- It should be painfully obvious to everyone that the United
States has no exit strategy for Afghanistan or Iraq, and that a cessation
of war is not even contemplated by our nation's leaders. In fact, President
Bush recently declared that America is now in a perpetual state of war.
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- Bush made it clear that the U.S. is now in permanent
war status when he recently said, "Terrorism is an inescapable reality
of life. It is a permanent condition to which America and the entire world
must adjust. The need for homeland security, therefore, is not tied to
any specific terrorist threat." However, such "permanent condition"
of war bodes ill for constitutional government and individual liberty.
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- During war, normal freedoms are readily suspended, constitutional
checks and balances are forfeited, and citizens can quickly become subjects.
Therefore, the fact that our governmental leaders have now adopted a "permanent
condition" of war attitude should be cause of great concern to all
of us.
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- Since the dawn of human history, it has been the ambition
of rich and powerful men to subjugate and enslave the masses. Advanced
technology has not changed men's hearts, only the speed and ease in which
their evil machinations can be realized.
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- By creating a gargantuan Department of Homeland Security,
by passing a Draconian Patriot Act, and by many other measures, the Bush
administration and its allies in Congress have created the foundation for
a merciless behemoth that has the potential to enslave every American citizen!
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- The cost of perpetual war goes far beyond the financial
burden placed upon the backs of the American people or the personal loss
of brave sons and daughters by loved ones. The cost of perpetual war will
ultimately include the loss of our nation's liberty and independence. This
is already happening.
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- The ability of the American people to defend themselves
is increasingly being dismantled. For example, had Americans not been stripped
of their freedom to carry their own firearms on board commercial airliners
back in 1972, the events of September 11, 2001, would never have happened.
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- However, instead of giving more freedom to the American
people to defend themselves, following the 2001 terrorist attacks, the
federal government has worked feverishly to steal our liberties in even
greater degrees. The mindset in Washington, D.C., is that the American
people must assume the role of defenseless sheep and accept an omnipotent
federal government as their only source of protection.
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- Therefore, when the President of the United States declares
the country to be in a "permanent condition" of war, we need
to understand that this includes a never-ending attack upon the freedoms
and liberties of the American people by our own government.
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