[Peace-discuss] From the week's news

[John W.]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:

[The "Bush doctrine" of course is evil nonsense. Here's a good account (from
> a Canadian newspaper, four years ago) of what it means. BTW last Friday, 12
> September, marked the tenth year of imprisonment in United States high
> security jails of the "Cuban Five."  --CGE]
>
>
> Every self-respecting president has a doctrine attached to his name. The
> core principle of the Bush II doctrine is that the United States must "rid
> the world of evil," as the president said right after 9/11.
>
> A special responsibility is to wage war against terrorism, with the
> corollary that any state that harbours terrorists is a terrorist state and
> should be treated accordingly.


This marks the THIRD separate and distinct definition of the "Bush Doctrine"
that has appeared recently on this list.

ALL of them are, of course, correct.  Different facets of that whole which
comprises The Truth.




> E. Wayne Johnson wrote:


>  Au contraire, It is generally well accepted that the "/Bush Doctrine/" is
>> an
>> extension of US Imperialism to include preventive measures as a pretext
>> for
>> military intervention in other sovereign countries.
>>
>> John W. wrote:
>>
>
>>  I see that SOMEONE agrees with me about Charlie Gibson:
>>>
>>> "Day after day McCain's escorts shielded Palin from any impromptu
>>> exchanges
>>> with the press, until the eagerly awaited 3-part interviews with ABC's
>>> Charles Gibson began last Thursday. *I'll root for anyone against an
>>> uppity, patronizing network interviewer and so I was in Palin's corner
>>> when
>>> ABC's Gibson went after her about the Bush Doctrine, which he made sound
>>> as
>>> though it was something you learned in school along with the Gettysburg
>>> address.  No one knows what the Bush doctrine is, least of all President
>>> Bush. He's spent seven long years trying to define it.* Basically the
>>> Doctrine says it's okay for employees or subcontracted agents of the US
>>> Government to kidnap people, lock them up in wire or concrete hutches for
>>> years at a time, regularly electrocuting them and beating their genitals
>>> until they go mad. Small wonder Sarah Palin didn't want to get too
>>> specific..."
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:07 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu<mailto:
>>> galliher at uiuc.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>> "Move over, Sarah Palin! You only want to shoot wolves from helicopters.
>>> Real men like Obama want more helicopter gunships to mow down Afghan kids
>>> from the air."
>>>
>>
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