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Bush Administration Accelerates Demise Of US Sovereignty By Joel Skousen World Affairs Brief 7-21-1 BUSH ADMINISTRATION UPDATE The amount of dangerous global policy initiatives and statements coming out of the Bush White House each week is getting so numerous that I can only comment on a portion of them. Despite a few bones thrown at conservatives, giving the appearance of holding the line, this administration is actually accelerating the demise of US sovereignty and the breakdown of its strategic defense posture. Here are the highlights: 1) BAD PEOPLE JUDGMENT George W. Bush said he looked into Putin's eyes and said, "This is a guy I can trust." My shock at Bush's bad judgment is almost beyond words. Of all the recent Russian leaders Vladimir Putin is the one that savvy people would be least inclined to associate with the word "trust" --unless you meant you could trust him to never tell the truth. Take a look at any of the candid shots of Putin on'the web and see if you agree. This guy reeks of guile even when he s smiling. With this kind of flawed character assessment, it is little wonder that George W. Bush can continue to disarm the US unilaterally and claim, with a straight face, that Russia and China are allies. Some conservatives have complained that I underestimate George W's intelligence. After all, how dumb can a man be who graduated from Harvard and Yale? Don't let appearances fool you. Bush was the beneficiary of special treatment from entrance to graduation. He was set up in business afterward with family money and help from his father's insider knowledge and contacts. When Harken Energy was failing despite all the insider advantages, George W. was bailed out by a $300 million investment from the Harvard investment fund. Do you think that was coincidental or because he was an alumnus? Unlike Ronald Reagan, who actually did a lot of his own research and writing, George W. is a pure product of his advisors, and always has been--and his advisors are CFR members or globalist up-and-comers like Bush himself. Just watch Pres Bush when he responds to questions off the cuff. He is inarticulate and ordinary. For the record, George W. Bush is not stupid--he's smart enough to read and believe all the scripted speeches put before him, but obviously not wise enough to recognize when a snake is getting ready to strike. 2) KAO-TAO (BOWING) TO CHINA Despite continued and egregious human rights violations (forced abortions, massive forced labor camps, religious persecutions, political repression, and imprisonment of US citizens) the Bush administration continues its robust support of this regime. Bush supports continued Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with China despite ongoing violations of its "free trade" agreements with the WTO (which will eventually give China full membership despite ongoing cheating). Bush fully supports the International Olympic Committee's decision to award the 2008 Olympic games to China, despite vehement protests about China's record on human rights. The IOC has long been a politicized and corrupt ally of the United Nations pro-left agenda--providing every opportunity for Communist countries to host the games, making sure that judging panels are stacked with judges willing to tweak the numbers, and looking the other way as Communist nations bend the rules regarding drug enhancements and the professionalism of athletic training. None of these chronic violators of human rights have ever been expelled. Only the civilized but apartheid South African government was deemed too evil to participate in'the Olympic games. The world press keeps spouting the old line about how public expectations for the Olympics will moderate China, and indeed, China didgive the world a sign of its token moderation. After a short show trial of an American scientist accused of spying, China sentenced the accused to deportation rather than prison. Now that the media has satisfied itself with China's good intentions, the other American detainees won't be so lucky. Meanwhile, the world willingly maintains a short memory about prior deceptions and illusions of peace. Remember that when the Olympic games were awarded to Berlin in 1936, the world offered up the same excuse that Hitler s hegemony would be moderated. The Bush administration is continuing its dangerous military liaison with Chinese forces, begun during the former Bush and Clinton administrations. The Pentagon recently invited Chinese naval officers to take part in US minesweeping operations. China's new-found knowledge will undoubtedly be useful during a future conflict over Taiwan, ensuring that any mining of Chinese harbors by the US can be readily undone. Meanwhile, to show the "moderating" effects such good will exercises have on China, China'successfully tested the launching of 3 submarine launched ballistic missiles with a range of over 5,000 miles. This puts virtually any location in America at risk to China's growing fleet of ballistic missile submarines. 