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Bush's Draft is starting
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:53:36 -0400, wrote:
The war, which continues in Iraq, is the culminating episode in the long 20th-century history of the rebellion of the colonized against the empires of the west: it is the story of Vietnam, Algeria and the Congo, of Nicaragua and the Lebanon, of Chilean guerrillas, Australian Aborigines and Celtic nationalists, of all the counter-cultural forces of the century past. And to understand such an epochal struggle across the continents, we don't need to get exercised about weapons or mobile labs as possible causes. The reason for what happened lies in the nature of America's hegemony in 2004, the solitude of its self-understanding, the tragedy of its geographically enforced isolation, and the sum total of over a century of European, and especially British, meddling in the Middle East. The always invented cause is a throw-away prop to argument: it can come and go. But the reason was there long before the deeds of war. We did not need the Iraq war to happen to establish our knowledge of the nature of US power, and British collusion in that omnipotence. This is why Iraq troubles the way we live now, and have lived for a long time. It is a call to self-examination and the national conscience, neither of which are natural ports of call for the breezy certitudes and quick collapses of British journalism. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0311-04.htm |
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Bush's Draft is starting
David wrote: On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:53:36 -0400, wrote: The war, which continues in Iraq, is the culminating episode in the long 20th-century history of the rebellion of the colonized against the empires of the west: it is the story of Vietnam, Algeria and the Congo, of Nicaragua and the Lebanon, of Chilean guerrillas, Australian Aborigines and Celtic nationalists, of all the counter-cultural forces of the century past. the point of this drivel Iknow the hisory of the region well Saddam was made dangerous by US and the saudis and the Kuwatis togther we had a duty to deal with him when he got out of hand and attacked the Kuwaitis. since scation and over filght was not finshing the job and he was refusing to honnor his agreements with us we had to go and shoot hi to show that such defiance is intolerable. we did that, so we won the war we may win the peace or not. that battle is worth fighting, bt intime we may and shia and sunni are crave each other up I have a duty to try and prevent that but it may e beyond us |
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Bush's Draft is starting
GOD troubles the way we live now, Old Chap....
Have you tried the cognac here, my good man? It's absolutely magnificent! Tee-time is 7am sharp. Croquet will be provided for the children and we will take out the yacht at 1pm. Please be prompt. rb Radio content: The great thing about receivers is... they cut everyone down to the same size. "David" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:53:36 -0400, wrote: The war, which continues in Iraq, is the culminating episode in the long 20th-century history of the rebellion of the colonized against the empires of the west: it is the story of Vietnam, Algeria and the Congo, of Nicaragua and the Lebanon, of Chilean guerrillas, Australian Aborigines and Celtic nationalists, of all the counter-cultural forces of the century past. And to understand such an epochal struggle across the continents, we don't need to get exercised about weapons or mobile labs as possible causes. The reason for what happened lies in the nature of America's hegemony in 2004, the solitude of its self-understanding, the tragedy of its geographically enforced isolation, and the sum total of over a century of European, and especially British, meddling in the Middle East. The always invented cause is a throw-away prop to argument: it can come and go. But the reason was there long before the deeds of war. We did not need the Iraq war to happen to establish our knowledge of the nature of US power, and British collusion in that omnipotence. This is why Iraq troubles the way we live now, and have lived for a long time. It is a call to self-examination and the national conscience, neither of which are natural ports of call for the breezy certitudes and quick collapses of British journalism. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0311-04.htm |
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