[Our] people are not a warlike nation. It is a soldierly one, which means it does not want war but does not fear it. It loves peace, but also its honor and freedom.
—— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf.
We are not a warlike people. Quite the opposite. We always seek to live in peace. We resort to force infrequently and with great reluctance–and only after we have determined that it is absolutely necessary.
—— Ronald W. Reagan, July 17, 1980.
Wag the Dog II: to divert public attention away from his imminent impeachment by the house of representatives, for perjury in the Lewinsky Affair, de facto Commander-in-Chief Clinton, Esq., orders United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) to bomb Iraq:
[A] strong, sustained series of air strikes … are being carried out. … to attack Iraq’s nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs. Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United [s]tates, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world.
NOTES:
- This was the third time the United states has bombed Iraq; whereas Iraq has never bombed the U.s.
- As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Clinton was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
Postscript: Al-Istiqlal, a Palestinian newspaper in Israeli occupied Gaza, editorialized the next day that,
This new crisis is no longer a personal difference between the Iraqi leader and leaders and chiefs of the West. The memories of the Crusader wars have not left the minds of the politicians and soldiers of the West, which is why today, they are trying to seek vengeance for what happened centuries ago, benefiting from this terrible imbalance of power, which was primarily and basically created by the West. It was only natural for the spirit of violence and control, and the desire to impose hegemony, which has characterized Western civilization and its industrial revolution, to take control of affairs there and return to this imbalance of power, in order to prepare for Western hegemony on our resources and treachery of the oppressed nationals.
[updated 4/15/2023] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.
On the 225th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, Michael P. Dolan, Acting, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, issues Internal Revenue Regulation 118620-97, imposing a 2,250,000,000 “dollar” per year excise tax on pre-paid telephone cards, in violation of Article I of Amendment.
[restored 4/15/2023]
Subsequent Events:
References:
Internal Revenue Regulation 118620-97, 63 F.R. 69585-89 (1998).
Yousef Bodansky, Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America, (Centerport, New York: Forum, 1999), 351-52, 355-56, 363.
“Bombing Iraq and Impeachment,” Los Angeles Times, 18 December 1988, M8.
Deroy Murdock, “Civil Ignorance Threatens Liberty,” Orange County (California) Register, 2 July 2000, Commentary:7.
“We Are a Peaceful People” by Stephen Bender
www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/bender4.html
Wag the Dog – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wag_the_Dog
1998 bombing of Iraq – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_bombing_of_Iraq
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