Paul Craig Roberts: Bush Crosses the Rubicon
http://counterpunch.com/roberts01162006.htmlJanuary 16, 2006
Tyrant in the White House
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Bush Crosses the Rubicon
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Dictatorships seldom appear full-fledged but emerge piecemeal. When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with one Roman legion he broke the tradition that protected the civilian government from victorious generals and launched the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Fearing that Caesar would become a king, the Senate assassinated him. From the civil wars that followed, Caesar's grand nephew, Octavian, emerged as the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus.