And
Canadian troops never accidentally killed children during WW 2?? Never
accidentally killed civilians?? What were Canadians doing in the Korean
War vis a vis controlling the movements of refugees??
arthur
So one killing justifies
another? The kids who were killed had absolutely nothing to do with
the war. I still find it all rather horrible. The slaughter of
the innocents! If there is such a thing as divine justice, this is where
it fits.
Ed
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Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:59
AM
Subject: RE: [Futurework] Are they going
mad?
And
Canadian troops never accidentally killed children during WW 2?? Never
accidentally killed civilians?? What were Canadians doing in the Korean
War vis a vis controlling the movements of refugees??
arthur
Just a short addition to my previous post.
The Americans have now become child killers. Nine a few days ago, six
more recently. If this isn't madness, I don't know what is. The
following from the CBC morning news:
KABUL - Six children were crushed to death during a U.S.
military operation in Afghanistan, a military spokesperson said
Wednesday.
The bodies of the children and two adults were discovered after a
Friday night attack on a compound near Gardez, the capital of the
eastern Paktia province. A wall had collapsed on the victims.
American officials say the compound was used as a weapons storehouse
by an Afghan rebel leader named Mullah Jalani.
U.S. Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty said warplanes and soldiers attacked the
site.
"We try very hard not to kill anyone," said Hilferty, who said the
U.S. regrets any civilian deaths.
It's not known if any U.S. soldiers were injured or killed in the
raid.
It's the second time in a week children have died in an American
raid.
Nine children were killed Saturday in Ghazni province. They were
discovered in a field after a U.S. air attack. American officials have
apologized for the incident, which they say targeted a well-known
Taliban official.
The U.S. military launched on Dec. 2 what it calls the largest
operation since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. Operation
Avalanche involves more than 2,000 troops.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] Are they
going mad?
Perhaps they always were a little mad and are now
becoming more so. Naom Chomsky has a new book
out, "Hegemony or Survival". I saw a short
televised interview with him last night in which he argued that
the US Administration has become so obsessed with power that it has become
a real danger to the world. George Soros says something similar in
an article in the current Atlantic. Madness does seem to have
descended upon us.
Ed
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Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
3:21 AM
Subject: [Futurework] Are they
going mad?
What irony! If there could have been any
"justification" for America invading Iraq, it was because Saddam was
excluding US and UK oil corporations from development contracts in the
rich oilfields of northern Iraq.
What's up with the Bush
team? Are they going mad? Those whom the Gods wish to
destroy .............
I think the Bush team is falling to pieces.
Consider. Two days ago, Powell wanted NATO to help with the occupation
of Iraq. Now the Pentagon comes out with this (below). Of course, this
could seen as an immediate riposte to NATO turning him down (or, rather,
expressing reservations).
No, I think the members of the Bush
team are now staggering about from one decision to another with little
coordination of strategy. They're in a schizophrenic state. They really
don't know what to do in Iraq. (Besides, why are they thinking about
reconstruction contracts when they should be applying themselves to the
prime objective of bringing about an Iraqi government by July?)
I
repeat my guess of a couple of days ago. I think Powell (and perhaps
Condee) will resign soon. Then the team will really be seen to be
falling apart.
Now that Howard Dean is overwhelmingly the
Democratic front-runner, it's possible that there'll now be a tidal wave
of opinion against Bush. I'm amazed that America has been so supine over
the invasion so far -- considering Vietnam (and soon, being kicked out
of Afghanistan).
Keith Hudson
<<<< PENTAGON BARS THREE NATIONS FROM IRAQ
BIDS
Douglas Jehl
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 The Pentagon has
barred French, German and Russian companies from competing for $18.6
billion in contracts for the reconstruction of Iraq, saying it was
acting to protect "the essential security interests of the United
States."
The directive, issued Friday by Paul D. Wolfowitz, the
deputy defense secretary, represents the most substantive retaliation to
date by the Bush administration against American allies who opposed its
decision to go to war in Iraq. from New York Times -- 10 December
2003 >>>> Keith Hudson, Bath, England, <www.evolutionary-economics.org>
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