A
Question For America: What Would Be Too Much?
October 12 2004
Counterbias.com
by Jack Dalton
V E T E R A N F O
R T R U T H
"All
men having power ought to be mistrusted." -- James Madison
Shortly after George
W. Bush unleashed the Dogs of War on Iraq last year, and
right after an emerging insurgency started growing, Bush asked,
"What's the matter with those people; don't they know how good
we [Americans] are?"
That right there is at the heart of
what I see as a very big problem with so very many of my fellow
American citizens -- and one that in many ways is getting worse and not
better.
Here in the U.S. there is a "deeply-held belief that no matter
what this nations governing body does abroad, no matter how bad what
it does may appear, no matter what horror may result, the American
government means well"; That the government has good intentions
and means well; And, generally speaking, the American public wonders
why the rest of the world can't see how "kind" and
"generous" and "self-sacrificing" America is and
has been. Unfortunately the road to hell is paved with good
intentions.
My questions to my fellow American citizens are this: What for you
would be too much? What would this nation's government have to do in
its foreign policy, or domestic policies, that would cause you to
forsake your basic belief in and support for that governing body and
its policies?
It is apparent to me at this point in time that invading a country
that posed no real threat to this nation -- Iraq for instance -- is not
enough, for many, to question that support for this current cabal.
The distortions and outright lies concerning Medicare and liability
lawsuits appears not to be enough to raise questions by those of you
that continue your support for Bush. Grossly under-funding the
Veterans Administration Health Care system does not seem to generate
any significant level of concern either.
Again I ask, what for you would be too much?
The growing number of dead, ours and Iraq's, seems not to be enough
to question that support -- why? Fifteen hours after being discharged from
the Army, a young man that spent twelve months in Baghdad and another
three months due to "stop loss" was in an auto accident.
Paramedics and hospital -- two days later his arm was swelling and very
painful. Turns out he had a blood clot in his arm from the IV the
paramedics put in. This young man's father took him to the local V.A.
just to be turned away being told he did not qualify for V.A. care.
This is not an isolated incident and the list is growing -- daily.
Once again I ask, what for you would be too much for you to be able
to continue your support of these policies and those that make them?
Never in my 60+ years have I been witness to the level of corruption
as what is taking place today with this current governing body led
by Bush and Cheney. The increasing levels of secrecy by Bush, the
criminals running congress like Tom DeLay, the nexus between
government and corporations as exemplified by Dick Cheney and
Halliburton. The influence pedaling by an army of over 26,000
corporate lobbyists that "help" write the nations laws is
at a level unseen in this nation's history.
In short the "Criminalization of the State" is what is
taking place and still so many believe in and support this criminal
enterprise known as the Bush administration.
What is it that would be too much for even you true believers in
this administration to be able to continue your support for the
single most disastrous administration to ever hold the reigns of
power of our government?
References and Additional
Readings:
Jack Dalton is a disabled Vietnam
veteran and freelance writer that lives in Portland, Oregon and can
be contacted thru his web site at www.ommp.org. His
email address is jack_dalton@ommp.org.
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