Okay. So Chris Hedges has declared that, should the Administration attack Iran, he will not pay his taxes. This is an issue I myself have wrestled with privately over the past couple years--what would it take for me to rebel against the Government in this fashion? Given the accelerating violations of constitutional law by the governing elite, I think we can consider ourselves at the point where the government is now fully illegitimate.
I will now declare openly what I have considered privately: if the Administration declares war on Iran, I will take the actions recommend by Chris Hedges. I modify this only slightly: if Congress can actually muster the political will to make a proper declaration of war, I will continue to pay my taxes. If, however, we have the Administration committing yet more illegal acts of war, I will join this tax revolt.
Somebody set up a pledge site. I think a message needs to be sent.
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As an outsider looking in to America, I don't believe there's any way that the U.S. will engage in military action with Iran.
No matter how good the reasons for war are, I don't think the U.S. could afford to wage it.
I see the U.S. massively scaling back their international military presence in the next decade, and porcupining (is that word?) on their own soil while they work out their economic future.
I think you underestimate the blind militarism that has overtaken the Presidency, and the degree to which our Congress has degenerated. You are exactly right: we could not afford it. If your prediction is correct, that is effectively a prediction of a Ron Paul presidency, which, of course, I enthusiastically support (to the tune of probably $500 or so at this point, with more to come).
I hope you are right. I fear you are wrong. I expect that, whatever happens, the next twenty years or so are definitely going to qualify as what I believe the Chinese refer to as "Interesting Times."
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