March 16, 2003


Gassing his own people, part 2
Security forces at Vandenberg Air Force Base authorized the use of "deadly force" - shooting to kill - against protesters if they infiltrated the military complex, officials said. - link.


'Why do you consider it unpatriotic to oppose a poorly-justified war, but not unpatriotic for you to have skipped out on your own military responsibilities during a war you did not oppose? ... [Y]ou say you are troubled by the existence of a leader who was not elected by a plurality of voters, who exhibits warlike behavior and advocates the right of preemptive attack, who threatens the energy future of the United States and who operates as an international bully and ignores the desperate needs of his own citizens. Has it ever occurred to you that this characterization may be a self-portrait?' - Russ Baker, here.



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