If the president benefits from being "a war time president" in a never-ending "War on Terror" in that he can suspend the Constitution at will, use "national security" to conduct normally illegal operations, investigate anyone and everyone in blanket searches without a warrant, grant people and corporations immunity to investigation, torture as he sees fit, etc. then why would he ever seek a peaceful resolution for anything?
Any kind of "peace" with anyone would be immediate grounds for him to lose these extra-ordinary powers. So what would his motivation be?
Are we now doomed to be in a perpetual state of war with newer and better fascist laws for eternity, all for the sake of security against our perpetual enemies?
2006-06-30
02:59:41
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lostinromania
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