Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Iraqis Angered As Bremer Says He Has Final Say on Iraq's Basic Law: "Iraqis chafed at the bit of coalition political control, with overseer Paul Bremer being warned of a possible crisis if he vetoes an Islamic constitution for Iraq and a report that the interim Governing Council is backing away from a deal on transferring sovereignty. "
OK. Bush says he invaded Iraq to bring democracy there. Big goal. But what is he actually doing? First step: He appointed a Governing Council. Second step: replace democratic elections with appointees to caucus' that will appoint representatives to caucus'. Third step: veto his governing council's choice of legal system.
Bush's policies are more like George III's, in his relationship with the colonists in New England in the 18th Century, than anything close to what we would think of as democracy.
When is Bush going to cancel our elections? That's surely the next logical step--in Bushworld. And because he would not be able to get away with that in 2004, the question becomes, how will his people subvert the election and rig the result in Nov.?
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