You said no Limbaugh.
And then there is this. worth linking through to the URL to see who he is responding to......
TARIQ ALI: Yeah. If a political organization emerges close to the resistance, which is being talked about, one of their demands, I'm pretty sure, will be the election of a constituent assembly. The question is this -- recently the chairman of the Republican party abroad said in a public debate with me on television -- she was in favor of democracy, but not in favor of elections. Which someone like you who is, you know a very knowledgeable about Orwellian doublespeak will appreciate. You cannot have democracy without elections, if you have elections, you will be faced with an immediate problem. When you say you, I mean the U.S. Administration. I wasn't being literal. What they will be faced with is the problem of constituent assembly, whoever is in a majority. They will unite on demanding a rapid end to the occupation, Iraqi control of Iraqi oil and probably no military bases in Iraq. Which U.S. administration is going to accept that? They have been putting military bases in these great countries all over central Asia.
The second thing I want to say is on Palestine. I think that the Palestinians wanted Ariel Sharon, who was one of the most hard-line leaders for regime change in Iraq, because they regarded the Iraqis as a regime which wasn't totally under the control of the west and therefore, did help the Palestinians, not just the suicide bombers but gave lots of money to the Palestinians. He wanted this regime defeated because he also thought that the Iraqi army had the potential of intervening in the situation. And so, there was massive pressure from Sharon. What did Sharon say the day after Baghdad fell? "Now I hope that you Palestinians will come to your senses because your great protector is dead."
This is what I was referring to the "head man" mentality, refusing to understand why people are resisting, but the actions of the Palestinians have created now a very big crisis in Israel. I was incredibly touched to read in yesterday's British press, I don't know whether it's been reported in the U.S. presses yesterday, that ten Israeli air force pilots refused to fly bombing missions over Palestine, including Blackhawk helicopter pilots, and said, "we are pilots, and we are soldiers. We are not mafia men who go on hits for the purposes of revenge which has created a small crisis."
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