While growing numbers of people want an end to the unjust war on
Iraq, the Democrats talk about doing better than Bush in the so-called
“war and terror”. In their just released plan, “Real Security:
The Democratic Plan to Protect America and Restore Our Leadership in
the World”, the Democratic Party leadership does not talk about ending
the war, stopping torture, or repudiating the police state measures
enacted by the government since 9/11. Not surprising, considering
the Democrats by an large voted for the war, the Patriot Act, and offer
“strategic redeployment”
in Iraq rather than ending the war. Their criticisms of Bush are
limited to so-called “incompetence” and a “culture of corruption”, when
the real problem is a culture of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The fact is, this whole “war on terror” is not about protecting us,
but is a grab for global power through murderous methods, and a radical
remaking of US society to serve this agenda (complete with the
suppression of dissent, government spying, and moves toward
theocracy). The official politics in this country stay well
within these terms, and thus do not offer any real opposition to the
Bush regime. Simply promising better armor for soldiers who are
fighting what is an unjust war in the first place, or fanning anti-Arab
racism in the name of “protecting our ports” is not what the world
needs. A real opposition to the Bush regime will require breaking
out of these official politics, denouncingwith moral clarity the ugly
crimes being committed from Abu Ghraib to New Orleans, and mobilizing
the millions of people who are outraged by all this to change the
course of history outside of these official politics.
(Source: “Democrats Offer Bold Security Agenda”, Democratic Party website, http://democrats.org/a/2006/03/real_security_t.php)