>Who's who?
>
>Confused? Having difficulty telling the good guys from the bad guys? Use
>this handy guide to differences between Terrorists and the U.S. Government:
>
>TERRORISTS:
>Supposed leader is the spoiled son of a powerful politician, from
>extremely wealthy oil family
>US GOVERNMENT:
>Supposed leader is the spoiled son of a powerful politician, from
>extremely wealthy oil family
>
>TERRORISTS:
>Leader has declared a holy war ('Jihad') against his 'enemies'; believes
>any nation not with him is against him; believes god is on his side, and
>that any means are justified.
>US GOVERNMENT:
>Leader has declared a holy war ('Crusade') against his 'enemies'; believes
>any nation not with him is against him; believes god is on his side, and
>that any means are justified.
>
>TERRORISTS:
>Supported by extreme fundamentalist religious leaders who preach hatred,
>intolerance, subjugation of women, and persecution of non-believers
>US GOVERNMENT:
>Supported by extreme fundamentalist religious leaders who preach hatred,
>intolerance, subjugation of women,and persecution of non-believers
>
>TERRORISTS:
>Leadership was not elected by a majority of the people in a free and fair
>democratic election
>US GOVERNMENT:
>Leadership was not elected by a majority of the people in a free and fair
>democratic election
>
>TERRORISTS:
>Kills thousands of innocent civilians, some of them children, in cold
>blooded bombings
>US GOVERNMENT:
>Kills (tens of) thousands of innocent civilians, some of them children, in
>cold blooded bombings
>
>TERRORISTS:
>Operates through clandestine organization (al Qaeda) with agents in many
>countries; uses bombing, assassination, other terrorist tactics
>US GOVERNMENT:
>Operates through clandestine organization (CIA) with agents in many
>countries; uses bombing, assassination,other terrorist tactics
>
>TERRORISTS:
>Using war as pretext to clamp down on dissent and undermine civil liberties
>US GOVERNMENT:
>Using war as pretext to clamp down on dissent and undermine civil liberties
>
>STOP THE WAR!
>
>
>The following comic strip was CENSORED from the New York Daily News:
>http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/viewbo.cfm?uc_full_date=20011004&uc_comic=
>bo&uc_daction=X
That's the "Boondocks" cartoon, which has been quite excellent lately,
risking censorship daily. BTW, speaking of censorship, I never saw a story
about UN denunciation of the war in the L.A. TIMES.
>The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral,
>begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy... Through violence you may
>murder the hater, but you do not murder hate.
>-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>
>Killing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
>-- Vietnam era antiwar slogan
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
