[Peace-discuss] This is important

[C. G. Estabrook]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/04/war-on-terror-endless-johnson

"The polices adopted by the Obama administration just over the last couple of years leave no doubt that they are accelerating, not winding down, the war apparatus that has been relentlessly strengthened over the last decade...

"...[Obama's] government [is] working feverishly to make their terrorism-justified powers of detention, surveillance, killing and secrecy permanent... 

"There's a good reason US officials are assuming the 'War on Terror' will persist indefinitely: namely, their actions ensure that this occurs...

"The only question - and it's becoming less of a question for me all the time - is whether this endless war is the intended result of US actions or just an unwanted miscalculation..."

--CGE