A Threat Greater Than Terrorism

[struggle4progress]

PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Mar 22, 2005, 19:27

Delusion has settled over America. Washington cannot tell fact from fantasy. Neither can sycophantic media nor nothink economists.

The Bush administration is the first government in history to initiate a war based entirely on fantasy--fantasy about nonexistent "weapons of mass destruction," fantasy about nonexistent "terrorist links," fantasy about "liberating" a people from their culture, fantasy about a "cakewalk" invasion, fantasy about America's omnipotence.

Reality has yet to penetrate the Oval Office or America's "red state" consciousness. The gratuitous invasion of Iraq, the torture and the war crimes have made America despised the world over. Our once formidable alliances are shattered. <more>

Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.

http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_002264.shtml

[Dhalgren]

1. Excellent, sobering editorial.

The scary thing is that no one will pay any attention to this man, even though he is a "real" Republican, a "real" conservative, and a "real" knowledgeable insider. That is the scary thing...

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. A powerful and scary article.

How can these people not see what they're doing?

[Demeter]

3. I Was Going to Say Stupidity, but

delusion is probably more accurate.

[Memekiller]

4. Asst. Scty of Treasury uner Reagan wrote this?

Wow.

[bemildred]

5. Sort of helps you gauge the depth of the decay, eh? nt

[struggle4progress]

6. Convinces me that the Bushistas really did steal the election ...

... in the face of widespread opposition ...

[ElectroPrincess]

7. Good, then let's hope that the NeoCons' worst nightmare will now begin