Gel: Will Swain wrote: "The Talebans oppression of human rights was played up to win the media war, and public support. Retribution, revenge, global policing, oil.....any of these maybe, but not the protection of human rights."
To which Beth replied, specifically about the "oil" statement: "So, we waited until bin laden killed thousands of our citizens to get support so we could go get oil? This is incredibly stupid." To which you, Gel, replied: "Why is this stupid." The logical inference is that you believe that the primary, if not whole issue, of the US attack on Afghanistan is oil. Since Afghanistan has no oil reserves, how could this even have played a factor? Unless you care to retract your defense of Will's original statement, which Beth criticized, and you criticized Beth's criticism, I don't believe that you can logically accuse me of misunderstanding or misconstruing what you said. It's pretty darn clear what you said. H. -----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 2:13 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: jihad for kids .. wheeee I never implied that it was 'just about oil', but this would have played a factor, and is something to consider seriously as the "War On Terror" .like the "War On Drugs" ..continues. You are deliberately misunderstanding and misconstruing what I said. Which is why it is pointless to attempt to discuss this with you. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Umm ... because there's a real threat? The idea that this is all about oil is a notion that is just beyond comprehension. Do you really believe that the US has gotten sympathy because of oil? "Oh, poor US, their oil supply is in danger. We better let them go bomb Afghanistan." H. -----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] How would the United States have gotten worldwide sympathy and support for a move like that otherwise? How would they get worldwide support to oust Saddam Hussein so long after Desert Storm unless under the asupices of the "War On Terror"? How could Ashcroft, Lieberman and their cronies say that "Americans must finally realise that their freedoms need to be restricted after the events of September 11th..." with impunity and finally pass laws that were struck down repeatedly when they came up for review in the past if not under the umbrella of new "Homeland Security"? -Gel ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
