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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (329079)	12/14/2002 4:20:14 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

re:"when was the last time you heard about people sneaking into Iraq?" accuracy.org Sean Penn Arrives in Baghdad for Three-Day Visit

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (329079)	12/14/2002 4:20:22 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

that arguement is SO old....... So if people aren't flocking to a country....BOMB IT? come on CC

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (329079)	12/14/2002 4:23:49 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The question is US military and covert operatives imposing unrequested "freedom" on others unilaterally, such as Iran, Chile, Nicaragua, etc. We're now sending $1.2 billion to warlords in Columbia, ostensibly to "free Columbians from the scourge of illegal drugs", LOL! Illegal drugs from Columbia have increased 25% since those funds began to be sent. As you correctly stated previously, there are official lies being told as cover for these actions. Unfortunately, there are very few who speak the truth, which is what democracy requires to survive. Two of the few were Paul Wellstone (deceased) and Ron Paul: house.gov house.gov A Republic, If You Can Keep It "From a country that once minded its own business, we now find ourselves with military personnel in more than 130 different countries, protecting our modern-day American empire. Not only do we have troops spread to the four corners of the earth, we find Coast Guard Cutters in the Mediterranean and around the world, our FBI in any country we choose, and the CIA in places the Congress doesn't even know about. It is a truism that the state grows and freedom is diminished in times of war. Almost perpetual war in the 20th Century has significantly contributed to steadily undermining our liberties while glorifying the state. In addition to the military wars, liberty has also suffered from the domestic "wars" on poverty, literacy, drugs, homelessness, privacy, and many others. We have, in the last 100 years, gone from the accepted and cherished notion of a sovereign nation to one of a globalist, New World Order. As we once had three separate branches of our government, the United Nations proudly uses its three branches, the World Bank, the IMF, and the World Trade Organization to work their will in this new era of globalism. Because the US is by far the strongest military industrial power, it can dictate the terms of these international institutions, protecting what we see as our various interests such as oil, along with satisfying our military industrial complex. Our commercial interests and foreign policy are no longer separate. This allows for subsidized profits, while the taxpayers are forced to protect huge corporations against any losses from overseas investments. The argument that we go about the world out of humanitarian concerns for those suffering-which was the excuse for bombing Serbia-is a farce.