Amos - I'm really not sure what George Bush's conscious intentions are. They may be, in his terms of reference, quite honourable and laudable.

It is not G.W. that worries me nearly as much as Karl Rove, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Condoleeza Rice...and the shadowy people who stand behind them. I don't know who those people are, nor does the general public. They are not people whom we elect. And I think it is they who are trying to build an empire, using the military might of America, Israel, and the U.K. to do it. They are also trying to do away with the US Constitution and your civil rights. They have extremely pragmatic reasons for so doing.

The US military are being USED...Bush is being USED. The US military may be already becoming dimly aware of that, according to some rumours I have heard. I hope so. They may yet save their own nation. I hope the same thing about the FBI agents who still believe in democracy, and have some insight into what is going on now.

Doug R and I agree on a LOT. We are both in favour of freedom, liberty, justice, fairness, law and order, honesty, kindness, moral responsibility, and truthfullness. I can guarantee it. We just have radically differing views about who is leading society toward achieving those good things. And so it goes...

- LH