To this end I
gravitated toward the message of Pat Buchanan that the American
government should serve American citizens, protect the standard
of living of the American working middle class, use tariffs to
require foreign manufacturers to support the economic system
from which they desired to profit, and develop a non
interventionist foreign policy that would guard American
security without obligating the country to participate in
international intrigues.
Those positions,
however, were considered to be anathema to party regulars that
saw the end of the Cold War to be an opportunity for America to
assert itself as the “indispensable nation”. I witnessed your
party, in response to Buchanan's emergence as a front-runner for
the 1996 GOP presidential nomination, gather all its resources
to choke off the movement he championed and prop up the moribund
candidacy of Bob Dole which was little more than a forfeit to
the re-election campaign to President Clinton.
Although I did not
disassociate myself from the party after the treachery you
committed marginalize us “peasants with pitchforks”, I put one
foot squarely out the door. I began looking to the vast horizon
with the botched impeachment trial of Bill Clinton. I began my
stride when there was no indignation over his surprise attack of
Bosnia on the eve of the impeachment vote. I finally turned my
back on your big tent on April 22, 2000, when the US government
conducted the
armed kidnapping of Elian Gonzales and the GOP hardly raised
a whimper of protest.
I am, at this time,
willing to swallow my contempt for the realization that your
party, from the highest levels to the newest precinct walker,
holds the greatest potential to rescue America from potential
and rapid destruction. Only Republicans can appeal to President
Bush and his advisers that taking military action against Iran
is not in the best interests of this country without appearing
partisan or accused of liberal, communistic motivations.
Regardless of what
you believe, dear Republicans, of America's invincibility, the
invasion of Iraq has exposed some serious chinks in the American
armor. Due to America's foreign military adventures annual
federal deficits have crossed the $400 billion mark throughout
the Bush Presidency. The bulk of the resulting
$9 trillion
federal debt is coming under
increasing control of the Chinese government. China, by the
way, is managing a rapidly industrializing economy, thanks to
corporations moving their production facilities there from
America. This industrial growth is making the major owner of
American debt a competitor with the US for construction
resources and oil. If China wants to gain a competitive edge for
those resources, it can easily gain it by calling in the chits
it is holding against America's currency.
Nor is one
treasonously cynical to suggest that American society is ill
suited to handle the sacrifices required to expand the Iraqi war
to another country. America has a consumption-based economy that
demands spending. Large-scale war demands saving, production,
and rationing. According to the U.S. Commerce Department's
Bureau of Economic Analysis, the American public last year had a
savings rate of negative0.5 percent. Furthermore America
has lost manufacturing jobs for the
past 42 months running through March 2006.
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Please don't
overlook the emerging social conflict that is coming over
immigration and employment throughout the nation. If you would
review Civil War history you will find that the biggest riot of
the war was the
New York Draft Riot which drove New York City to the brink
of destruction at the onset of the Civil War during July, 1863.
The riot was caused by wage competition between labor pools and
the demands on residents to meet the call of a nation going to
war. Today the immigration debate focuses on wage competition
between labor pools and the demands on American citizens that
are being required to support the needs of a nation in a
boundless war.
I am well aware
that contemplating an American assault on Iran satisfies a noble
faith that America desires to act preemptively to rescue the
world from nuclear weapons proliferation among madmen. Consider,
for a moment, though, that we invaded and occupied Iraq to
liberate it from violence and oppression. We removed a leader
that destroyed cities and tortured political prisoners so as to
remove him as a global threat with Weapons of Mass Destruction
and connections with Islamic terrorists. In the process of
delivering this mission the world has discovered Iraq had no WMD
or capabilities to produce them, nor were there were no clear
connections between Saddam Hussein and Islamic terrorists.
Furthermore, before the American invasion, Iraq under Saddam did
not suffer from any terrorist attacks, and pursuant to victory
in the War Against International Terrorism America has found it
necessary to destroy cities and torture prisoners. This is not a
record that inspires confidence among us doubters and makes you
who are truly faithful to the occupation appear detached from
reality.
Subsequently I am
appealing to you, my former partisan cohorts, to please consider
the consequences of the last decade of “conservative” government
to the nation, of the Iraqi “cakewalk” to America's
international standing and credibility, and then ask the head of
your party, President Bush, to restrain himself from rescuing
the United States from the wickedness of tyranny and the threat
of evil. I am not sure that the nation will be able to survive
any more of his, or your party's heroic acts.
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