Republicans delight in accusing Democrats of cutting and running, hoisting the white flag and other phrases calculated to paint Democrats as the party of surrender.
Yet it was the Republican leadership that succumbed to terrorism and set in motion the actual surrender of America. For it was the Republican leadership that yielded to terrorists' desire to intimidate Americans and destroy the fabric of their nation. The Republicans accomplished this by capitalizing on our fears to consolidate power and then and dismantling the Bill of Rights one by one.
The resultant Bush empire bears little resemblance to the America he inherited when he was sworn in as president. More and more each day it operates like an empire ruled by an unenlightened emperor.
And we can't blame terrorism for the sea changes that have taken place in America on Bush's watch. Terrorism is an ancient tactic that always has been and always will be available to otherwise powerless groups and nations harboring powerful animosities.
All that changed on 911 was the scope of success of a single attack in a series of attacks attempted over decades by the same folks who've long despised America for its Middle East policies.
So it is Bush and his sleepwalking followers that have surrendered America by handing it over to Big Business power brokers and dismantling the foundational documents that made it what it once was....and sadly is no more.
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