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Jack Kenny: The regime Bush changes may be his By JACK KENNY JACK KENNY Overly ambitious AGs seek to set national environmental policy EVEN SOME OF THE high priests and acolytes of his father’s New World Order are starting to pan the major opus thus far of Bush 43, “Overture to a Regime Change.” Last week Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to the first President Bush, wrote an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal advising against a military attack on Iraq. Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger has voiced his doubts about the need for military action and Secretary of State Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs during the Gulf War, has been described in news reports as opposed to invading Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein. Scowcroft worries that a war with Iraq, opposed by virtually all our allies, will divert our energies and threaten our resources for the war on terrorism, for which international cooperation is essential. He cites “scant evidence” to tie Saddam to the Sept. 11 attacks. As for the “weapons of mass destruction” the Iraqi dictator is said to be developing, his instinct for survival should preclude his using them against the United States. But an invasion aimed at removing him from power, Scowcroft warned, might convince Saddam he has nothing left to lose, “leading him to unleash whatever weapons of mass destruction he possesses.” His first strike would likely be against Israel, which might respond with nuclear weapons, “unleashing an Armageddon in the Middle East.” It’s possible that Scowcroft is overly pessimistic and the Bush administration can execute “regime change” in Baghdad without those dire consequences. Still, what is to be gained by running those risks? Well, we’ll save our President’s reputation, Richard Perle, a former Reagan administration official, explained to The New York Times. “The failure to take on Saddam after what the President said would produce such a collapse of confidence in the President that it would set back the war on terrorism,” said Perle. In other words, since the President has gone out on a limb, we’re obliged to buy the tree, redeeming it in American and Iraqi blood. That and the untold billions the war will cost are what we must pay for the President’s credibility. It must be a scarce commodity to demand so high a price. Indeed, credibility has been in short supply at the White House since the last time Calvin Coolidge said, “No comment.” The regime-changer-in-chief, meanwhile, appears to be taking the warnings in stride. “People should be allowed to express their opinions,” Mr. Bush said rather magnanimously. “But America needs to know, I’ll be making up my mind based upon the latest intelligence and how best to protect our own country plus our friends and allies.” It’s nice to know the President is keeping an open mind on the subject. But he seems to be suggesting that, for all the useful information he may receive from others, the decision is entirely his to make. The President alone will decide whether we go to war with Iraq. Will Congress be asked for its approval? Perhaps, but it will likely be a pro forma gesture, with the administration making it clear that the planned military action will go forward whether or not Congress grants its imprimatur. That, at least, is how the Congress was dealt with in the Persian Gulf War, when the Bush I regime determined it had all the authority for war it needed from the United Nations. The Congress of the United States had become a nonessential appendage to the New World Order. The alleged lawmakers, to whom our Constitution gives the power to declare war, may be asked to endorse a decision they had no role in making. Too few members of Congress, and far too few Republicans, will ask the question that was so well put by Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts in the Gulf War debate, when several of his colleagues had called on members to “support American policy.” “What are we,” asked Frank, “the Canadian consulate?” Bush, meanwhile, is calling on Congress for spending restraints, as the deficit for the current fiscal year is expected to be $165 billion and climbing. A war with Iraq would add to that considerably. With war raging and deficits soaring, Congress will likely pass a sizable tax increase. Bush will, of course, have to climb over his own “dead body” to sign it, but he won’t have to look too far to find a precedent. The economy, in the meantime, may go sliding into the tank. Have we seen this movie before? Saddam’s days may be numbered, but he does have a knack for beating the Bushes — or at least surviving them in office. One unintended consequence of Bush’s war with Iraq may be a “regime change”in Washington in 2004. — Manchester resident Jack Kenny is a freelance writer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. 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