The Library ordered this book for me...THE END OF AMERICA BY NAOMI WOLF.. everyone should read this thought provoking book. Miss Wolf lays out the fact that we are on a slippery slop in this country and the ground work has been laid for a dictatorship.
She draws parallels between our country and German before the rise of Hitler. The things she tells about the private security forces in Iraq like Blackwater will shake you.
I had said to my sister a few weeks ago I had been fearful for a while that the Bush crowd might try to stop our elections and stay in power. Sister said he was so unpopular at this time he could not do that.
I stated if anyone would be a dictator he had to have the army behind him to enforce his rule but I had not considered the Private securities forces. They would be a means to that end if he chose to go that route.
So perhaps you think I have gone crazy? Read her book and see if I am crazy.
She says" 2300 private soldiers in nine countries including inside the United States. It maintains a database of 21,000 former Special Forces, soldiers and retired law enforcement agents on whom it can call at a moments notice. Blackwater has a private fleet of more than 20 aircraft, including helicopter gunships.... Black water has more than $500 million in government contracts and this does not include its secret "black" budget operations for U .S. intelligence agencies, it is noted that Blackwater could overthrow many world governments and Blackwater is closely tied to Haliburton , Chaney's pet Dog.
I have stated before that I believe Vice president Chaney is more dangerous than Bush.
So after reading this book I hope Blackwater doesn't sink us as a free nation. Get a copy and read it.
About Me
- patsy
- born in arkansas, lived here all my life, 75 years old. keep chickens and I like to read.
2 comments:
You write an intriguing review, Patsy. I think I will find that book and read it. I've been very distressed by the Blackwater actions around the world (and they say it's not soldiers-for-hire or vigilantes). And you know I feel very much as you do about Cheney and Bush and Rumsfield. Like Dennis Kucinich, I think there are grounds for impeachment even though I hate to think what that would do to our country's morale.
I will try to get the book and read it. I am going to try to put the shadows behind me and look for some sunshine.
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