Tommy Franks praises Bush, predicts Martial Law! Yikes!

[Classical_Liberal]

Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government......

In the magazine’s December edition, the former commander of the military’s Central Command warned that if terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.......

President Bush: “As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character. A very thoughtful man, not having been appraised properly by those who would say he’s not very smart. I find the contrary. I think he’s very, very bright. And I suspect that he’ll be judged as a man who led this country through a crease in history effectively. Probably we’ll think of him in years to come as an American hero.”

On the motivation for the Iraq war: Contrary to claims that top Pentagon brass opposed the invasion of Iraq, Franks said he wholeheartedly agreed with the president’s decision to invade Iraq and oust Saddam Hussein.........

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/11/20/185048.shtml

scary, scary stuff. Why hold back on the term fascist, when the Bushites are wishing it on us?

[eagler]

1. Marshal law

would no doubt lead to a new civil war inside this country.

[htuttle]

6. Martial, martial, martial!

Government by amplifiers would never work.



(spelling zealot strikes again...)


I'd have to second the possibility you speak of, however. I can't imagine that all 50 Governors would react with the same enthusiasm to something like that. I also can't imagine that the Federal government has the resources left to force the issue on those who don't.


(on edit: Is there a rock band named 'Marshall Law'? If not, there should be...)

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Well. most stupid Republicans

should be in Gitmo. Forever.

Hawke

[creativelcro]

3. OLD NEWS!

[gristy]

5. go here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=761446
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=232282
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=232809
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=232809
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=22736

The mystery is why the mainstream press has not reported on this. Google news gets just 17 hits on this subject today:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&scoring=d&edition=us&q=general+franks+constitution&btnG=Search+News

[PaDUer]

4. Fear Factor

he's playing w/ the kid!

[TahitiNut]

7. Duplicate

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=762440

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