Tuesday, November 25
Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack
From Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack
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.and
If that happens, Franks said, "... the Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy."Let me get this straight. If a terrorist group or North Korea or Iran or even Russia launches Weapons of Mass Destruction against the United States, the Constitution, the highest law of this land is going to get tossed out just like that. To be replaced by a millitary form of government? General, I believe that is called wishful thinking, especially considering the source.
"It means the potential of a weapon of mass destruction and a terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event somewhere in the Western world – it may be in the United States of America – that causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event. Which in fact, then begins to unravel the fabric of our Constitution. Two steps, very, very important."Considering the fact that a non-WMD strike of two jet airliners into two of the tallest buildings in New York City has already started the shredding of the Constitution. It's already starting to happen. Unfortunately, I don't believe that the general population of the United States is going to care until it's too late.
Of course, who am I chiding? Yeah, I probably do a lot more than 90% of other Americans out there in trying to keep up with what is going on. I get an e-mail every time my congresscritter opens her mouth. Do I read it? Unfortunately no. I should be. Shame on me. But at least I'm making some kind of effort. Hell, Congress just passed a bill giving the FBI even more powers to look at evidence without any court oversite. I've heard some rumbling about this, how it will be reviewed next session. Yeah, right. If the congresscritters find it so onerous now, why did they vote it into action to start with? Permanent link posted by bytehead @ 11/25/2003 01:55:00 AM
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