> gMoney wrote: > eternity...or kill them outright. Either way, I want justice...you want > justice....so what's all this about the constitution? >
(1.) Because we're not over there to smoke out a hole and leave, we're in a multi-country occupation. Our goal (granted, stating any goal is wishful thinking) is to leave 'a beacon of hope', new functioning democracies, in place of the regimes we toppled. So what it has to do with our constitution is that we're occupying foreign countries telling them to build a government like ours - to have a constitution like ours - because it's the moral thing to do. It's hard to get that point across if we're busy ignoring the core liberties our country was founded on. (2.) Throughout the history of government we've seen hundreds of well meaning heads of state say, "if only I had more power, then I could really help you." And when people are scared they give it to them. And it's quickly abused. Cromwell comes to mind. In any event, that's exactly what we have with Mr. Bush, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you. Now just give me more power and then I'll REALLY help you." That's exactly the kind of slippery slope our constitution was designed to derail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217630 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
