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I bombardamenti sono inziati stanotte. Pensiamo alle prossime mosse politiche. La partita con l'Iraq è già chiusa. Occorre prendere Bush sul serio quando parla. Questo mi semra che lo abbiamo imparato a nostre spese. Quindi i prossimi assi del male sono Nordcorea e Iran. Ragioniamoci. Sulla Corea del Nord c'è poco da fare, visto che si offrono spontaneamente all'altare del sacrificio, con il rischio che sia nucleare. Va solo ricordato che durante la presidenza Clinton l'unificazione fra le due Coree era vicinissima, a portata di mano. Tant'è.
L'Iran invece è un problema serio. Sconfitto l'Iraq diventerà la prima potenza del Golfo. Controlla gli Hezb in Libano, estrae 5 milioni di barili di petrolio. Ha sicuramente testate nucleari (Colin Powell l'a già dichiarato e Panorama puntualmente riportato con tanto di cartine.) Lavora su progetti di missili a 3.000 km di gittata. Gli Israeliani ne hanno paura. Il Mossad ha già liquidato degli scienziati che lavoravano al progetto.
L'Iran ha molti legami d'affari con l'Europa. L'Iran è l'unico ostacolo al ricongiungimento via terra delle truppe USA nel Golfo e quelle in Asia Centrale. Una guerra all'Iran coinvolgerà il Libano del Sud e forse la Siria.
L'Europa è un vaniloquio. Pensare che possa fermare la prossima guerra, dopo il disastro diplomatico irakeno, è pura utopia. L'Europa degli Chirac, Schroder, Prodi, Monti ecc. per i prossimi anni sarà impegnata con la sua stagnazione economica e le sue banche piene di sofferenze.
Bush si ferma solo negli USA. Ed è solo il Partito Democratico che può farlo. Se si libera dello strapotere dei filo-israeliani (Lieberman e soci).
Io creo che dobbiamo lavorare a un vero "movimento internazionale per la pace". Un movimento che faccia pressione in America, dentro l'America. Contrapporre Europa e America come nazioni è la strada peggiore. Ma vogliamo tornare davvero all'Europa delle potenze? Vogliamo dimenticarci i disastri combinati dai francesi e dagli italiani in Africa? La politica occhiuta e cretina dei tedeschi verso l'Est Europa, a partire dalla guerra jugoslava?
Non so se la macchina di guerra avviata in Iraq si possa fermare. So solo che non saranno gli Europei a fermarla, non le nazioni europee, tantomeno la UE.
>From: Alex Foti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [RK] The people vs. 'Total War Incorporated'
>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:35:00 +0100
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>Alla fine gli angloamericani hanno bypassato ONU e Consiglio di
>Sicurezza pur di non mettere ai voti la loro minoranza nei confronti
>del mondo. Il progetto di dominazione globale di Bush il Cristiano
>Rinato a questo punto non ha più vincoli a frenarlo. O Reich
>rumsfeldiano o Impero wolfowitziano che ne emergerà stiamo
>assistendo a quella che i protagonisti definiscono "rivoluzione"
>negli affari del mondo.
>Vedremo se il Behemoth inciamperà nella sua stazza oppure no come è
>probabile, e se riuscirà a vincere la pace, cosa più difficile ma
>non impossibile. In ogni casodubito che il XXI secolo finirà con
>l'essere di nuovo americano. La potenza attira nemici, la potenza
>senza limiti si attira l'inimicizia globale. Di tutti i commenti
>quello terreo di Prodi mi è sembrato quello più appropriato: questa
>guerra ha già causato tanti danni... (enumeriamoli: scisma
>dell'Occidente, scisma dell'Europa, Corea, Cipro, Djindjic, nuova
>pulizia etnica in Palestina...). Chiunque ha progetti malati in
>mente avrà spazio per dargli corso, mentre gli occhi delle
>diplomazie saranno puntati sulla Mesopotamia.
