SEP on the anniversary of Bush's Slaughter

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Sat Mar-20-04 04:51 PM
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SEP on the anniversary of Bush's Slaughter

"...The war on terror is not a figure of speech,” Bush declared. “It is an inescapable calling of our generation.”

Really? If ever there was an abstract and empty figure of speech, it is “the war on terror.” Interpreted literally, this phrase means war against a type of warfare. This abstractness is a political necessity, given that this crusade is invoked by the administration to justify everything from unprovoked wars to tax cuts for the US financial elite..."

Read the full text here: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/mar2004/bush-m20.shtml

Will

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