- The 2004 US presidential election will be a referendum
on the Bush doctrine of preemptive military action, George Soros, the financier
and philanthropist declared today.
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- But getting rid of Mr Bush is not enough, Mr Soros argued,
saying that the US needs an alternative vision. The man who famously who
made a fortune betting against the pound in the late 80s, said America
had "gone off the rails" after September 11 and that it was important
to "puncture the bubble of American supremacy."
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- In London to promote his latest book, The Bubble of American
Surpremacy - a tirade against the Bush administration - Mr Soros told a
packed auditorium at the London School of Economics that he was prepared
to use some of his vast fortune to turf Mr Bush out of the White House.
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- Reiterating his willingness to put his money where his
mouth is, Mr Soros said: "I am ready to step in to rectify the disparity
of money for Bush and against Bush."
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- Pointing out that Open Society, the foundation he created
to promote democracy around the world has $450m (£248.4m) in assets,
Mr Soros said he was prepared to commit about $12.5m to "political
action" against Mr Bush. In fact, Mr Soros told the Washington Post
in January that he has donated $15.5m to groups dedicated to prising Mr
Bush out of the Oval Office.
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- Expressing his concern at what he saw as a critical lack
of debate on Mr Bush's policies, Mr Soros said the president had wrapped
himself in the flag and accused the administration of having created an
"Orwellian truth machine that manufactures truth."
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- "It is ironic that the government of the most successful
open society in the world should have fallen into the hands of ideologues
who ignore the first principles of open society," Mr Soros writes
in the Bubble of American Supremacy. "Who would have thought... that
the US itself could pose a threat to open society? Yet that is what is
happening, both internally and internationally."
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- If Americans voted Mr Bush out in November, Mr Soros
said, the Bush doctrine would be seen as an aberration is US foreign policy,
if not then the world would have to live with the consequences. Mr Soros
was not asked which Democratic candidate he favoured, but he indicated
how tough it would be to beat the president because of the rude health
of the US economy.
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- "Karl Rove (Mr Bush's top political strategist)
has done an extremely good job in pumping up the economy - he is the one
who runs the economy - and they have made a more or less jobless, but profitful
recovery. It's been very successful. The price will be paid in 2005 and
afterwards," Mr Soros said.
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- The Hungarian ÈmigrÈ said, however, that
turfing Mr Bush out was not enough. Mr Soros urged the development of what
he called the community of democracies that could form a more effective
multilateral bloc outside the UN.
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- "The formation of an influential democratic bloc
of nations would change the character of the UN, making it more effective
in influencing the behaviour of its members," Mr Soros writes in his
book. "Repressive regimes would be excluded from active decision making;
failed states could be put under protection of the UN. The currently insoluble
problem of using the UN to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign
states could be on the way to a solution."
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- Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited
2004
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- http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0%2C13918%2C1134528%2C00.html
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- Comment
- From George
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- This vile reptilian only means to save this doomed orb
for himself, his kind and a few slaves and lackies, he deems suitable for
reptilian/Anunaki dominance. Most save the 'planet for our children' people
are fakes and hypocrits. They are afraid bushco will destroy their 'heaven'
with their insane drive to destroy themselves and the planet. Alien wars
are commencing, Israel may well be one of the first casualties, as busharon
is edging too close to the precipice to suit earth firster reptilians,
like Soros and his ilk. I think it's rather amusing to see them all so
desperate, faltering and failing. Nothing they can do will stop their
annihilation. Soros will never be able to dig deep enough to save his worthless
hide or consciousness.
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