Vidal: Bush ended US as a republic
June 29, 2008
Gore Vidal, US novelist, historian and social critic says the Bush regime has killed all of the constitutional links that made the US a republic.
On early Friday morning Iran time, in an inclusive interview with a press TV correspondent, Vidal said that President Bush has rid the country of the Bill of Rights, habeas corpus and the entire legacy of the Magna Carta in the name of war on terror.
He also criticized the House of Representatives for not impeaching President Bush, over a wide array of subjects such as disclosure of CIA agent Valerie Plame’s covert status. Vidal did however single out Rep. Dennis Kuchinich for drawing up articles of impeachment against the president.
Vidal, long strongly critical of the Bush administration, said the administration has both an an explicit and covert expansionist agenda.
In his writings he has made the assessment that for several years, the administration and its associates, many of whom are magnets in the oil and gas industry have had clear aims to control the oil of Central Asia which is to follow on the heels of gaining effective control of the oil of the Persian Gulf-a project that took a new twist with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1991.
That event inadvertently served as the basis for the neo-conservative American Project for the 21st Century document and policy guideline that has been the hallmark of the Bush-Cheney years.
Regarding the September 11, 2001 attacks, Vidal has written the American intelligence community clearly warned it was coming but the event provided political cover and pretext for the plans that the administration already had in place for invading Iraq-plans that can be traced to the waning days of the first Bush family presidency.
Press TV | Saturday, June 28, 2008
Last 5 posts in 9/11 Truth
- Why People Who Question the Anthrax Attacks Won’t Question 9/11 - August 19th, 2008
- US court rules Saudis not liable for Sept 11 attacks - August 15th, 2008
- Fabled Enemies Trailer - August 12th, 2008
- Unanswered 9/11 questions - August 7th, 2008
- Video | War Corporatism: The New Fascism - August 7th, 2008
Last 5 posts in Impeachment
- Pelosi slammed in L.A. on failure to impeach Bush - August 15th, 2008
- Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague - July 27th, 2008
- Video | Kucinich's Statement At 'Imperial Presidency' Hearing - July 25th, 2008
- Video | Vincent Bulgliosi's Statement At 'Imperial Presidency' Hearing - July 25th, 2008
- 'Imperial presidency' hearing to feature 13 witnesses - July 25th, 2008
Last 5 posts in Iraq
- As many U.S. contractors as troops in Iraq - August 13th, 2008
- Zbigniew Brzezinski to be the real power behind an Obama throne - August 12th, 2008
- Iraq demands 'clear timeline' for US withdrawal - August 11th, 2008
- Tape: Top CIA official confesses order to forge Iraq-9/11 letter likely came from Cheney - August 9th, 2008
- Georgia Calls Back Troops From Iraq - August 8th, 2008
Last 5 posts in Oil
- Surge for the dollar as global fears rise - August 17th, 2008
- Rice: Israel can decide for itself on Iran - August 11th, 2008
- Opec income hits record as oil prices soar - August 11th, 2008
- Big Oil's biggest quarter ever: $51.5B in all - August 2nd, 2008
- Kucinich seeks to bar US oil firms from Iraq - August 1st, 2008
Last 5 posts in Rebel Alliance
- RIP: Alexander Solzhenitsyn - August 4th, 2008
- Soviet dissident writer Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 - August 3rd, 2008
- Björk: Declare Independence - August 1st, 2008
- Kucinich seeks to bar US oil firms from Iraq - August 1st, 2008
- Gravel: Take Bush to The Hague - July 27th, 2008
Last 5 posts in Tyranny/Police State
- BBC: Some residents 'furious' over NYC terror checks - August 19th, 2008
- News crew crashes Denver's DNC 'concentration camp' - August 17th, 2008
- Video | John McCain - Lost in Space (Part Two) - August 16th, 2008
- Crime-ridden Arkansas town expands 24-hour curfew - August 13th, 2008
- 'Say cheese': IOC member urges Chinese police to smile - August 12th, 2008
Last 5 posts in War of Terror
- US to take over Afghan mission - August 17th, 2008
- Video | John McCain - Lost in Space (Part Two) - August 16th, 2008
- Mr. Bush, Enough!! - August 15th, 2008
- As many U.S. contractors as troops in Iraq - August 13th, 2008
- Zbigniew Brzezinski to be the real power behind an Obama throne - August 12th, 2008
Comments
Got something to say?



