Friday, April 14, 2006

'I feel like I did in the Vietnam days - I hate to pay taxes just so they can go and bomb more people'

Feel bad about paying blood money? Don't!

It is immoral and hypocritical to pay for murder in the name of Democracy or for any other reason.

It is passed time for non-violent civil disobedience and becoming a refusenik is one way of practicing that time-honored American tradition.

Guardian Unlimited Special reports 'I feel like I did in the Vietnam days - I hate to pay taxes just so they can go and bomb more people':

"This week's extraordinary report alleging that George Bush had not only made up his mind to topple the Iranian government, but was also toying with the idea of doing it with a tactical nuclear weapon, was a telling example of his influence. If any other journalist had produced the story, it would almost certainly have been laughed off. Because Hersh wrote it, it was front-page news around the world, notwithstanding Mr Bush's insistence it was all 'wild speculation'. The White House stopped short of denying the story, saying only that the Pentagon was conducting 'normal military contingency planning'.

The problem for the president is that the man known in Washington as Sy has become an institution with more credibility than the administrations that come and go in this fickle city.

Hidden away in an anonymous office block, he works out of two shabby rooms. The wall behind him is covered with black skid marks inflicted by his penchant for leaning back in his chair and putting his running shoes on his desk while on the telephone."

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