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Our President is a Criminal
by Daniel Patrick Welch
July 22, 2003
It's well past time to say it. Despite the weaseling and =
finger-pointing--in fact, because of it--the Forged Niger letter is =
indeed the smoking gun, and the chips have yet to stop falling. Who =
wrote the damn thing, and on whose orders? Who cares whether Tenet, his =
job on the line, acquiesced to including a literal truth that actually =
amounts to one of the great frauds of the century? The sheer audacity =
and cynicism of this coterie of hacks and hustlers is simply astounding. =
As a teacher, I won't let six-year-olds get away with such transparent =
sophistry. The bottom line is that Bush knew the information was bogus, =
and used it anyway to convince millions to go along with his phony war.=20
For that alone, for the memory of the thousands of dead Iraqis and =
Americans, he deserves the il Duce treatment (figuratively speaking, Mr. =
Ashcroft-no need to start tapping my phone or putting me on no-fly =
lists). The criminal enterprise called the Bush administration is (Helen =
Thomas was right) the worst ever. Their campaign in furtherance of the =
conspiracy to defraud the public into buying the Iraq war is one of the =
the most cynical abuses of power in U.S. history. It deserves to be =
treated as such.=20
Alarmist? You bet. This guy already thinks (and occasionally tells =
foreign leaders) that he gets his orders from God. If these radical =
extremists can get away with this, then the dumbing down of America will =
be complete, and the stage will be set for the next wave of the nascent =
fascism. La Cosa Bush (apologies to the mafia) is, like all crime =
families, violent, arrogant, and beyond the reach of the law--so far. =
Bush's handlers no longer even have the decency, courage or =
self-restraint to prevent his criminally stupid comments from wreaking =
havoc around the globe. Was last week's pseudo-macho invitation to =
"Bring 'em on" even a mistake? Or was it another calculated ploy to make =
him look "tough" to the American people, playing to the ugliest side of =
the American psyche while once again enraging thinking people the world =
over. No matter--he must be stopped. This cabal has been lying, =
cheating, and manipulating national tragedy to force their right wing =
agenda down our throats long enough.=20
And half-measures won't do any more. None of this vague safe rhetoric =
about "misleading" or cautious calls for those who "know who they are" =
to step down. WE know who they are, the junta that has hijacked our =
government and our national agenda. The cartel must go: Bush, Cheney, =
Powell, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle should all resign, be fired or =
impeached immediately, before their conspiracy of lies and their mutual =
pact of self-protection is allowed to further endanger the country and =
the world. Cornered criminals, especially stupid ones, are a dangerous =
lot, and there is no telling to what lengths they will go to cover their =
own behinds.=20
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On a mission from God, installed by a viciously partisan Supreme Court, =
the skids are greased for a further slide into misadventure, bankruptcy =
and ruin With the addition of Congress on their side, they are acting =
with particularly reckless abandon--and impeachment is not in the cards =
as long as the GOP circles the wagons. None will have the courage or =
integrity Goldwater showed when he told Nixon the jig was up. Power =
corrupts, and the Republicans are so drunk with it they won't turn on =
their Lord Fauntleroy until he robs a bank on camera in broad daylight. =
But that is no reason not to tell the truth: whatever their chances, =
some of the braver souls in congress should introduce impeachment =
legislation immediately: Conyers, Kucinich, Lee, Paul? The media has =
already shown they will not help; moneyed interests overwhelmingly favor =
the right. A campaign based on the old game of raising oodles of money =
and buying ads is a sure failure The only thing that can save us now is =
a grassroots, velvet revolution, the principled, impassioned movement =
calling for these people's head on a spike.=20
And maybe, just maybe, this one isn't an impeachable offense, but I'm =
just plain getting sick of Rumsfeld's smug, arrogant grin on the tube. =
What the hell is he smiling at all the time? Is it funny, somehow, that =
thousands of Iraqi civilians are dead after his "precision" bombing? It =
is ironic, admittedly, another fraud, to be sure-but hardly amusing. =
Maybe it's just part of what you do when you think you can get away with =
anything.=20
Senate Intelligence Chair Pat Roberts foreshadowed just how twisted the =
logic is going to get when he said that what concerns him most "is what =
appears to be a campaign of press leaks by the CIA in an effort to =
discredit the president," Yeah, right. The black bag set, whose penchant =
for secrecy and service verges on pathology, are the real problem =
here--not the curious fact that even some of them have finally decided =
that things are so bad that someone, somewhere has to speak out.=20
It's time to close the curtain on this Bizarro World, where lies are the =
norm and logic no longer applies: Saddam loyalists--not nationalist =
resistance to occupation--are the real problem in Iraq. Protesters are =
terrorists, but we are fighting for our freedoms. Bush's popularity =
remains robust, yet huge shows of force and repressive rules on free =
speech are needed to keep the viewing public from seeing that he is =
dogged by prostest at every turn. War is peace, freedom is slavery, and =
some animals are more equal than others. The lies won't stop until we =
fire the liars.
