Pubdate: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 Source: Tallahassee Democrat (FL) Copyright: 2002 Tallahassee Democrat. Contact: http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/444 Author: Adam G. Thompson DESTROYING THEOCRACY IN AFGHANISTAN, CREATING ONE HERE President Bush did what he had to do with the security information made available to him before the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. The attack gave him the support he needed from the American people and Congress to generate the war on terror that consumed our budget surplus and Social Security funds. If the devastating Sept. 11 attack had happened during President Clinton's term, there would have been a cry for impeachment and more special prosecutors. Court-appointed President Bush came out a hero smelling like a rose. Why? In addition to World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and a number of other military engagements, we now have domestic wars on poverty, drugs and terrorists. The war on poverty increased the number of unwed mothers and welfare recipients. The war on drugs generated a need for more prisons to house our confiscated youth without stopping the flow of drugs or hurting the wealthy drug lords. The war on terrorism has turned this nation into a police state. President Bush used our armed forces to eliminate bin Laden's evil Taliban theocracy in Afghanistan. However, he is busy creating one. ADAM G. THOMPSON - --- MAP posted-by: Beth