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Nancy, Did the interviewer actually challenge "the arguments" presented by this NATO Rhodent or was it another case of "impartial journalism"? Richard Roper wrote: > Nancy, > > this would appear to be an official propaganda > exercise, both in the publication of the book, and its > extensive review in various parts of the US. > > I recently replied to a review in an east coast > magazine. > > It is Goebbel's Big Lie again, since the essential > claim is that the US. "didn't intervene enough", > whereas in reality it was responsible for the fighting > in the first place. I suggest any reply should be > along these lines. > > --- Nancy Hey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > --------------------------- > > > > This past Thursday, 3/28, WPFW aired an absulutely > > horrendous piece of > > propaganda on Josephine Reid's show "On the Margin" > > a literary show > > that > > airs every Thursday from 10-11 am. On 3/28, Ms. > > Reid interviewed > > Samantha > > Powers, author of a book titled "A Problem From > > Hell", a book about > > responding to cases of genocide in the world. In > > the interview, Ms. > > Powers > > shamelessly advocated American military > > intervention in any area of the > > > > world where there are civil wars going on, and > > charges of genocide > > being > > committed against various ethnic groups. She > > defended American > > military > > intervention in Iraq, Bosnia, Somalia and Kosovo, > > and said that the US > > should intervene militarily in other areas of the > > world as well, such > > as > > Rwanda. Her arguments had a very self-righteous > > tone to them, implying > > that > > the United States has the moral authority to tell > > other countries how > > they > > should resolve their internal conflicts, and that > > the US supposedly has > > a > > "moral" duty to intervene in conflicted areas in > > the name of > > "humanitarian" > > intervention. Even though Bill Clinton is one of > > the most militaristic > > > > Presidents this country has ever had, and initiated > > more US military > > actions > > than Nixon, Carter and Reagan combined, Ms. Powers > > complained that > > Clinton > > had, of all things, not intervened militarily in > > ENOUGH areas of the > > world, > > had not intervened soon ENOUGH or strong ENOUGH in > > Bosnia, Somalia and > > Kosovo. > > > > I found it very disturbing that Pacifica, a station > > that purports to be > > > > progressive, and was founded by pacifists, would > > see fit to air such a > > pro-militarist and pro-imperialist piece. > > > > I believe we should express our displeasure to WPFW > > for airing > > this piece. > > > > I believe that it is very dangerous at this time of > > increasing > > militarism > > and war fervor for the station to be promoting and > > encouraging such > > pro-interventionist sentiments. The ploy of > > couching wars in terms of > > "humanitarian intervention" is dangerous, because > > it gives these wars > > an air > > of undeserved legitimacy. This was used by Clinton > > by justifying the > > war > > against Serbia as a war to stop "ethnic cleansing", > > and is also being > > applied by the Bush Administration by claiming that > > the war against the > > > > Taliban "liberated" Afgan women. > > > > Personally, I believe that the progressive view > > should be that if there > > are > > real cases of genocide happening and people feel > > compelled to do > > something > > to help in these situations there are charitable > > non-governmental > > organizations that activists can support as > > individuals that will help > > the > > victims, but that progressives should never call > > for the military force > > of > > the US government to be brought down on smaller, > > weaker nations. > > > > I work with a DC Coalition to Stop the War Against > > Iraq, and we're > > hopefully going to write some sort of a letter > > written in the name of > > the Coalition to Pacifica. If we do, I'll post a > > copy of it to this > > list. I'll also try to get contact information for > > Pacifica for anybody > > who wants to complain to then > > > > Peacefully Yours, > > Nancy A. Hey > > > > --------------------------- > > ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover > http://greetings.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 ==^================================================================