Daniel Patrick Welch lives and writes in Salem, Massachusetts, USA, with =
his wife, Julia Nambalirwa-Lugudde. Together they run The Greenhouse =
School. He has appeared on radio [interview available here] Past =
articles, translations are available at
www.danielpwelch.com.=20
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past time to=20
say it. Despite the weaseling and finger-pointing--in fact, because of =
it--the=20
Forged Niger letter is indeed the smoking gun, and the chips have yet to =
stop=20
falling. Who wrote the damn thing, and on whose orders? Who cares =
whether Tenet,=20
his job on the line, acquiesced to including a literal truth that =
actually=20
amounts to one of the great frauds of the century? The sheer audacity =
and=20
cynicism of this coterie of hacks and hustlers is simply astounding. As =
a=20
teacher, I won't let six-year-olds get away with such transparent =
sophistry. The=20
bottom line is that Bush knew the information was bogus, and used it =
anyway to=20
convince millions to go along with his phony war. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For that =
alone, for=20
the memory of the thousands of dead Iraqis and Americans, he deserves =
the il=20
Duce treatment (figuratively speaking, Mr. Ashcroft-no need to start =
tapping my=20
phone or putting me on no-fly lists). The criminal enterprise called the =
Bush=20
administration is (Helen Thomas was right) the worst ever. Their =
campaign in=20
furtherance of the conspiracy to defraud the public into buying the Iraq =
war is=20
one of the the most cynical abuses of power in U.S. history. It deserves =
to be=20
treated as such. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alarmist? =
You bet.=20
This guy already thinks (and occasionally tells foreign leaders) that he =
gets=20
his orders from God. If these radical extremists can get away with this, =
then=20
the dumbing down of America will be complete, and the stage will be set =
for the=20
next wave of the nascent fascism. La Cosa Bush (apologies to the mafia) =
is, like=20
all crime families, violent, arrogant, and beyond the reach of the =
law--so far.=20
Bush's handlers no longer even have the decency, courage or =
self-restraint to=20
prevent his criminally stupid comments from wreaking havoc around the =
globe. Was=20
last week's pseudo-macho invitation to "Bring 'em on" even a mistake? Or =
was it=20
another calculated ploy to make him look "tough" to the American people, =
playing=20
to the ugliest side of the American psyche while once again enraging =
thinking=20
people the world over. No matter--he must be stopped. This cabal has =
been lying,=20
cheating, and manipulating national tragedy to force their right wing =
agenda=20
down our throats long enough. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And =
half-measures=20
won't do any more. None of this vague safe rhetoric about "misleading" =
or=20
cautious calls for those who "know who they are" to step down. WE know =
who they=20
are, the junta that has hijacked our government and our national agenda. =
The=20
cartel must go: Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle =
should=20
all resign, be fired or impeached immediately, before their conspiracy =
of lies=20
and their mutual pact of self-protection is allowed to further endanger =
the=20
country and the world. Cornered criminals, especially stupid ones, are a =
dangerous lot, and there is no telling to what lengths they will go to =
cover=20
their own behinds. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><!--[if=20
!supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>=
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On a mission =
from God,=20
installed by a viciously partisan Supreme Court, the skids are greased =
for a=20
further slide into misadventure, bankruptcy and ruin With the addition =
of=20
Congress on their side, they are acting with particularly reckless =
abandon--and=20
impeachment is not in the cards as long as the GOP circles the wagons. =
None will=20
have the courage or integrity Goldwater showed when he told Nixon the =
jig was=20
up. Power corrupts, and the Republicans are so drunk with it they won't =
turn on=20
their Lord Fauntleroy until he robs a bank on camera in broad=20
daylight.<SPAN> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">But that is =
no reason=20
not to tell the truth: whatever their chances, some of the braver souls =
in=20
congress should introduce impeachment legislation immediately: Conyers,=20
Kucinich, Lee, Paul? The media has already shown they will not help; =
moneyed=20
interests overwhelmingly favor the right. A campaign based on the old =
game of=20
raising oodles of money and buying ads is a sure failure The only thing =
that can=20
save us now is a grassroots, velvet revolution, the principled, =
impassioned=20
movement calling for these people's head on a spike. =
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And maybe, =
just maybe,=20
this one isn't an impeachable offense, but I'm just plain getting sick =
of=20
Rumsfeld's smug, arrogant grin on the tube. What the hell is he smiling =
at all=20
the time? Is it funny, somehow, that thousands of Iraqi civilians are =
dead after=20
his "precision" bombing? It is ironic, admittedly, another fraud, to be =
sure-but=20
hardly amusing. Maybe it's just part of what you do when you think you =
can get=20
away with anything. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Senate =
Intelligence=20
Chair Pat Roberts foreshadowed just how twisted the logic is going to =
get when=20
he said that what concerns him most "is what appears to be a campaign of =
press=20
leaks by the CIA in an effort to discredit the president," Yeah, right. =
The=20
black bag set, whose penchant for secrecy and service verges on =
pathology, are=20
the real problem here--not the curious fact that even some of them have =
finally=20
decided that things are so bad that someone, somewhere has to speak out. =
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It's time to =
close the=20
curtain on this Bizarro World, where lies are the norm and logic no =
longer=20
applies: Saddam loyalists--not nationalist resistance to occupation--are =
the=20
real problem in Iraq. Protesters are terrorists, but we are fighting for =
our=20
freedoms. Bush's popularity remains robust, yet huge shows of force and=20
repressive rules on free speech are needed to keep the viewing public =
from=20
seeing that he is dogged by prostest at every turn. War is peace, =
freedom is=20
slavery, and some animals are more equal than others. The lies won't =
stop until=20
we fire the liars.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 66pt 0pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: red">Daniel Patrick Welch</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"> lives and writes in Salem, Massachusetts, =
USA, with his=20
wife, Julia Nambalirwa-Lugudde. Together they run <A=20
href=3D"
http://www.volunteersolutions.org/volunteer/agency/one_157700.htm=
l"=20
target=3D_blank>The Greenhouse School</A>. He has appeared on radio [<A=20
href=3D"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3770.htm"=20
target=3D_blank>interview available here</A>] Past articles, =
translations are=20
available at <A =
href=3D"
http://www.danielpwelch.com/">
www.danielpwelch.com</A>.=20
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