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On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > On 3/3/2011 12:02 PM, MARGARET WYLES wrote: > >> >> Take the following for what it's worth. A Canadian comrade of mine is in >> Russia and happened to meet Russian generals just back from Libya. The >> are >> horrified at the media coverage of the 'situation' in Libya because they >> insist the cities are calm. Can you say Wag the Dog? >> > > Well, the two major cities are calm right now. Tripoli is calm because > protests would be drowned in blood. Benghazi is calm because the repressive > forces have been liquidated. > > Lou, You didn't read what I said. I was saying that the generals had been in Libya and nothing was happening. They were shocked by the news coverage because it contradicted their experience. Take a look at the footage on the Daily Show. Does ANY of it look real? Can we trust the voice over for Qadaffi? http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-2-2011/mess-o-north-africa?xrs=eml_tds Crowds look right out of Lord of the Rings. Or check out the last line in this video. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/03/libya.conflict/ Looks more like Hollywood on the cheap to me than real footage. > > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: marx...@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/kaliyuga%40wildblue.net > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: marx...@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
