Vladimir Putin and Russian intelligence? Well, Putin
is a very *intelligent* man. He is much wilier than
either the increasingly unhinged and incredibly
shrinking _resident or the VICE _resident that punches
his trifecta tickets for him. But, of course, as
Dunston Woods, LNS foreign correspondent observes,
even Chalabi and Iranian intelligence outsmarted the
Three Stooges Reich...Yes, I think they both have us
right where they want us...bleeding and squandering
treasure in the desolation of Iraq...Do not be
distracted. Do not be dismayed. Do not allow the
weak-minded around you to be misled. There is an
Electoral Uprising coming in November 2004...
Patrick Sabatier, Liberation: In France, George W. Bush's calamitous policy produces three reactions with regard to America against which we must be on guard...Despair, the third common reaction, makes Bush the craftsman of a slide from democracy to a form of "fascism". That viewpoint
ignores Congressional hearings and reports that one
after the other demonstrate the administration's
pre-war lies: after weapons of mass destruction, links
between Saddam and bin Laden have been acknowledged to
be non-existent. That also eclipses the success of the
uncompromising and devastating best-sellers by men who
have left power, as well as the fact that Michael
Moore's anti-Bush conflagration, far from being
censured, is being distributed in hundreds of theaters
in the United States. These are so many proofs that
the American people are not idiots, that opposing
forces function, and that American democracy is far
from being moribund. "The times they are a-changin,"
Dylan sang. There is no impunity for Bush, even if his
defeat in November is not assured.
Repudiate the 9/11 Cover-Up and the Iraq War Lies,
Show Up for Democracy in 2004: Defeat Bush (again!)
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/061904H.shtml
Opposing Force
By Patrick Sabatier
Libération
Friday 18 June 2004
In France, George W. Bush's calamitous policy produces three reactions with regard to America against which we must be on guard.
First of all, demonization: anti-Americanism
contests with Islamophobia and anti-Semitism for the
top spot on the Internet's Hatred Hit-parade. Some of
Bush's critics easily give in to a paranoid vision of
history that explains American policy through
conspiracies hatched in Jerusalem or Riyadh between
the CIA and plutocrats.
Then, idealization, which often extends
demonization by making believe that the 43rd United
States president does not personify the American
people and that "Bushism" boils down to the
maneuverings of a clique that came to power almost by
accident. In fact, "W." was well and truly elected
(however badly) and his policy has responded to the
trauma of a country at war since September 11. It is
anchored in recurrent aspects of the American psyche
and history: imperial arrogance, religiosity, and
authoritarian temptations.
Despair, the third common reaction, makes Bush the
craftsman of a slide from democracy to a form of
"fascism". That viewpoint ignores Congressional
hearings and reports that one after the other
demonstrate the administration's pre-war lies: after
weapons of mass destruction, links between Saddam and
bin Laden have been acknowledged to be non-existent.
That also eclipses the success of the uncompromising
and devastating best-sellers by men who have left
power, as well as the fact that Michael Moore's
anti-Bush conflagration, far from being censured, is
being distributed in hundreds of theaters in the
United States. These are so many proofs that the
American people are not idiots, that opposing forces
function, and that American democracy is far from
being moribund. "The times they are a-changin," Dylan
sang. There is no impunity for Bush, even if his
defeat in November is not assured.