More Ferocity?
Rothschild, Matthew
Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild More Ferocity? Like Lyndon Johnson, George W Bush used a pretext to wage war, and now he's stuck there with the Hobson's choice of withdrawing troops or sending...
...military commanders have the authority "to use decisive force...
...troops to leave, according to a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll at the end of April...
...The fundamental trap for Bush and Abizaid is this: The more they escalate the violence, the more popular resistance they will face...
...Some U.S...
...Unfortunately, at some point, Bush is likely to order more violence...
...Not to be careful about blundering into a foreign war...
...And second, everyone needs to know that there is no more powerful force assembled on Earth than this military force...
...By then the hangover should have worn off...
...First, we are going to win," said General John Abizaid, head of the Army's Central Command...
...has killed hundreds more innocent Iraqis...
...But expect more foolishness and immorality and ferocity from Bush before this Iraq War is over...
...It's a foolish and immoral argument, since the military dropped more bombs on Vietnam than were used in all of World War II...
...It's a no-win situation...
...In case you missed the threat, he added: "The fact that we have been so judicious in the use of this force should not be lost on anybody...
...their families don't know where they are, or whether they are alive...
...And how many American soldiers will die in the process...
...Our nation should be slow to engage troops," he wrote in his 2000 campaign autobiography, A Charge to Keep...
...Those who oppose moving democracy forward will have to pay the consequences if they don't cease and desist...
...The military is also detaining thousands of Iraqis in outdoor pens...
...Not to avoid lying to the American people...
...This is the old excuse that the United States could have won in Vietnam if the politicians didn't force the military to fight with one hand tied behind its back...
...About the only thing the United States didn't do in Vietnam was launch nuclear weapons...
...Not to build an international consensus...
...soldiers have even engaged in torture...
...In the war, the U.S...
...Many Iraqis might quarrel with Abizaid's boast of judiciousness...
...killed tens of thousands of Iraqi troops and about 10,000 Iraqi civilians...
...This country will not suffer intimidation...
...And during the recent uprisings, the U.S...
...How many people will the U.S...
...occupation in Iraq, it is doomed to failure...
...Next month, I'll report back to you on the gala celebration of our 95th birthday...
...troops themselves, is likely only to rise...
...military kill when it becomes less judicious...
...And some of the commanders seem to be itching to flex American muscle...
...Like Lyndon Johnson, George W Bush used a pretext to wage war, and now he's stuck there with the Hobson's choice of withdrawing troops or sending more troops in...
...That toll, and the hideous toll on U.S...
...On April 29, he reiterated that they can "take whatever actions necessary...
...So long as it is a U.S...
...And no wonder...
...But when we do so, we must do so with ferocity...
...But more troops is not the answer, as Howard Zinn persuasively argues this month...
...But to annihilate the enemy...
...In his hapless press conference on April 13, Bush vowed that U.S...
...That, for Bush, is one of the chief lessons he drew from Vietnam...
...A generation shaped by Vietnam must remember the lessons of Vietnam: When America uses force in the world . . . the victory must be overwhelming," Bush said in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in 2000...
...A majority of Iraqis now want the U.S...
Vol. 68 • June 2004 • No. 6
