The last bit of a rather long and gloomy article-- but one you probably should read. Click the link.
Paul Craig Roberts: Who Will Save America?:
"Americans need to understand that many interests are using the 'war on terror' to achieve their agendas. The Federalist Society is using the 'war on terror' to achieve its agenda of concentrating power in the executive and packing the Supreme Court to this effect. The neocons are using the war to achieve their agenda of Israeli hegemony in the Middle East. Police agencies are using the war to remove constraints on their powers and to make themselves less accountable. Republicans are using the war to achieve one-party rule--theirs. The Bush administration is using the war to avoid accountability and evade constraints on executive powers. Arms industries, or what President Eisenhower called the 'military-industrial complex,' are using the war to fatten profits. Terrorism experts are using the war to gain visibility. Security firms are using it to gain customers. Readers can add to this list at will. The lack of debate gives carte blanche to these agendas.
One certainty prevails. Bush is committing America to a path of violence and coercion, and he is getting away with it."
...for the moment.
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