*Ø* Blogmanac | Ramsey Clark, Former US Attorney General, Responds to Bush

By Ramsey Clark

"Sunday night, September 7, President Bush told the American public and the world to expect more of the same from his administration. More crimes against peace and humanity, more deaths and destruction, more debts and poverty. He wants everyone to help.

"President Bush has spent $79 billion attacking Afghanistan and Iraq and seeks $87 billion more for another year of violence. What he calls 'one of the swiftest and most humane military campaigns in history' has taken more than 30,000 Iraqi lives, destroyed 'tens of billions' in facilities essential to life, electricity, water supply, sewage disposal, according to Paul Bremer, and left the whole country destitute, in turmoil, growing violence and rage. Thousands perished in Afghanistan where the destruction remains unrepaired, the people disoriented and impoverished, the highway from Kabul to Kandahar is impassable and violence is mounting ..."

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