>
>Allora battiamoci perché il futuro sia eurolatino (la presenza di
>Aznar non è forse motivata più dalla constituency latina e dalla
>continuazione del dominio yanqui sul Sudamerica, piuttosto che da
>ragioni militari?), l'unica speranza per una cosmodemocrazia
>potenzialmente globale. Ma in nostra assenza il 2100 terminerà con
>essere il secolo asiatico, anzi cinese (chi ha letto GUERRA SENZA
>LIMITI sa già che le elite cinesi sono, molto ma molto più
>acculturate e lungimiranti delle nostre), il che vorrà forse dire un
>progetto ancora più radicalmente antiumanista di quello dei
>petrolieri texani: libera clonazione, libera mercificazione del
>corpo e della vita, ecologia autoritaria da società sotto assedio,
>libero arbitrio del potere ecc. ecc.
>
>At 12.01 18/03/03 +0100, you wrote:
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>>Via: "Barbara Vanderlinden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>From: "Lieven Test" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>(Dear all, please read this letter and forward it, if you like it,
>>worldwide. [if you received it before, this is a more definitive
>>version] If
>>you have serious suggestions to help this peace action go forward,
>>mail me.)
>>
>>The people vs. 'Total War INCorporated'
>>
>>(an Open Letter to Jacques Derrida and the intellectuals, artists
>>and
>>students around the globe, and to whom it may concern)
>>
>>Dear Prof Derrida, and dear prof. Wallerstein, dear prof Chomsky,
>>dear prof
>>Agamben, dear prof Kristeva, dear prof. Haraway, dear prof. Badiou,
>>dear
>>Prof. Said, dear prof. Zizek, dear prof. Sloterdijk, dear prof.
>>Castells,
>>dear Prof Petrella, dear prof Jameson, dear Isabel Allende, dear
>>Vaclav
>>Havel, dear prof Amin Malouf, dear dr. honoris causa Salman
>>Rusdie, and all
>>the intellectuals, artists and students of planet earth....,
>>
>>I have send this open letter - about the fact that (in one word)
>>'The
>>Project for a New American Century', the master think thank behind
>>this war,
>>is preaching and planning crimes against humanity - already to the
>>all the
>>people mentioned underneath (- I still miss the e-mail address of
>>Jacques
>>Derrida and a few others).
>>
>>The idea is to start a sort of Russell tribunal, or indeed a
>>'Derrida-Tribunal' against the PNAC (more specifically the authors
>>of the
>>(in)famous report 'Rebuilding America's Defenses', published by the
>>PNAC in
>>September 2000. This could be completed by a real (pre emptive)
>>complaint
>>against the authors and their organisation for "openly planning and
>>preaching crimes against humanity. (to be laid down at The High
>>Court for
>>Human Rights in Geneva, Belgium and in Israel, where apparently
>>there is
>>also a law to prosecute crimes against humanity at an international
>>scale).
>>Even according to specialists, a pre-emptive complaint could be
>>laid down at
>>the international tribunal in the Hague against Bush, Blair and
>>Aznar for
>>planning a "aggressive war" in strict violation of International
>>Law. If
>>they go with UN-mandate. If Ircq had no right to invade Kuwait
>>without
>>permission of the UN, then the USA or any other state has the right
>>to
>>invade Iracq without permission if the UN. It's as simple as that,
>>and
>>everybody knows it. Even they know it.
>>
>>Please read the articles underneath and, if possible, react. Any
>>reaction is
>>welcome. I have already telephonic reaction from Giorgio Agamben
>>and
>>Riccardo Petrella, who favour action, and a written, rather
>>critical
>>reaction from prof. Martin Jay, who severally warms me for
>>anti-semitism.
>>This is a spontaneaus reaction from Richard Plunz (not meant for
>>publication
>>no doubt, but then he will laugh about it when he finds out. He is
>>a
>>professor of Urban Design at Columbia): "Lieven:Yes, it is all
>>true. We are
>>being commandeered by the fascists - now is the first time I begin
>>to
>>understand what it was to be on the Italian left in 1933. Here the
>>things
>>you write about are known, but we are in a shambles.
>>They intend their war no matter what. Keep screaming! Richard"
>>Thank you very much for your time. I hope that, after reading the
>>three
>>articles included, you won't regret the time it took. Feel free to
>>forward
>>this message to all those (great minds and lesser gods) I forgot.
>>
>>With deep respect,
>>
>>Lieven De Cauter
>>
>>---
>>
>>(I) The key to this war: The educational war plans of the PNAC
>>
>>By Lieven De Cauter
>>
>>The acronym PNAC is the key to GWII (the second Gulf War). Did you
>>know?
