IRAQI LIBERTY - AMERICAN CHAINS

U.S. Army four-star General Tommy Franks fears a suspension of the U.S. Constitution: a prepared broadside or thoughtless remark? Liberty for Iraqis exchanged for chains for Americans? Latest editorial commentary by Luis de Agustin at American Fellowship.net.

LIBERTY FOR IRAQIS - CHAINS FOR AMERICANS

A wise and genteel Daddy Warbucks should invade and benevolently occupy the United States and thereby defend its constitutional guarantees of liberty and democracy. It might relieve General Tommy Franks fear of a U.S. Government suspending the Constitution.

The recently retired, nearly 40 year U.S. Army veteran and former commander of Centcom, speculates in a mens lifestyle magazine on the consequences of a terrorist attack against the West: The Western world loses its freedom and liberty . . . it causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event. Which in fact then begins to unravel the fabric of our Constitution." Another 9-11 attack means a discarded Constitution and a militarized government? Constitution scrapped, dictatorship imposed? What‘s the esteemed general smoking?

But in fairness, the reverentially interviewed General Franks doubts the U.S. Constitution will survive a WMD attack, and says it where? Cigar Aficionado. Typically, Cigar Aficionados destructive weapons fare is opulently pictured panatelas and robustos. The magazines explosives inspectors rate these for draw, wrapper colour, and hints of vanilla or cinnamon flavours.

In the interview, General Franks exhales personal regret, if after a major terrorist attack, The free world loses what it cherishes most, and that is the freedom and liberty weve seen for a couple of hundred years in the grand experiment that we call democracy."

The president, presumably at the mass behest of terrified minions simply suspends the Constitution. The way General Franks puts it, after another terrible terrorist attack, Americans fall begging on hands and knees, Please, Mr. President, please, Mr. Ashcroft, terrorists everywhere; please enslave us. Lock us in our homes, block our roads, read our mail, but please, kind sirs, please save us." How much of their constitutional rights should Americans surrender in the face of terrorism? Nothing. Not an inch, not a word, not a syllable, not a hairs breath that brings closer winnowing their sovereignty to the winds of despotism.

To fanciers of intrigue, General Franks remarks suggest a testing the waters of media sensibilities for how far a White House contemplating a bloodless constitutional coup might go without meeting vocal resistance. An inference of the kind General Franks ventures, published in a hobbyists monthly dedicated to the proposition that all men should pursue happiness doesnt trigger questioning from a Congressional Committee.

Probably the recent retiree is merely blowing smoke rings; however, General Franks forecast, planted or unplanned, and the green light its media non-reaction suggests, recommends to an opportunist government in crisis, a forbidden act as tempting as teenage smoking or preemptive war, if it looks like they can get away with it. Hopefully, if a constitutional trashing comes, a liberal democracys spirit will eventually occupy the United States and restore a constitutional republic in democracy and limited government. Whatever his intentions, thanks to General Franks for the heads up, but he could have generated more heat by simply lighting up at any smokeless New York eatery.

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