Carl Nolte's profile of J. Michael Myatt, the former CEO of Marines
Memorial (Native Son, November 11, 2017) quotes George Shultz, former
Secretary of State under Reagan, as saying, “He (Myatt) is a San
Francisco phenomenon.” George Shultz is not your average San
Franciscan He is a fat cat Republican Party oligarch; the kind of
person who couldn't get elected dog catcher in this town.
In that same issue of the Chronicle, on page A5, is the headline
“Rising hunger tied to endless global warfare”. In his recent book,
Bush and Cheney, How They Ruined America and the World, David Ray
Griffin also quotes Shultz, “ Shultz argued for 'preventive or
pre-emptive actions against terrorist groups before they strike.'”
It is exactly the policy of “pre-emptive” wars that has given rise
to “endless global warfare” and George Shultz is one of the
architects of this policy. As the head of Bechtel, he also
profited from war.
The rush to war in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria has cost us dearly
and we are less, not more, secure. George Shultz aside, it would be
better not to send our young men and women into harm's way without a
compelling reason.
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