>>I didn't. In the spring of 1997 neo-conservatives Robert Kagan and
>>William Kristol of The Weekly Standard founded 'The Project for a
>>New
>>American Century' (PNAC). Richard Perle appears to be another
>>founding
>>member. Other distinguished founding members in the early days
>>were:
>>Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Jeb Bush, brother of Bush II.
>>Then
>>there are also Richard Armitage, currently 'Deputy Secretary of
>>State';
>>Robert Zoellick, currently Secretary of State for Foreign Trade; I.
>>Lewis Libby, Cheney's right hand man as well as Zalmay Khalilzad,
>>special envoy for Afghanistan. Paul Wolfowitz, previously
>>Professor in
>>International Politics and Dean of the Johns Hopkins University was
>>initially director but left the position to become Defence Advisor
>>to
>>Bush Jr. The current director is Gary Schmitt. The PNAC describes
>>itself as "an non-profit, educational organisation whose goal it is
>>tot
>>to promote American global leadership".
>>
>>Their mission statement is clear: "The history of the 20th century
>>should have taught us that it is important to shape circumstances
>>before
>>crises emerge, and to meet threats before they become dire. The
>>history
>>of this century should have taught us to embrace the cause of
>>American
>>leadership." Because American leaders (Clinton in the first place)
>>failed to comprehend this mission of world leadership, the Project
>>for a
>>New American Century was launched. The PNAC's drew up an agenda to
>>achieve its mission. Item one is to achieve a massive increase of
>>the
>>defence budget and is a lever to achieve items 2 and 3: to
>>challenge
>>regimes hostile towards our interests and values and to accept the
>>responsibility for America's unique role in the preservation and
>>expansion of an international climate conducive to our safety,
>>prosperity and principles.
>>
>>The first action of the PNAC consisted of an attempt to convince
>>Clinton, then president, to attack Iraq immediately. They wrote
>>him a
>>letter in 1998. But Clinton was not to be convinced. A letter of
>>may
>>1998 to likeminded chums such as extremely conservative Newt
>>Gingrich
>>and senator Trent Lott is even more explicit: "We should establish
>>and
>>maintain a strong U.S. military presence in the region, and be
>>prepared
>>to use that force to protect our vital interests in the Gulf - and,
>>if
>>necessary, to help remove Saddam from power". Mark the hierarchy of
>>importance: first the permanent presence for 'vital interests' and
>>then,
>>when necessary, taking Saddam as a case. What are these vital
>>interests?
>>Although specialists never tire to tell us that oil is not at stake
>>here, there is an obvious connection between those 'vital
>>interests' and
>>the fact that most of those involved are, often very directly (like
>>Cheney or Condoleeza Rice), linked to the weapon and oil
>>industries.
>>In September 2000, before Bush won the election, the PNAC published
>>the
>>crucial report "Rebuilding America's Defences: Strategies, Forces
>>And
>>Resources For A New Century", in which they state clearly that to
>>attack
>>Saddam is but an alibi for American supremacy. It was written by
>>Thomas
>>Donnelly with the help of Donald Kagan of Yale University and Gary
>>Schmitt, but a whole list of people contributed to the thought
>>processes
>>that lead to the report, amongst them some of the above founders
>>like
>>William Kristol and I. Lewis Libby, and beside them: Alvin
>>Bernstein of
>>National Defense Univeristy, Eliot Cohen of Johns Hopkins
>>University,
>>David Epstein working at that time for the office of the Secretary
>>of
>>Defense, Abram Schulsky of RAND corporation, James Lasswell of GAMA
>>Corporation Dov Zakheim of System Planning Corporation and others.
>>One
>>name I want to add, who is probably now the most important of all
>>of
>>them: Paul Wolfowitz, now a crucial member of Bush jr.'s so called
>>"War
>>Cabinet".
>>
>>I quote some striking ideas of this report: "The United States has
>>for
>>decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional
>>security.
>>While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate
>>justification, the need for a substantial American force presence
>>in the
>>Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein". (p.14)
>>In
>>other words, the fact that Saddam is only an alibi is not a figment
>>of
>>the imagination of the protesters against this war, it is stated
>>explicitly by its master minds. (And: as early as 2000). The
>>report
>>argued for a large-scale upgrade of the army and estimated a
>>budgetary
>>increase of 15 to 20 billion dollars per year would be required to
>>transform the army into a kind of imperial super force, keeping the
>>lead
>>in "the revolution in military affairs". However, PNAC was well
>>aware
>>that this would not be plain sailing: "The process of
>>transformation, is
>>likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing
>>event-like a new Pearl Harbor." (p. 51) This is a genuine quote.
>>Need I
>>say more? However, there is more. One of the core tasks of the
>>transformed American army is "to fight and decisively win multiple,
>>simultaneous major theatre wars". (p. IV. find the complete text of
>>this
>>report on www.newamericancentury.org - ). How about that for a
>>shining
>>and truly educational programme, worthy of an educational
>>non-profit
>>organisation? Truly unbelievable, but really true. This PNAC
>>report is
>>nothing less then a roadmap to Empire - both the book and the
>>science
>>fiction series. In any case, following such a brilliant report the
>>'Project for a New American Century' could only prosper. With Bush
>>in
>>power, Dick Cheney as Vice President and Donald Rumsfeld as
>>Minister of
>>External Affairs, the PNAC became lord and master of the foreign
>>politics of the White House.
>>
>>And then there was nine eleven. Suddenly the New American Century
>>had
>>arrived: the long and eagerly awaited "catastrophic and catalysing"
>>event had occurred. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Co must have considered it
>>a
>>real God sent. It was an immediate justification for agenda item
>>1: a
>>massive increase in the defence budget. Ian Lustick, professor in
>>foreign politics and Middle-East-specialist at the University of
>>Pennsylvania, stated: "9/11, which had nothing to do with Iraq,
>>produced a gigantic political capital that allowed the government
>>to do
>>whatever they saw fit, as long as they could connect it with
>>national
>>security and the Middle East". According to a report from NBS
>>television, an enthusiastic Rumsfeld scribbled down in telegram
>>style,
>>the definitive plan from the still smoking Pentagon as follows:
>>"best
>>info fast. Judge whether good enough [to] hit S.H. at the same
>>time. Not
>>only UBL. .. Go massive. Sweep it all up. Things related and not."
>> For
>>S.H. read Saddam Hoessein, and for UBL read Usama Bin Laden and the
>>message becomes exceedingly clear: "all we need now is the right
>>information to find an alibi for a massive attack on Saddam". The
>>real
>>purpose is (according to the mission statement en report van de
>>PNAC,
>>cited above): to reinforce the American military and industrial
>>world
>>supremacy through a 'total war' (an expression of co-founder
>>Richard
>>Perle), such as The war on terrorism, the cleansing of Afghanistan
>>and
>>now the cleansing of the Gulf (and soon of Columbia). "Multiple,
>>simultaneous major theatre wars" with as motto: ".. Go massive.
>>Sweep
>>it all up. Things related and not." That is painfully clear. It
>>is the
>>real briefing for the troops, as they will shout in the near future
>>'Hell breaks loose'.
>>
>>Professor Lustick is of the view that the Jewish lobby, rather than
>>oil,
>>is behind the war schemes of the PNAC. The 'Jewish' logic appears
>>to be
>>that a forceful attack on Saddam would destroy the resolve of the
>>Palestinians and tempt them into signing a peace deal the terms of
>>which
>>can be completely dictated by Israel. A logic Lustic considers
>>deeply
>>flawed. He views 'this war plan as a triumph of simple ideology
>>over the
>>messy realities of global politics'. His conclusion is blunt:
>>"This is
>>not a war against fanatics, but a war of fanatics - our fanatics".
>>(with thanks to William Bunch, writing for 'Philadelphia Daily
>>News',
>>and to Kurt Nimmo writing for Counter Punch, November 2002 and
>>Christopher Bollyn, writing for American Free Press)
>>
>>(II) Meet the Master Minds: Dick Cheney, Vice President of the
>>United Oil,
>>Military and Drugs Industry
>>
>>To document the practice behind the PNAC-theory we pick a case
>>study:
>>Dick Cheney. He is, beside being Vice President of the United
>>States of
>>America and founding member of the 'Project for a New American
>>Century'(PNAC), the main individual shareholder of the giant
>>transnational Halliburton, one of the flagships of the American
>>industry. Brown & Root is an important corporation of the
>>Halliburton
>>group. In a hair raising article, Michael C. Rupert, ex LAPD agent,
>>writes the following: "Of all the American companies dealing
>>directly
>>with the US military and providing cover for CIA operations, few
>>firms
>>can match the global presence of this giant construction powerhouse
>>which employs 20,000 people in more than 100 countries. Through its
>>sister companies or joint ventures, Brown & Root can build offshore
>>oil
>>rigs, drill wells and construct and operate everything from
>>harbours and
>>pipelines to highways and nuclear reactors. It can train and arm
>>security forces and it can now also feed, supply and house armies."
