President George W Bush was sent a public manifesto yesterday by Washington's hawks, demanding regime change in Syria and Iran and a Cuba-style military blockade of North Korea backed by planning for a pre-emptive strike on its nuclear sites.
The manifesto, presented as a "manual for victory" in the war on terror, also calls for Saudi Arabia and France to be treated not as allies but as rivals and possibly enemies.
What is this shit with France? Better bone up on my high school French. Maybe I can get a job with the State Department. No, I suppose you're right. More likely I will be hauled before the House on Un-American activities and fried.
Didn't that clue anybody? Un-American activities. Could I please get an official list of American activities?
They give warning of a faltering of the "will to win" in Washington.
In the battle for the president's ear, the manifesto represents an attempt by hawks to break out of the post-Iraq doldrums and strike back at what they see as a campaign of hostile leaking by their foes in such centres of caution as the State Department or in the military top brass.
Their publication, An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, coincided with the latest broadside from the hawks' enemy number one, Colin Powell, the secretary of state.
An end to evil. Does that clue anybody in? Never mind giving me an official definition of evil.
The book calls for tough action against France and its dreams of offsetting US power. "We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington," it states. Britain's independence from Europe should be preserved, perhaps with open access for British arms to American defence markets.
I guess I didn't realize we didn't have open access.
Force governments to choose between Paris and Washington. When do we graduate from elementary school?
Read some more of the "manifesto" here.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
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