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"Time To Resign." General Barry McCaffrey consistently misstated the facts on key drug policy issues without apology when he is corrected. While we pointed out these factual errors we also applauded him when he has taken sensible positions, e.g. methadone (Pinocchio) and mandatory sentences (Let Judges Judge). Reports of his efforts to inject drug war messages into the media by paying for scripts and reviewing scripts in advance (Has the Drug Czar Bought the Media), as well as his efforts to involve the US in the Colombian civil war convinced us that it was time for General McCaffrey to resign -- he undermined too many basic American values in the name of the drug war. This advertisement appeared in the National Review,
the The New Republic, the Weekly Standard, The Nation,
Reason Magazine and The Progressive
in 2000. Also available in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Your failed leadership has . . . |
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A civil society cannot permit government officials to subvert the media, undermine democracy and endanger its citizenry. You have lost sight of basic American values. It is time to move on. |
Common Sense for Drug Policy, Kevin B. Zeese, President 703-354-9050, 703-354-5695, info@csdp.org For more information visit http://www.csdp.org. |
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