"Some of these people frighten me," former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel said during a Democratic presidential debate.
Me too.
He was speaking particularly about the possibility of the US using nuclear weapons against Iran. "[if] I'm president of the United States, there will be no preemptive wars with nuclear devices," Gavel said. "...it's immoral, and it's been immoral for the last 50 years as part of American foreign policy."
But of the eight candidates on the stage in the South Carolina debate, only Gravel and Rep. Kucinich would flat rule out nukes.
Gavel and Kucinich are the only two sane candidates, Republican or Democrat, so naturally, they don't stand a chance.
That's in large part a result of a truth that Gavel dared speak during the debate: "The military industrial complex not only controls our government, lock, stock and barrel, but they control our culture."
In large part, they also control presidential debates through the media they own which will play a major role in choosing the nominee --- by sponsoring debates, and by framing the way candidates are seen by the public.
Get ready for a lot more wars.
Posted by Deck at May 2, 2007 04:05 PM