>>What one calls an all round firm.
>>
>>Brown & Root is one of the largest partners of the American army.
>>It
>>builds and provides logistics wherever the American army is
>>present. In
>>addition to dealing in pipelines and military logistics it
>>specialises
>>in arms deals (e.g. with Iran in the late seventies). On top of
>>that it
>>is apparently also an expert provider of drug pipelines. Currently
>>it
>>appears engaged in a Colombian-American joint venture, called
>>Corfinsura, consisting of large building works for the Colombian
>>Antioquia drug syndicate, with headquarters in Meddellin. Brown &
>>Root
>>purchased and leased gigantic amounts of land in Colombia
>>(estimated to
>>be in the order of one billion square meters), which can be
>>transformed
>>into military camps at the stroke of a pen, in case of an invasion
>>by
>>the American army - an invasion that, according to the newspapers,
>>has
>>started surreptitiously.
>>
>>Dick Cheney is a specialist in al sorts of fields. "As the Bush
>>Secretary of Defense during Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-91),
>>Cheney
>>also directed special operations involving Kurdish rebels in
>>northern
>>Iran. The Kurds' primary source of income for more than 50 years
>>has
>>been heroin smuggling from Afghanistan and Pakistan through Iran,
>>Iraq
>>and Turkey." (ibid.). Brown & Root picked its share, as it did in
>>Kosovo, where Cheney's company earned hundreds of millions of
>>dollars
>>building facilities for the America army and where it still has a
>>presence. And as the Kosovo Liberation Army controlled 70% of the
>>European heroin import.
>>
>>In 2000 the Centre for Public Integrity (CPI) (2000)
>>published a report entitled "Cheney Led Halliburton to Feast at
>>Federal
>>Trough". According to this report Halliburton, under Cheney's
>>leadership, received 3.8 billion dollars in federal contracts and
>>government loans, mainly via Brown & Root. The loans were
>>transferred
>>via two banks, Exim and Opic. According to reliable sources those
>>banks
>>are CIA infiltrated and regularly distribute NOC (Non Official
>>Cover,
>>the code for drugs) to their officers. Etc. etc.
>>Group Alpha, a Russian banking conglomerate, traffics in oil and
>>drugs.
>>Via loans to Brown & Root it managed to launder this money, which
>>in
>>turn enabled Brown & Root to extend its oil drillings in Russia.
>>(I
>>present the key lines only, based on a report of the CPI, and the
>>above
>>mentioned article of Michael Rupert, since it would take ten
>>volumes to
>>unravel the intricate schemes involved). The Alpha Group is also
>>in
>>cahoots with Gilberto Rodriguez, currently in prison and the boss
>>of the
>>Kali drug cartel. Most importantly, much of this laundered money
>>was
>>subsequently used to finance Bush's election campaign. And then
>>there
>>is Richard Armitage, also a member of the idealistic educational
>>organisation PNAC, involved in drug trafficking in Laos.
>>Besides war, drugs, military logistics and the weapon industry, oil
>>plays a key role. Whatever else can be said, the connection
>>between the
>>Bush dynasty, the oil industry and Halliburton, where Bush sr.
>>started
>>his career, appears to be conveniently forgotten nowadays. Perhaps
>>Bush
>>and Cheney intend to rebuild the Iraqi oilfields via Brown & Root,
>>or
>>exploit them via (via via) Halliburton. Or via Chevron Oil, which
>>counts Condooleza Rice amongst its board members. Turkey however,
>>does
>>not agree with that strategy where it concerns Northern Iraq. Or
>>perhaps they just intend to destroy the Iraqi oilfields, that is
>>another
>>way to compete. Did Machiavelli not advocate to "Destroy your
>>enemies"?
>>Even if there were no oil profits to be gained, this war would
>>prove to
>>be a goldmine for Brown & Root, as the key logistics company of the
>>American army. As a captain of Industry and politician Cheney and
>>his
>>companions will always win, either way. 'Vested interests' is
>>putting it
>>very mildly indeed.
