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[ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] Given the well recorded Nazi links of the earlier Bush family and the far right tendencies of this administration and the chilling language: 'homeland security' - 'fatherland" comes to mind etc. I wonder if this is a 'footprint' or a jack boot. best, f. * From: "ppg" <ppg@DELETETHISnyc.rr.com> * Subject: [casi] Iraq: First "footprint" in garrisoning the globe * Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:57:58 -0400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Engelhardt writing today in his regular internet column, tomdispatch.com http://www.nationinstitute.org/tomdispatch/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=744 Putting our foot down in the "arc of instability" There's a splendid new term for our garrisoning of the globe. It's called our "footprint." And as an image it has all the immediacy of a giant squishing a bug into the mud. Take this description from a Washington Post piece (New Bases Reflect Shift in Military), _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk