IS TOMMY FRANKS BLOWING SMOKE RINGS?
The following article was published in the Dec. 7, 2003, issue of the Hudson Valley Activist Newsletter and distributed by jacdon (at) earthink.net. BLOWING SMOKE RINGS Gen. Tommy Franks, who led the invasion of Iraq earlier this year, either believes U.S. democracy is exceptionally fragile or he has found another means of frightening the American people into supporting the Bush administration’s “wars on terrorism,” or both. Franks, now retired, was interviewed for an article in the December issue of Cigar Aficionado, an upscale magazine for men with expensive tastes who are devoted to cigar smoking. He appears on the cover of the magazine, smiling and dressed in a dark civilian suit, standing in front of a huge American flag while holding a 10-inch cigar. The headline identifies him as an “American Hero.” If this is how he wants to spend his retirement, so be it but what he had to say was intended to make our hair stand on end. He seemed to be suggesting that President Bush’s campaign
