I have been reading Robert Caro's latest installment of his massive and masterful biography of Lyndon Johnson. >From it and many other things I have read and from my experiences in life, it >is clear to me that the president has vast powers to conduct foreign policy, that this foreign policy is brutally detrimental to the lives of tens of millions of people around the world, that since the end of WW2, this policy has had a general and murderous coherence no matter who is president, that Obama runs a tight ship intent and content to continue this murderous policy, and that, finally, every person a president installs in his cabinet and other agencies both serves at his will and is in basic agreement with the overall foreing policy of the country. So what will Hagel bring to the table that will in any way change the foreign policy of the country? How many lives will he save? In what ways will he challenge people like Brennan (who, after all, sits with the president and helps him determine the Tuesday kill list)? Will he have the president's ear more than others? Why would any sensible person think so? If we look at the historical record, how many people have resigned because they couldn't supprt the nation's foreign policy? How many Daniel Ellsbergs have their been? Let's not forgot that Hagel was chair of the odious Commemoration of the War in Viet Nam program of whitewash for the slaughter of the people of Southeast Asia.
I could go on, but I will add one thing. I have never been a member of any political party, sect or otherwise. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
