Silence is Consent

If you don't speak up you accept what is happening. This site was born out of the mainstream media's inability to cover the news. I am just an American cititzen trying to spread the word in the era of FCC consolidation, post 9/11 Patriot Act hysteria, hackable voting machines and war without end. I rant and post news items I perceive to be relevant to our current situation.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
- Thomas Jefferson

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Wednesday, April 07, 2004
 
Random thoughts:

How are they going to collect taxes in Iraq? You know raise money for their treasury. I was just thinking about that when I was reading a story about the supposed June 30th handover.

I believe that this administration is opposed to sending more troops to Iraq for a few reasons. But I think the main one is they are trying to avoid the mistakes of Vietnam. And the mistake they see tied to more troops is escalation. I believe they are so deranged that even if they thought it was a good idea they still wouldn't do it just to avoid a "Vietnam" mistake. Even if they did want to send more where would they get them? They aren't reupping. No one is enlisting. We're running out of guard troops. There is only one things left, a draft. So here is what Rummy had to say about more troops:
"They (the commanders on the scene) are the ones whose advice we follow on these things," Rumsfeld said during an appearance in Norfolk, Va., with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

"They will decide what they need, and they will get what they need," Rumsfeld said.
The only problem is when General Shinseki asked for what he needed before the war he didn't get what he needed:
But America's military leaders, who are the antithesis of the militarists they are portrayed to be, said "whoa." When Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki warned of the need for a large occupation force, Wolfowitz said Shinseki was "wildly off the mark" and forced the general to retire. Well, the general was right and the pro-Israel politicos were horribly wrong.
He got retired. So what do you think would happen if the commanders asked for more troops?

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