Well, this is probably what Isaac was thinking of. www.greenleft.org.au/back/2001/465/465p15.htm
I have no opinion on whether it's true or not. Seems possible, but I have to go deal with stuff now, no time to look into it. Dana S. Isaac Dealey writes: > It's not so much a matter of not reading history as much as it is that the fact that > it happened in the 90's as opposed to the 80's doesn't mean anything in an offhand > conversation, so I'm not apt to waste my time going back and double-checking all the > facts. It's not paying my bills. > > Yes I think we could pull something that large off and get away with it. IIRC the > report I read that claimed Osama was CIA trained was from a reasonably reputable > news source like CNN... But then that's another problem with "news" and "history" -- > it's too easily distorted or just plain inaccurate anyway. If you look at the WTC > event in and of itself, there were dozens if not hundreds of retractions by news > media for having made blatantly incorrect statements within the first few days. In > many cases for no better reason than "well, that's what we heard". Far from not > having enough news information, we had way too much, most of it wrong. > > I'm also not apt to believe all the facts in the CIA fact book can be taken at face > value. They are in the business of disinformation after all. If you can't trust a > sales person to give you good information about what you're buying because they have > a vested interrest in your buying it (and you often can't), why would you trust > someone who lies for a living to provide accurate information in a book published by > the organization that pays their bills? > > It's the same sort of reasoning that defeats the idea that the christian Bible could > possibly have been preserved as the "holy word of God" and "everlasting truth". > > 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the > garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for > when you eat of it you will surely die." > > After telling adam and eve that the fruit is poisonous and will kill them, the snake > tells them what the fruit really is and what it will really do to them, so they eat > it and discover that the snake was telling the truth and then you have this: > > 22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and > evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of > life and eat, and live forever." > > Jehova in this story is a fearful liar. The book can not be the mouthpiece for a > deity that lies because otherwise it wouldn't present Jehova in a negative light, > lying in the story. Therefore the christian Bible can only have been written by > fallable men. > > The moral of the story: don't trust people who lie for a living. > > > s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 > > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > > lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > > tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > > team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team > > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > > > > Wow. > > > Are the black helicopters flying over your house right > > now? Do you really > > think we could pull something that large off and get away > > with it? > > > Osama was not CIA trained, some mujahadin were. We didn't > > put the taliban > > in power, and they weren't in power until the 90's, there > > was a soviet > > puppet state there still in the 80's, and the Russians > > were still there in > > force. > > > Get your head out of your fourth point of contact, read > > some history. > > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: s. isaac dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:59 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: RE: Vacation! > > > > I'd venture to say that I think "the war on terrorism" is > > such > > an ambitious concept as to be useless unless it's merely a > > smokescreen of propaganda to facilitate the US committing > > acts > > of terrorism against others. Osama was after all CIA > > trained. > > Or so said the reports I read. For that matter, the US put > > the > > Talaban in power in the 80's because we didn't like the > > people > > who were in power there at the time. Which is part of the > > problem with the whole foreign policy issue. It's like > > assassination -- what happens when someone is assassinated > > in > > many (if not most) cases is that someone else merely takes > > that > > person's place. My understanding is that the Talaban thing > > is > > the same sort of story -- you just replace one evil for > > another. > > But it creates jobs for people at the CIA, so I suppose it > > can't be all bad. > > > Isaac > > > Original Message ----------------------- > > Well, right now we are supposed to be combating a guerilla > > threat in > > Iraq, finishing up a job in Afghanistan, and carrying out > > a vigilant > > campaign against the menance of International Terrorism. > > > Is the war over? Because I want to know every single mfing > > terrorist on > > earth has been captured or killed before anyone who is > > supposed to be > > spearheading these efforts takes a break or a monthlong > > vacation. > > > M > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: s. isaac dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:24 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Vacation! > > > > Was it George Bush Sr. or Clinton who's first act at the > > beginning of the Gulf War was to go on a yacht trip? ... > > I personally don't believe the presidents actions have > > much > > at all in consequence to the troops deployed in any really > > meaningful way... Unless he's deciding to order their > > sudden > > withdrawl. I remember someone saying the explanation of > > the > > afforementioned yacht trip was to appear unthreatened by > > the opponent. Apparently it's supposed to be intimidating > > to > > an enemy when you pretend to ignore them. > > > Isaac > > > Original Message ----------------------- > > http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=79159&S > > ecID=2 > > > Um... Is it just me, or does this seem weird? > > > Should a President to take a month off while troops are > > deployed and > > fighting in another country? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