>>
>>To cut a long story short, the destruction as well as the
>>regeneration
>>of Iraq would provide a golden opportunity for Brown & Root, and
>>hence
>>for Halliburton and therefore also for Dick Cheney, Vice President
>>of
>>the United States. One wonders why the press does not or only
>>marginally covers this sort of crucial information. It beggars
>>belief
>>on two fronts: that this is happening and that we don't seem to
>>know
>>about it. You can read all about it in Michael C. Rupert's
>>article:
>>The Bush-Cheney Drug Empire (2001), Nexus Magazine, 8, 2 or on the
>>following web site: www.nexusmagazine.com. But, as the saying
>>goes:
>>"Who wants to know". Schemes from Medellin to Moscow. and time
>>and
>>time again Brown & Root. How come we don't know any of this? Even
>>if
>>only half of it was true (although I rather suspect it is only the
>>tip
>>of the iceberg), doesn't this really change the whole picture? Now
>>it
>>really does make sense why Bush, Cheney and co are hell bent on
>>this
>>war. It is just golden business opportunity.
>>
>>In the New American Century politics, military logic, economics and
>>organised crime have become a seamless continuum, one large global
>>casino. Of course you can shrug your shoulders and say wearily:
>>"Nothing ever changes, same as it ever was". However, armed with
>>such
>>information we can at least debunk the sickly rhetorics of those
>>poker
>>players and the pathetic arguments of so called trustworthy
>>politicians
>>such as Blair, as well as the superficial small talk of most
>>newspaper
>>articles. And we can become aware that Cheney and his chums are
>>true
>>"World history personalities" (a term coined by Hegel to describe
>>figures such as Napoleon). They are competent professionals: Many
>>Birds
>>with One Stone. That is the key to the great "Project for a New
>>American
>>Century". Hence it better be a very large stone. A bazooka in the
>>bowling game of the Middle East.
>>
>>(III) A Key to Peace : 'The People vs. Total War INCorpotated.'?
>>
>> I could continue this series about the PNAC , The Project for a
>>New
>>American Century, and it's tentacles endlessly. It is a genuine
>>Hydra.
>>There is: the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
>>Research
>>(AEI), displaying its vested interests proudly in its name, the
>>Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf (CPSG), they are de
>>precussors of the PNAC and a group of which I assume to be another
>>'self
>>help group for idealists' and the Iracqui National Congress (INC),
>>which
>>aims to organise the opposition and hence the next Iraqi
>>government,
>>under the watchful supervision of General Wayne Downing. Not to
>>mention
>>"The committee for the liberation of Iracq", a sister or daughter
>>organisation of the PNAC. Its president is Bruce Jackson, a major
>>contractor for Lockheed Martin. It beggars belief. The Committee
>>for
>>the Liberation of Iraq is nothing less than an NGO for the weapons
>>industry. Named Bruce Jackson is also the person behind the letter
>>of
>>the 'Ten of Vilnius', the ten Baltic Nations that signed up for the
>>war
>>(who knows under what pressure of blackmail or promises from our
>>Lockheed boy). At least now we know why. Jackson favours the
>>liberation of Iraq in order to sell as many weapons as possible.
>>It
>>really is that simple, and that cynical. Why does the press not
>>expose
>>that Mr. Jackson works (behind the scenes) for the Bush
>>administration
>>but also for Lockheed Martin? It certainly sheds an interesting
>>light
>>on the situation. This man is obviously a true idealist, that much
>>is
>>clear.
>>
>>God have mercy on America, that is should be led by this outfit (I
>>can't really find a suitable name for them) to a New American
>>Century.
>>It appears wise to attack this section of the Bush administration
>>preemptively (isn't that currently all the rage?) by accusing them
>>of
>>crimes against humanity. One can't fail. The grand wisdom, the
>>deep
>>insights and the broad vision of the European 'Atlantists'
>>(politicians,
>>scholars, journalists) become immortal, and especially painfully
>>risible, if one begins to explore those figureheads and their
>>machinations. It only takes a careful reading of the report
>>"Rebuilding
>>America's Defences: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A New
>>Century".
>>But time is of the essence. We know enough. The Project for a New
>>American Century is the real design team and master-mind behind
>>this
>>war.
