BUSH again pushed his magic 9/11 button -- the one designed to panic the country and paralyze the Democrats. paralysis began immediately after 9/11. Spurred by patriotism, a desire to look nonpartisan and a fear of looking weak on terror, they bought into the Bush response. They endorsed the USA Patriot Act and authorized Bush to invade Iraq. Now, moving beyond the much-maligned neo-con strategy to their own national security vision is proving to be difficult. |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.