adulation. They are drunk on their own power. Have no doubt that they sleep with an American flag draped over their bed. Every morning when they awake they salute themselves in the mirror. Hail Caesar.

The truth, however, will be quite different. Not only these opportunists but the American Empire, itself, will be despised. Instead of Bush & Co being hailed as conquering heroes, they will be be seen as the ones who brought America to its knees, to the dustbin of history --- they are the very antithesis of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the other founding fathers of America who, in fact, contributed so much, not only to the US but to the whole world.

George W. Bush wants to go down in history --- he will.
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