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The New American Police State
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The New American Police State
Introduction
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During the American Revolution and The War of 1812, we fought England and
the British; during the Mexican War, Mexico and the Mexicans; the Civil
War, ourselves; the Spanish American War, Spain and the Spaniards; World
War I, the Germans; World War II, the Germans, the Italians and the
Japanese; the Korean War, Korea, The Vietnam War, the Vietnamese; Dessert
Storm, Iraq�. Like any war, each of these conflicts entailed hostilities
between countries or peoples, and all had definite, specific conclusions:
at some point in each of these wars, somebody said "Uncle," and it ended.
But we are engaged now, according to our esteemed leaders, in a new,
different kind of
War - a war on Terrorism. It�s a war on�an idea, a concept; and that
concept is symbolized
by a certain kind of behavior. It is not a war against another
nation-state or even a people
(not to justify any war on peoples or countries), but it is a war on a
philosophy and the destructive conduct it represents.
It is easy to understand the suicide bombings of the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon as terrorist acts. And what follows is in no way intended
to lessen or diminish the insane
brutality of what occurred in New York and Washington, DC on September 11,
2001. This was a monstrous and heinous crime. The perpetrators and those
who assisted them in any way should be found and brought to justice.
But the War that the President has issued forth from the ashes of the
World Trade Center has spawned legislation and an unparalleled public
relations campaign, both of which clearly seem to have purposes other than
that of bringing the criminals of September 11th to justice. The War on
Terrorism, which frankly is more than a little ill-defined, has become a
rallying cry