Gore Vidal speaks about President Bush's actions in the Persian Gulf, and analyzes the United States as a country in which representative democracy has become ornamental, while important decisions are made by the "National Security State."|GORE VIDAL : DOWN TO THE DEADLINE / produced by Charles Bell and Pam Burton. - Vidal discusses President Bush's actions in the Persian Gulfand analyzes the U.S. as a country in which representative democracy has become ornamental, while important decisions are made by the "national security state." - RECORDED: in Los Angeles, 15 Jan. 1991.
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