Thursday, February 02, 2006
Three Strikes
How functional is the American constitutional democracy?
Over the last thirty-five years, three US Presidents were re-elected after lying to Congress: one about secretly bombing two neutral countries into civil war; one about secretly selling high tech weaponry to a country holding American hostages in order to illegally divert funds to overthrowing another democratically-elected government; and one for invading two countries on deliberately-fabricated pretenses.
Only one of these Presidents was impeached.
Over the last thirty-five years, three US Presidents were re-elected after lying to Congress: one about secretly bombing two neutral countries into civil war; one about secretly selling high tech weaponry to a country holding American hostages in order to illegally divert funds to overthrowing another democratically-elected government; and one for invading two countries on deliberately-fabricated pretenses.
Only one of these Presidents was impeached.
