John Young wrote: > > Jefferson, Franklin, a fools' parade of alleged proponents > of freedom, all richly enjoyed the good life while extolling > the virtues of liberty and independence from entrenched power.
A fools' (sic) parade of alleged proponents of freedom? I would be very interested in seeing Mr. Young's list of genuine proponents of freedom, circa 1776. And I'd like to see the mechanisms that Mr. Young feels "entrenched" the power of those people he considers freedom's frauds. Acting publicly to provide material, verbal, and financial support for an armed revolution to violently overthrow the existing government while it was the largest military and financial power in the history of the world, and in the face of its holding rougly 75% Tory support in the colonies, its stationing of a substantial army of "Continentals" and a large body of British soldiers and administrators, along with its military forces regulating commerce all major ports of trade, would not be the obvious path to either enjoying the good life or holding on to entrenched power. Quit sniffing the duct tape, John. As for the reasons Bush would like to start a war with Iraq, the leaders are: 1. To finish up for Bush 41 2. To grab the world's second largest proven oil reserves 3. To sandwich Iran between a US administered Iraq and a US administered Afghanistan and with Turkey, sealing off Saudi Arabia from Islamic revolutionary zeal seeking to overthrow the tyranny there 4. To distract from a declining US economy and gain reelection 5. To motivate random mini-cells of Islamic fundamentalists to make mini-attacks on US interests, so as to gain acquiescence to institutionalizing fascism in the US "for security reasons".
