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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/04/19/BA196769.DTL Vidal's analysis of Sept. 11 gets warm reception Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, April 19, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------- With warm approval from a packed house last night, author Gore Vidal dissected the Sept. 11 attacks and returned to his basic theme: America is not without blame. The acclaimed political and historical essayist spoke to about 1,300 people at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, elaborating on his latest book, "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace," which examines the federal government's role in Sept. 11. Speaking in a wry tone that brought laughter from the audience, and often relying on understatement, Vidal said the United States had in more than 200 instances attacked other countries. "We've been like this rogue elephant going around the world, attacking this country and that," said Vidal. He said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, while lamentable, were not completely inexplicable. "Sooner or later, someone was going to get irritable," said Vidal. "The first rule of physics is that for every act, there is reaction." He belittled the Bush administration, which he said was beholden to business interests. And he said the war in Afghanistan amounted to an oil grab, rather than a desire to root out terrorists. "It's Central Asian oil that we have our eyes on," Vidal said. Stanford history Professor Barton Bernstein, one of three panelists, echoed some of Vidal's thoughts while examining the history of what he said was America's military aggression. Based on its history, he said, the United States could be considered a terrorist state. Other panelists were Roberg Higgs of the Independent Institute of Oakland and Thomas Moore of the Hoover Institution at Stanford. _________________________________________ E-mail Ryan Kim at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Starts & ends at the colonnade between Grand & Lakeshore Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: (510)763-8712, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
