[GPRI] Mr. Bush's Private Army

[Richard Walton]

Hi:  The more we learn about George Bush the scarier he gets.  Read about
Mr. Bush's private army totally free of whatever constraints there may be
on the official army.  Peace.  Richard.

As most Nation readers know from Jeremy Scahill's on-going reporting for
the magazine, Blackwater, USA, a powerful private army with its own
military base, a fleet of twenty aircraft, and 20,000 soldiers, is run by
a multimillionaire Christian conservative who bankrolls President Bush and
his allies.

Acting, as Scahill writes, as the Bush Administration's Praetorian Guard
for the "global war on terror," Blackwater has been busy fighting in
Afghanistan and Iraq, establishing military bases in Iran, and patrolling
the hurricane-ravaged streets of New Orleans. The problem, as Scahill
points out, is that such power in the hands of one company embodies the
"military-industrial complex" President Eisenhower warned against in 1961.

For the full story of the world's most powerful mercenary army and what
the privatization of the US military means for American democracy, read
Scahill's new book, Blackwater (Nation Books). It's an invaluable read for
anyone concerned with the direction of the American experiment. Click
below for info and to order online.
http://lists.thenation.com/t?ctl=8967:F2D77DC6F0187020A1461CC9C44A9718

And, if you'll be in the New York City area on March 21, don't miss an
opportunity to see Scahill discuss his findings in conversation with
Nation columnist and best-selling author Naomi Klein and award-winning
journalist and host of Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman in a forum presented by
The Nation Institute.

Wednesday, March 21st at 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

The New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 West 64th Street at Central
Park West, New York City.

$10 donation at the door.

A book signing of Blackwater and No Logo will follow the conversation.
http://lists.thenation.com/t?ctl=8967:F2D77DC6F0187020A1461CC9C44A9718

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Best Regards, Peter Rothberg, The Nation


	"The only way out of our crisis (terrorism) is to reduce the anger of the
most rational, thus also reducing the constituency of the least rational."
 Sam Smith.

	"When they come for the innocent without crossing over
your body, cursed be your religion and your life."  Anon.  But often
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"Richard Walton" <richard at soup.org>
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