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Expenses We Cannot Afford

By Rep. José E. Serrano

In the waning days of the Korean War, Dwight D. Eisenhower, America’s great warrior president, said: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” How timely Eisenhower’s words seem today, as the United States… return to article

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    In order to appreciate the truths in this article, the reader should understand that the regime of President Bush and his warped priorities are not an aberration, but rather a natural product of white American capitalism in its twilight years.  Presently many progressive media have fallen into the trap of thinking that the Kerry Administration will be far more progressive than the Bush Administration.  However, like Mr. Bush, Mr. Kerry opposes Reparations for Afro-Descendants while supporting both Reparations and massive military aid for white Israel.  Kerry favors neo-colonial policies in Asis, Africa and Latin America and just a few days endorsed both the policy of pre-emptive strikes and Israel’s unjust wall.
    Sincerely,
    Malik Al-Arkam
    www.AllForReparations.org

    United States Posted by Malik Al-Arkam on Jul 21, 2004 at 5:51 AM
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