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THE MANY REASONS FOR WAR
There have been many different reasons offered as to why we
are at war. We are reacting to the 9/11 WTC bombing is the most obvious. Another
is that Saddam Hussein was going to drop Weapons of Mass Destruction on us.
Another is we are seeking more oil profits. Or we are destined to be the 21st
century
U.S.
empire. Also that we are the only super power, so we can push the rest of the
world around.
We think there
is another reason - fear. Fear among the
U.S.
corporate powers that they are in real danger of losing what empire and super
power status they had before
Iraq
. If you take a look at the article in this issue of the RUSTY HOOK- EYES ON
CHINA - and read about the real lack of U.S. super power financial and economic
status compared to the rest of the world - the euro gaining on the dollar,
balance of payments negative for U.S., a federal budget teetering on the edge of
bankruptcy, WTO in ever increasing dead ends, less developed countries rebelling
against U.S. domination, the peoples' world peace and justice movement,
China becoming a 21st century super power, etc., we begin to see that
fear is a great motivator of bluff and exaggerated bravado - a President Bush
characteristic. He tries to cover the weakness of the "big stick" with
a loud voice.
In other
words, rather than
U.S.
being moved to establish empire because it has the power, it is being moved by
fear of inevitable decline. It hopes super military power will offset lack of
industrial and economic power.
It doesn't
work that way. Strong military power has to be backed by strong economic,
financial and industrial power in order to succeed - a lesson learned in the
Civil War, World War I and World War II. And even then, as we learned (or
didn't) in
Vietnam
, a mighty concentration of power inevitably fails when it meets the power of a
determined people who have their nation to lose - as we are learning in
Iraq
.
So then we
have to ask ourselves - Are we in danger of losing our nation, our country, our
U.S.A.
? That is entirely possible if the super power gamble continues. If the neocon,
empire first gang in the Whitehouse is not ousted, we will see a continuing
decline of
U.S.
power, prestige and democracy as the "war against terror" eats more
of our economic, political, and democratic substance.
Needless to
say we can put a stop to this madness by voting Bush out of office in the coming
election. Your vote counts not only as a means of changing presidents and
government policy, but really means saving our country from its greatest danger
- loss of
U.S.A.
as we know it.
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