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Monday, February 13, 2006

Targeting somebody, anybody

John Pike, a military analyst at GlobalSecurity.Org, argues that the Bush administration should rename its ideological struggle, The Forever War.

"'We're in the 17th year of The Long War,' he says, arguing the U.S. has been in perpetual combat since it intervened in Panama to remove Manuel Noriega from power in 1989.

"'Since then, we have been blowing somebody up, or getting ready to blow somebody up or coming back from blowing somebody up. It is so normal, people don't even notice any more.

"It's not about bin Laden any more. People aren't scared of him any more.

"My fear is that it is really the inauguration of the second Republic here because if you look closely at where this president is claiming his legal powers, it completely redefines the powers of the American government."

1 Comments:

Blogger Antony Loewenstein said...

Er, yes, my thoughts too. God knows where he gets the year 1989 from...but the rest of his comments are priceless, and rather hilarious, I reckon.

Monday, February 13, 2006 11:25:00 am  

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