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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Machaon who wrote (5336)	10/2/2002 2:00:37 AM
From: the truth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

In my last message I was very clear that I am empathetic to the US citizens are their families that have lost so much because of the TERRORIST acts executed during 9/11. But it amazes me how one can defend a media that has glamorized every event in history just to make a quick profit. Say it isn't so. O.J. Simpson? Who cares? What about freedom of speech? Especially when pertaining to the media? An individual who dares speaks against the grain is pressured by the large corporations who threaten to pull sponsorship if one does not apologize for their "trangressions" only to have the show cancelled by TV executives. Bill Maher anyone? My point is clear. American media has to create interest. Most Americans could not locate Canada on an unlabelled map so how could anyone take interest in Afghanistan? Easy. You give people the "MTV", U-S-A chanting, "America Strikes Back" version. Jazzy, dynamic, energetic...thougtless. Perhaps the American media should focus on how we got here. Why did 3000, sincerely sorry for the miscount, have to die? Why did so many Afghani people have to die as a result US bombs landing on their village during a wedding? Some UN estimates have exceeded 10000 Afghani civilians dying as a result of US bombs. Several of our Canadian soldiers died as a result of "friendly" fire. I guess the US lumber tariffs were also friendly fire on Canadians. American media should further expose how the Taliban became so powerful in the eighties. I can guarantee that less than 5 percent of Americans knew of the Taliban before 9/11. I am 31 years old and I was aware of the Taliban over a decade ago when they first started murdering civilians to form their oppressive regime. I had heard of how the US intelligence funded the Taliban during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Do you think that a group of uneducated herdsman can become so powerful overnight? No. Do your homework. And what of India and Pakistan. My parents were born in India and I had uncles die in the Indo-Pak border wars. This has been going on for over a half a century and your people just take notice now? Why? Because American blood has been spilled. When did the Americans participate in World War Two anyway? I cannot believe someone like yourself with your intelligence can only come up fumbling excuses for your government. Americans should demand more disclosure from their governments and turn OFF CNN. The American bureaus of CNN are brutal and orchestrated to hit the TV markets in the US. That kind of journalism would not fly in other countries because most other citizens of the world understand the reasons for geo-political tensions that exist in the world today. The average American does not. Talk about conspiracies. Your government believes in truth and freedom. What about Saudi Arabia? Probably one of the most oppressive regimes in the world and your country cowhers to them because of their oil. Saudi Arabia oppresses their people into silence and ignorance. You defend this? American bases in this country? Friend of the US? No. Money, control, power. Iraq has the second largest reserves in the world next to the Saudi's. And od your homework and find out why Iraq invaded Kuwait. Do you think Saddam Hussein is an idiot? He is a sociopath, just like your president and he will lie through his teeth to deem his reasons valid. But the Kuwaitis were angle drilling into Iraqi reserves long before the invasion that precipitated "DESERT STORM." America always needs a movie tital for their military exercises. For the record, I have close American friends who I love dearly. They also agree that the average American does not have enough exposure to the facts. Tony Blair? "THE BRITISH ARE COMING...THE BRITSH ARE COMING?." Such good friends aren't you. TRUTH Truth

To: Machaon who wrote (5336)	10/2/2002 8:59:21 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 32591

Congressional traitors Joseph Farah October 2, 2002 In another time, in a similar situation, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., and Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich., would be indicted for high treason and face the death penalty for the stunt they pulled in Baghdad this week. It would be justice if they received a capital sentence. "I think the president would mislead the American people," said McDermott from Baghdad. He suggested the U.S. is trying to "provoke a war." He said our country has "put a gun to the head of Saddam." Bonior said Iraqi officials have assured them that weapons inspectors will have unrestricted ability to go wherever they want. They promised! They said this while on foreign soil. They said this in a television interview from Baghdad. They said this under the sponsorship of Saddam Hussein. They said this with malice aforethought. They did all of this for no other reason than political benefit. A third congressman, Mike Thompson, D-Calif., wasn't quite so outspoken. He didn't directly denounce the United States on hostile foreign territory. He merely traveled with this pair of immoral misfits and gave aid and comfort to Saddam Hussein along with them. Let me tell you why this is treason. Let me explain why this is the kind of treachery no American should ever forget. Let me tell you why this trio should never again be accepted in polite company and ought to be, at the very least, turned out of their seats in the House of Representatives. On Sept. 11, 2001, this country was viciously attacked without provocation. For a season that was much too short, most Americans rallied together in agreement that such aggression needed to be met by overwhelming force, that the perpetrators of this mass murder needed to be eliminated or captured by any and all means necessary, that the nation would not rest until all those involved had been dealt with once and for all. Just a little more than a year later, the American consensus on these objectives has been broken. Saddam Hussein is morally responsible and culpable for Sept. 11. For years, as Yossef Bodansky and others have documented, he supported Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in their terrorist plans – even going so far as to provide an airliner they could use to practice skyjacking. Hussein provided money. He provided men. He provided materiel. And he provided bases of operation. People like McDermott and Bonior will tell you that Hussein's interests and bin Laden's simply don't intersect – that Hussein is a secular tyrant and bin Laden is an Islamist zealot. Apparently they thought they had common interests in plotting the demise of America – because that's just what they did for at least a decade before Sept. 11. And that relationship didn't change after Sept. 11, either. In fact, as Vice President Dick Cheney and other administration officials have begun to point out in recent weeks, al-Qaida terrorist cells are still operating in Iraq with Hussein's approval. They worked together before Sept. 11, and they are still working together. Let's remember why we attacked Afghanistan. There was only one reason. Because the Taliban government was hosting and protecting al-Qaida. There is no difference in Iraq today. And that's why the actions of McDermott and Bonior are beyond despicable, beyond the scope of mere "policy differences," beyond the realm of loyal opposition and dissent in the American tradition. McDermott and Bonior should be shunned by every good American if and when they ever come home. They should be impeached from office. Perhaps they should be sentenced to live in a hellhole like Iraq. This war is not over, folks. It's just beginning. Today WorldNetDaily reports the strong likelihood that al-Qaida is in possession of some 20 suitcase nuclear bombs and other weapons of mass destruction. Iraq helped them get some of these weapons. They will be used against us. And if Hussein is allowed to continue in power in Iraq for another decade, he will develop even more deadly weapons with new delivery systems – all designed to be used on the American people. McDermott and Bonior are apologists for Iraq. Iraq is allied with al-Qaida. What does that make McDermott and Bonior to the American people? Enemies. worldnetdaily.com