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'America's Most Unwanted' cards are dangerous – to democracy
"IT BEGAN WITH the Pentagon's novel way of identifying the Iraqi leadership that it continues to hunt down. The 55-card 'Deck of Death' quickly became a 'must-have' item, and it very quickly became available for commercial sale, proving – like Gulf War I's Humvee-turned-Hummer before it – that war, once you get past the death and destruction thing, can generate really cool profit-making ideas. ..."
Bryant Jordan, deputy news editor for the Marine Corps Times, USA reports on a new deck of cards (pro-war) that is being marketed by US Marines, with the approval of the US Marine Corps. Whatever happened to the separation of powers? Jordan points out how dangerous it is for democracy when military personnel start making money from political/commercial enterprises.
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This cornball site sells the cards. I quote from its hokey homepage (no, I didn't make this up):
"Stonewall Enterprises, L.L.C., salutes the brave U.S. Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines who liberated the long-suffering Iraqi people, and allowed the American Dream to live another day here at home. They fought for the cause of liberty, and for the peace of the world. We humbly thank them."
American Dream? I thought that was a job, a house and all the consumer goods you can covet. What has the invasion of Iraq got to do with th --- Ohhhh, I get it now!
'America's Most Unwanted' cards are dangerous – to democracy
"IT BEGAN WITH the Pentagon's novel way of identifying the Iraqi leadership that it continues to hunt down. The 55-card 'Deck of Death' quickly became a 'must-have' item, and it very quickly became available for commercial sale, proving – like Gulf War I's Humvee-turned-Hummer before it – that war, once you get past the death and destruction thing, can generate really cool profit-making ideas. ..."
Bryant Jordan, deputy news editor for the Marine Corps Times, USA reports on a new deck of cards (pro-war) that is being marketed by US Marines, with the approval of the US Marine Corps. Whatever happened to the separation of powers? Jordan points out how dangerous it is for democracy when military personnel start making money from political/commercial enterprises.
This cornball site sells the cards. I quote from its hokey homepage (no, I didn't make this up):
"Stonewall Enterprises, L.L.C., salutes the brave U.S. Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines who liberated the long-suffering Iraqi people, and allowed the American Dream to live another day here at home. They fought for the cause of liberty, and for the peace of the world. We humbly thank them."
American Dream? I thought that was a job, a house and all the consumer goods you can covet. What has the invasion of Iraq got to do with th --- Ohhhh, I get it now!
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