3) ANOTHER DARK SIDE OPERATOR JOINS THE BUSH TEAM President Bush s choice for chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is none other than former Congressman and self-proclaimed anti-drug activist Asa Hutchinson. Despite the benign facade, it appears that Hutchinson may have a common link to the other dark-side operators that have been selected to serve on the Bush team (Richard Armitage, C Boyden Gray, and Robert Mueller). A background check on Hutchinson reveals that he is an old Arkansas crony from the Clinton era. He ran legal interference for the Clinton'team during the Iran-Contra years when Clinton s boys were running an arms-for-drugs operation on behalf of the CIA out of the rural airport of Mena, Arkansas. From 1982 to 1985, Hutchinson was the federal prosecuting attorney for western Arkansas. He had a reputation as a tough-on-drugs prosecutor--but only with the small guys. When it came to the big fish, like Barry Seal (who was working for the Feds and had been supplied with US surplus C-130 aircraft), Hutchinson was slow on the draw. William Duncan, an honest IRS investigator, tells how Hutchinson sabotaged the case. Hutchinson was presented evidence and testimony from 20 witnesses, including sworn statements by the witnesses so that Hutchinson could read the specific details. According to Duncan, Hutchinson began'to make excuses about why he couldn't use the evidence. When pressed to do something, he would use an old prosecutor trick that would allow him to claim he was pursuing the case while at the same time lessening the chances of obtaining an indictment Of the 20 witnesses, he chose the 3 weakest to appear before the grand jury. During the proceedings, he never asked the witnesses any questions that would have given'them an opportunity to tell what they knew. The witnesses complained to Duncan'that they had only been asked their name, address, and position as well as a few minor details about their job. For instance, a banker who had direct knowledge of the money laundering aspects of the Clinton-Lassiter, Seal operation was not allowed to tell any specifics to the grand jury. He was angry and confused as to why. Americans who are not asleep want to know too. I do not ascribe this choice of Hutchinson for DEA chief to President Bush s poor judgment because I m convinced this appointment is not a mere oversight. Too many people from dark side operations are showing up in a "conservative" Republican administration'to be coincidental. The vetting process is extremely rigorous in'the White House. Bush knows who these people are, what they have done and why they must continue to serve. 4) UN INTERVENTION IN ISRAEL Bush joined with other G-8 leaders to call for UN "monitors" to oversee the implementation of the Mitchell report calling for a "cease-fire" between Israel and the Palestinian authority--a cease-fire that has never been observed by Arafat and his terrorists. I put "monitors" in quotes to emphasize the fact that this is only a precursor to peacekeeping troops and then de facto UN control. UN intervention and permanent control over Israel has been'the real hidden agenda behind the so-called peace process--a process intended for every nation'that tenaciously values its own sovereignty. However, as long as Israel is capable of solving the problem with military action, the UN will never get its chance to intervene. Israel's Sharon knows this and yet he continues to play into the UN s hands, all the while insisting that he won't accept UN intervention. European and US leaders continue to press Israel's Prime Minister to refrain from implementing a military solution, and then'they follow up with a mandate for UN intervention because no resolution ever comes. Is it any wonder? When dealing with terrorism, a military solution is always the primary necessity. There are no historical examples of terrorism fading away due to compliance with their demands for concessions; in fact, the Oslo accords, in yielding semi-autonomy to Arafat, have proven just the opposite. Even when'terrorists gain political power through US or UN arm twisting (as they did in Cuba and Nicaragua), the terrorism against the opposition continues under the guise of legitimate government--which is even worse. Sharon may well be forced by the growing discontent on'the Israel right (which he supposedly represents) to invade the Palestinian authority, but it won't be a contradiction'to my claim that Sharon works for global interests outside Israel. The US will intervene and demand a cease-fire short of a full and proper eradication of all the terrorist arms and personnel hiding behind the Oslo agreement wall of protection in'the PA controlled zones. If anything, the Israeli right will be drawn into accepting another dangerous "peace" accord in'the aftermath of the cease-fire due to the fatigue and expense of a wider war coupled with the false illusion'that Sharon can be trusted to represent Israel s best interests. 