>>
>>The situation defies belief on two levels: that this Project for a
>>New
>>American Century truly exists, and that I and millions of others
>>with
>>me, had no knowledge of its existence. Of course the reply of
>>journalists and other specialists is bound to be: "But everybody
>>knew",
>>the implication being that I am a mere amateur meddling in affairs
>>of
>>experts. Granted. But the world is too important to leave it in
>>the
>>capable hands of specialists and so called experts. So much is
>>clear,
>>once again. So accept my sincere apologies for my ignorance.
>>What I
>>would like to know is why all knowing journalists are so silent on
>>the
>>subject of the comings and goings of the PNAC. PNAC is not good
>>news,
>>but it does provide an opportunity for good journalism. So whence
>>this
>>respectful silence? I really would like to have an answer to that
>>question.
>>
>>So what's the conclusion? This war is a conspiracy of the PNAC,
>>despite
>>your and my aversion of conspiracy theories. It appears to be
>>true, the
>>only truth to be found about this disgusting war. There are of
>>course
>>supplementary conspiracy theories to be explored, like the one
>>about
>>Rupert Murdoch and his media empire, with tens of newspapers (e.g.
>>the
>>Sun), supporting this war with a vengeance.
>>
>>That Chirac sold his soul to Elf, or that Louis Michel, the Belgian
>>minister of Foreign Affairs, is a lackey of France - just because
>>he
>>stated not to be a lackey of the United States - makes no
>>difference:
>>this war is a world wide conspiracy of scavengers. Heavy
>>terminology, I
>>know. But one would have a hard time convincing me that people such
>>as
>>Bruce Jackson, one of the most innocuous ones of the lot, are not
>>scavengers? Do try. The evidence against Cheney is so
>>overwhelming I
>>would not begin to consider withdrawing my accusation.
>>
>>Mister President, you are surrounded not by hawks, but by
>>scavengers. I
>>implore you to publicly condemn the cynical idea of "Total War", as
>>Richard Perle(mann) neatly summarises the basic tenet of the PNAC,
>>before it is too late. Because total war leads to the demise of
>>hundreds of thousands of human beings, and perhaps even to your own
>>political demise. History will condemn you. Repent. Listen to
>>the
>>appeal of the highest representatives of your own church community,
>>the
>>United Methodist Church. This war is in contradiction with the
>>bible
>>and the message of Jesus Christ. I have no time for theological
>>debates
>>here, but I suspect they are right. As you well know. But, then
>>Mister
>>President, how could I bring you to change your mind.
>>
>>However, let's not surrender to the inevitability of the war
>>schemes of
>>the PNAC (soon to be exported to Colombia). Journalists and
>>intellectuals of the world pick up your pen and declare war to
>>despicable organisations such as the Project for a New American
>>Century
>>and The Committee for the liberation of Iraq. Now is the time for
>>a
>>holy anger: a fronde of intellectuals, artists and students, a
>>'crusade
>>against the Evil Force at work in Empire', a true 'Jihad of
>>Enlightenment':
>>'Šcrasez L'infame dÈsinformation' (let us destroy the infamous
>>misinformation, to paraphrase Voltaire), under the eternal motto of
>>Kant: 'Sapere aude', dare to know.
>>
>>Reading the report of the PNAC sheds a bright light on the dark and
>>murky basis for this war. They want "to fight and decively win
>>multiple,
>>simultaneous major theatre wars". We need to imprint this phrase,
>>which
>>was coined already in 2000 (I can't emphasise this often enough),
>>in the
>>consciousness of humanity, because it is the truth, the only and
>>veritable truth behind this war.
>>
>>Because time is running out, I dream of the following action plan.
>>First step: we establish a Russell Tribunal. As jurors I propose
>>people
>>such as Frederick Jameson, Manuel Castells, Giorgio Agamben,
>>Ricardo
>>Petrella, Ricardo Boff, Eward Said, Emanuel Wallerstein, Alain
>>Finkielkraut, Amin Malouf, Edward Said, Woody Allen, you name it.
>>I
>>would choose Jacques Derrida to preside. Antonio Negri could be the
>>chief prosecutor (although that might be tricky, he'd be refused).
