Former President Bush used the same tactic in 1990: first deploy the troops, then ask for permission. Several in Congress voted for war on the grounds it would be a “loss of face” for the U.S. to deploy troops and then not use them. Will a courageous Senator filibuster Bush’s folly?
Based on the lies of the past, Bush may be lying now. The bottom line is that American citizens and reporters may never know. We won't have an opportunity to see and review the facts before Bush attacks Iraq, and reporters may be blocked from the front lines again by military censors. The press accepts many of these unconstitutional restrictions n part because some large media conglomerates are also defense contracting firms set to win enormous war contracts (General Electric, a major defense contractor, owns NBC and MSNBC).
With little public debate, America plunges into hell, as U.S. General William T. Sherman described his burning march through Georgia during the Civil War.
Now, with great historical irony, Georgia’s Senator Zell Miller, a moderate Democrat supporting another Gulf War, faces a quandary. Miller wrote, "Forgive my bluntness, but these folks [his constituents in Georgia] also want to hear the president and the vice president say that this war is not about oil” ("Questions for the Commander in Chief," The Washington Post, September 8, 2002).
Based on the lies of the past, Bush may be lying now. The bottom line is that American citizens and reporters may never know. We won't have an opportunity to see and review the facts before Bush attacks Iraq, and reporters may be blocked from the front lines again by military censors. The press accepts many of these unconstitutional restrictions n part because some large media conglomerates are also defense contracting firms set to win enormous war contracts (General Electric, a major defense contractor, owns NBC and MSNBC).
With little public debate, America plunges into hell, as U.S. General William T. Sherman described his burning march through Georgia during the Civil War.
Now, with great historical irony, Georgia’s Senator Zell Miller, a moderate Democrat supporting another Gulf War, faces a quandary. Miller wrote, "Forgive my bluntness, but these folks [his constituents in Georgia] also want to hear the president and the vice president say that this war is not about oil” ("Questions for the Commander in Chief," The Washington Post, September 8, 2002).