5) CALLS FOR ANOTHER IMMIGRATION AMNESTY I simply cannot believe that Bush is ignorant of the consequences of this latest proposal to grant legal status to millions of Mexican illegal immigrants. While a single amnesty may be justifiable under unique circumstances, a pattern of granting amnesty every few years only increases the motivation for illegals to break the law and hide out till the next amnesty arrives. Naturally, this policy is being sold to the public as an outreach to the Hispanic community. Realistically, though, this benevolent show of outreach will yield nothing but token support for the Republican Party--unless, of course, the Republicans continue their continual shift to the left so that they become indistinguishable, except by degree, from the Democrats. Most illegals come looking for US benefits and eventual citizenship, and they overwhelmingly vote Democratic. They have no constitutional education or tradition'that points them in any direction other than socialism. Most never return'to their native lands after experiencing the welfare benefits and opportunities of America. Even'the AFL-CIO is joining in'the call for amnesty, despite the direct competition cheap illegal labor presents to union goals. However, the union s rationale for supporting amnesty is far more realistic. They have been encouraged--by the Bush administration--to view these new potential voters as future union converts (all too true). Which side of the ideological battle for economic liberty are the Republicans on? In principle, I am for the right of American employers and individuals to hire guest workers, but only when'the employer assumes total responsibility for the worker, and no public benefits are permitted. Such workers really do provide much needed labor for jobs that Americans normally reject. All of this lowers the cost of living for everyone. Historically, the courts have played a major role in fomenting illegal immigration. They created out of thin air the doctrine that any illegal born in'this country is an automatic citizen. This provides an increased motivation for illegals to give birth here. The leftist California courts, backed up by the US Supreme Court, has determined that illegals can not be barred welfare and education benefits. The Supreme Court has also ruled recently that the INS cannot keep deportees, most of whom have criminal backgrounds, in prison indefinitely when'the originating country refuses to repatriate them. While indefinite incarceration is properly enjoined by the courts, the solution is not to mandate their release but to require the federal government to deport them by military force if necessary. The Bush administration refuses to even put serious trade or financial pressure on'those countries who refuse to accept deportees. He ought to fly them into the country by military escort and dump them on'the tarmac. Ultimately, there is another long-term agenda to this continual illegal immigration fiasco. It involves purposely diluting the voting power of the conservative productive class who are the main body of citizens holding the line against the slow erosion of socialism. There are two culprits in'the process of voter corruption'that are interrelated: mass public education (which includes indoctrination by a controlled media) and citizenship without qualification. Citizenship by birth combined with a populace incapable of understanding the difference between good and bad law is destined to produce a benefit corrupted majority of voters. Ultimately, a dumbed down public, weakened by dependency on government programs, also becomes hostile to conscience and the values that made this country great. The Bush proposals in education and immigration are exacerbating the problem. Stopping all immigration is not what I m suggesting, but changing from a system of citizenship by default to one of citizenship by qualification would go a long way towards making sure that the power to vote is restricted to those who know how to judge the laws and proposals they vote for, and who have made a pledge to support the principles of liberty. 6) BUSH CALLS FOR A WORLD FINANCIAL BAILOUT Argentina and Turkey are facing outright default on international loans. Both nations are way too far into debt to pay the interest--let alone the principle. Additional loans won't help when a nation can't pay the interest on current loans. Default is inevitable without debt forgiveness--another globalist agenda term meant to mask the fact that socialism inevitably leads to national bankruptcy. After specifically declaring "no bailout" for Argentina or Turkey, George W. Bush announced to the World Bank in'the next breath, "I ... propose the World Bank and other development banks dramatically increase the share of their funding provided as grants rather than loans to the poorest countries...Specifically I propose that up to 50 percent of the funds provided by the development banks to the poorest countries be provided as grants for education, health, nutrition, water supply, sanitation and other human needs." Who is Bush kidding? That s a bailout without calling it'such. These globalist bailouts are not for the sake of the countries who face default, but for the international bankers whose loans are threatened. Ultimately, the globalist intend for the US taxpayers to keep things afloat. But with a world recession on'the way, and declining tax revenues, who has the money to give billions away to cover for loans that should never have been made in'the first place? There is no sound economics behind this proposal, just more globalist economic manipulation. But, sound economics or not, the sad reality is that the entire world economy is increasingly vulnerable to excessive debt. Even innocent parties will suffer if or when'this massive debt pyramid collapses. ___ |
