Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00247)

Is the United States a rogue state? George W. Bush, otherwise known 
as "W" or as Governor Bush of Texas, has stated that a rogue 
government is identified by the following criteria:

1) It has massive stockpiles of chemical, 
biological, and nuclear weapons;

2) Its leaders ignore due process at the United Nations;

3) Its leaders refuse to sign and honor international 
treaties; and

4) Its leaders have come to power through illegitimate means.

Those four criteria, especially the last (have come to power through 
illegitimate means) apply to George W. Bush himself. He is 
therefore, by his own showing, the rogue leader of a rogue state. 
Whether he had any self awareness when he assembled these four 
criteria or not is not clear, but he stands condemned out of his own 
mouth.

A Canadian group which calls itself Root Out Evil is therefore 
assembling a team of Weapons Inspectors which will inspect suspected 
sites in the United States which are there for the purpose of housing 
nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. Unlike Governor Bush, who 
supports the development, storage, and deployment of these weapons by 
himself while promulgating a completely different standard of 
behavior for everyone else in the world, Root Out Evil thinks the 
Governor should heed his own rules.

According to Christy Ferguson, spokesperson for Root Out 
Evil, "We're ... demanding that the U.S. grant our inspectors 
immediate and unfettered access to any site in the country" incuding 
Presidential compounds such as Camp David and Bush's various palaces 
in Crawford and elsewhere. David Langille, who is also involved in 
this project, says the group is not planning to just raid the Bush 
liquor cabinet (which may be empty considering the way George likes 
to drink) but to "identify the weapons of mass destruction in this 
rogue state." If George is making killer bugs at his compound in 
Texas, he'd better start hiding them. The coalition will soon be 
knocking on his door.

Governor Bush does not have much time to put together a complete 
declaration of his nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. The 
weapons inspectors expect to be in the United States later this 
winter. Like the U.N., Rooting Out Evil is an international 
coalition which includes:

Greenpeace Canada,
The Centre for Social Justice,
The Toronto Committee Against War and Sanctions on Iraq,
The National Network to End the War Against Iraq
Global Exchange
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (US section)

For more information:

http://www.rootingoutevil.org

Peace in 2003.