February 03, 2005

Different War - Same False Hope
By Carl F. Worden

For those of you who think the Iraqi Election on January 30, 2005 was a turning point in the Iraq War, it wasn't. We tried the same thing during the Vietnam War. Check this out:

"United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting. According to reports from Saigon, 83 percent of the 5.85 million registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong. A successful election has long been seen as the keystone in President Johnson's policy of encouraging the growth of constitutional processes in South Vietnam."

- Peter Grose, in a page 2 New York Times article titled, 'U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote,' September 4, 1967.
(Read the rest here)

Libertarian Commentary on The News
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

Well, the groundhog saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter, by tradition; and the “insurgent” thugs of the Middle East have seen their shadow, which probably means another six centuries of war. Well, that is some people’s opinion - this column is my opinion, and not necessarily anyone else’s. So there - you are warned. The news comes courtesy of Rational Review News Digest and Freedom News Daily - two excellent web-pubs, and a few items of news I find myself and that other people point me towards. I try (but don’t promise) to touch on items that have some bearing on the fight for freedom and the love of liberty.

General News
Democrats fail backbone check on Gonzales nomination
Houston Chronicle
"Democrats won't try to filibuster Alberto Gonzales' nomination to be attorney general but will hold extensive debates in the Senate over his role in developing the Bush administration's policies on treating foreign detainees, the Senate's top Democrat said today. 'There will be an up-or-down vote,' Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told reporters after the Democrats huddled together for their weekly planning session. A filibuster, a parliamentary tactic for delaying Senate action, would require Republicans, who hold a 55-44 majority in the Senate, to win over at least five Democrats -- or four Democrats plus Vermont Sen. James Jeffords, an independent -- to put Gonzales in office." (02/01/05)

I would guess that the Demos just don’t have the votes, even for a filibuster. For one thing, too many of them LIKE the way Gonzales’ has worked to increase government power, just as they did the way Ashcroft did. They figure they’ll be back in power sooner than later, and can use the new tools that Alberto will work to create. The knee-jerk Bush-haters are (for now) not in power in the Democratic Party, even if they are as loud as ever. (Read the rest of the Commentary here)

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