Re: Benjamin Netanyahu on Bush's Speech

[Marvin Long, Jr.]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, The Fool wrote:

> The eithipians starve because they are poor and have bad famines /
> climate conditions.  Iraqies starve because they will not overthrow the
> dictators who build huge palaces and live in luxury.  They could eat if
> they overthew the government, but they wont.  The Taliban arrests U.N.
> aid workers trying to feed the populous.

Isn't this blaming the victims?  What's the difference between this
assertion--it's the people's fault for not rising up en masse against
soldiers' guns and in spite of a dictator's web of of ubiquitous
domestic informants and spies--and the assertion that Sept. 11 is somehow
the fault of the citizens of the US for not pressuring their government to
get out of Middle Eastern affairs?

Innocent Iraqis and Afghans are not "choosing" to starve.  They are
"choosing" as best they can not to be shot & have their families shot in
cold blood for daring to protest.


Marvin Long
Austin, Texas

"If you will not grant me victory, then grant me vengeance!"
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