>>But
>>then Noam Chomsky would even be better for the job. For the defence
>>council. well, up to them really, although I would recommend Paul
>>Wolfowitz himself, member of the PNAC and previously vice
>>chancellor of
>>John Hopkins University, and now a key figure in the Bush II War
>>cabinet. A heavyweight as Wolfowitz would surely do justice to the
>>cause of the defence.
>>
>>The second: headed by Amnesty International, Lawyers without
>>frontiers, and
>>joined by Medicin Sans Frontieres, Voluntary Services Overseas,
>>Greenpeace,
>>Oxfam, and all other independent NGOs, a completed report should
>>be
>>presented : an estimation of the humaninatarian, social, economical
>>and
>>ecological 'cost' and consequences of the PNAC-report. The
>>conclusion would
>>consist of depositing an emergency 'pre enptive'
>>complaint at the International Court of Den Hague, or any where
>>else
>>(Belgian has such a 'genocide law', but Israel has such a law
>>aswell,
>>specialists say) . The PNAC is to be accused of open and repeated
>>incitement
>>and planning of crimes against humanity. A media covered
>>monster trial. J'accuse! The third action is legal action against
>>Bush,
>>Blair and Aznar: a pre-emptive complaint for intending to violate
>>international law by planning an "aggressive war" as stipulated in
>>all the
>>conventions and threaties since WWII. If they go with UN-mandate.
>>If Iracq
>>had no right to invade Kuwait without permission of the UN, then
>>the USA or
>>any other state has the right to invade Iracq without permission if
>>the UN.
>>It's as simple as that, and everybody knows it. Even they know it.
>>
>>A fourth action should be to convince the American students,
>>academics,
>>artists and intellectuals to open their eyes before the PNAC closes
>>them.
>>And many have their eyes wide open. To them we say to them, we mail
>>from all
>>over: stand up. It is your fucking duty. We, all of us, will
>>support you.
>>And why not: The fourth step is to be an international call for a
>>worldwide
>>day of
>>strike and prayers. Like the vigil of Moveon.org under the aegis
>>of Desmond
>>Tutu. We ask the Pope, the chief Rabbi, the arch bisshops of the
>>Episcopelean church (church of Bush sr.), the head of United
>>Methodist Church (church of Bush jr.), and of course a whole
>>selection
>>of Ayatollahs and Patriarchs, to call a day of deafening silence
>>and
>>prayer for peace. We call upon all the trade unions to follow the
>>example
>>and to all the NGO's to support the action. The action could be
>>code-named:
>>Operation Desert Voice: The People (of Planet Earth) vs. 'Total War
>>Inc(orporated)'.
>>
>>Let's make this appointment now: If war breaks out in the days or
>>hours to
>>come, we all go unto the street or home, or to the mosk or to the
>>church, or
>>to the pub to look at CCN or Al Jazeera. We just quit. The day the
>>people of
>>this earth declared a worldwide protest- Shabbat.
>>People tell me it's all utopian. Of course it is utopian. "Where
>>danger
>>grows, grows the redemptive too" wrote Holderlin..But, alas, who am
>>I? All
>>this is just a wet dream, I know. All too well.
>>But please tell me then that the PNAC and its machinations is just
>>a
>>dream too. Just a nightmare. Pulp fiction. Or is this New Entropic
>>Imperial Order (as one could call it) - really real?
>>But then again, there is this desert voice of anger and resolution
>>that
>>speaks in me and that I hear around me and it whispers:
>>
>>"We, David, the People of Planet Earth can and . will defeat you,
>>Goliath,
>>'Total War INCorporated'"
>>
>>(It is to us to make that voice be heard. Even in the Desert. As
>>Kennedy
>>said 'Ich binn ein Berliner', we will say: 'We are born in Bagdad'.
>>And that
>>could be the best action of all: we move to Bagdad. The most famous
>>and the
>>best of us. I for instance would proudly support the pope himself
>>before he
>>kisses the ground of Bagdad Airport He could whisper in all the
>>Babylonian
>>languages of this earth:"We, David, the People of Planet Earth can
>>and .
>>will defeat you, Goliath, 'Total War INCorporated'" )
>>
>>---
>>
>>Prof dr. L. F.M. De Cauter (he is independant writer and
>>philosopher, he
>>teaches at several institutions in Belgium and the Netherlands. He
>>published
>> several books on art, architecture, and critical theory. He wrote
>>a study
>>of the Jewish theology in the work of Walter Benjamin.)
>>
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