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Re: [Fwd: commentary 117] by Jay Fenello 18 July 2003 14:46 UTC |
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Wallerstein on the political position of Bush and the hawks: I would like to buy his scenario but I have a few reservations: (1) an invasion of Iran/Syria and/or a pre-emptive attack on North Korea cannot be ruled out (for the near future) especially as election dates appear closer; (2) the fall of Bush and the rise of what? Who is there in the US today as a progressive political alternative that will contest elections?
The legal groundwork for the Clinton impeachment of 1998-9 was laid out quietly over a period of many months. The same holds true now.
The foundation of the impeachment - or the scandal that will prompt a regime change - was laid in a March 17 letter written by California Congressman Henry Waxman who has been dogging the Bush administration on its violations of law since it took office. Waxman's first battle was over the refusal of the administration to release the mostly still-secret records of Vice President Cheney's 2001 Energy Task Force. It is there that some of the biggest secrets of 9/11 lay buried. With respect to the Iraqi invasion -- using the record of official statements made by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Powel -- Waxman has already laid out and won the prima facie case that the administration has lied, deceived the public and broken the public trust. There can be no defense against this record once it gets into a legal proceeding.
To read the full text of Waxman's March letter please visit:
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/inves_admin/admin_nuclear_evidence.htm
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