Posted on 11/14/2012 12:22:24 PM PST by Kaslin
Well I’m guessing you are in the camp that thinks the gov won’t ask for more after they get what they want now. P.T. Barnum was correct.
Day by day they get closer to revealing the true core of belief.
About a hundred years ago Martins Latsis, the senior official in the CHEKA, (Extraordinary Commission, or the first Soviet political police) was also the theoretician of the Red Terror, stating that,
Bolsheviks “are not carrying out war against individuals. We are exterminating the bourgeoisie as a class. We are not looking for evidence or witnesses to reveal deeds or words against the Soviet power. The first question we ask is to what class does he belong, what are his origins, upbringing, education or profession? These questions define the fate of the accused. This is the essence of the Red Terror.”
Is that a yes?
Clinton didn't have to budget for the Cold War which ended before he took office, was the beneficiary of the tax revenue generated by the jobs created by the tech boom, and punted the WOT and its expense to the next administration.
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