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War of Mass Deception
So much has been written about war in Iraq and the
war against terrorism that you may be getting tired of it. At the risk of
further adding to the general tempest, we would like to draw attention to what
we consider a major weakness in Bush's war effort.
Bush and his crowd of war mongers have grossly
misjudged the political savvy of the American people. In spite of all the
propaganda advantages at his disposal, Bush has only gotten bare majority
support according to the polls. And even that majority is diluted by a
percentage who just go along because it is the patriotic thing to do, regardless
of the facts.
Lying to gain support for war has always been part
of the game. But there has to be some measure of credibility mixed in. But all
of Bush's lies have hardly seen the light of day before they exposed as
unadulterated lies. It seems as if they didn't care whether anyone believes them
or not.
If that is their attitude toward us, the same
attitude adopted toward the United Nations and the rest of the world, then we
are in for a power struggle to rule the world - not one to spread the blessings
of democracy. The "blessings of democracy" is just another part of war
propaganda. So the war effort (or conquer the world effort) is divided within
itself. Besides sharply divided support, there is a new split developing. The
rule the world strategy raises serious opposition in the corporate world itself.
European corporations are rightly concerned about U.S. control of the world economy.
Thus we see France and Germany refusing to join
the war as well as other nations around the world, including Japan. The great
American super power is being seen more and more as an imperialist power out to
build a world empire at the expense of whatever rival corporate power that gets
in the way.
Even more
opposition to Bush imperialism is a developing corporate opposition at home.
Lesser U.S. corporations have begun to wonder if the Oil-Energy corporate
combine would move in on some of them that might be rivals or just gobble them
up through super corporate profit raids. The Bush war policy is now being seen
as not only U.S. corporate world domination, but also Oil-Energy U.S. corporate
control.
This picture is reminiscent of the war against
Hitler. Hitler's world power grab threatened European and U.S. corporate power.
They were able to unite against Hitler, and with the help of the Soviet Union
and the peoples' anti-fascist forces, remove the threat. So then it could be
said that a truly widespread, powerful
movement against Bush, Oil-Energy imperialist schemes is in place and
increasing. It is an informal peoples coalition extending all the way from
radical peace groups to corporate segments.
If you count all the other peoples forces opposed
to Bush including unions, environmentalists, churches, feminists, civil rights
groups, socialists, senior citizens,
unemployed, poverty population, and third world liberation movements and all
others suffering at the schemes of the power hungry Bush imperialists, you see
there are real reasons for optimism in the struggle to limit and eventually do
away with all corporate domination of the world.
You
can help bring that about by using the weapon of your vote. To vote Bush out of
office is critical to the future of unionism, democracy, peace and prosperity.
Due
your duty!
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