What amazes me in these latter days is the easy use of words like
"treason", "traitor" and "UnAmerican". The same people who use
these terms also justify our torturing Iraqis citizens on the
grounds that "we are at war".
I thought the war was over when "Mission Accomplished" was
proclaimed and we are now involved in a surrealistic civil war in
which it seems the citizens of the country are either neutrals or
else "insurgents" so that we are now battling these insurgents.
At least in Viet Nam, we had the figleaf of legitimacy provided by
Diem, Thieu, Ky and their governments. In Iraq, we have a Viceroy,
Bremer, who has already announced blanket clemency it seems for any
act committed by an American citizen in Iraq, precluding any
prosecution by any subsequent Iraq judiciary. We are now involved
in picking the government to replace Saddam.
However, sovereignty as granted by us, will not include the ability
by the new Iraq government to veto any American military operation.
The only question that seems to remain is whether, de facto, we
intend to annex Iraq as a state, a territory, or a protectorate?
The Phillipines come immediately to mind as a model...........
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