-Caveat Lector- 10/29/02 2:07:52 PM, "Bettina Jodda (Twister)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am just not convinced of the "evidence against Saddam and Bin Laden" >and I am not the opinion that "the war against Iraq is neccessary" >Does this make me anti-American? > >I hope not... To be "American" means to be inclusive. With all this talk about "globalisation", the word itself is ridiculous in that the United States has been "globalised" for around five hundred years, throwing together who knows how many kinds of people to form a single nation. Nowhere else on the Earth could anyone find so many people from so many different backgrounds paying taxes and fighting wars (among other activities) for the same purpose. The problem with the perception of Americans is that we think everyone else ought to be as accommodating as we have been which is not always in other cultures' backgrounds. For example, while living in Kreistadt Gros Gerau (bei Frankfurt am Main)(Stadt Hessen), we got to experience a wide variety of different cultures' foods (Chinese, Korean, Italian, Yugoslavian, Argentinian, and an occasional German fare). But the interesting thing was there were few if any French restaurants and what passed for American (McDonalds) was really ~junk~ food. Apparently, the Germans allowed benign or formerly allied cultures' establishments in but did not encourage former adversaries'. Of course, Frankreich was "right over there" so it was not a big problem. Yet, the Americans will take in almost anything so long as it adds to the tax base and creates some sort of ancestral longings in the clientele. Another problem is the Americans have ceased to be a dedicated occupying power, one that had become somewhat tame in its latter years. That the U.S. was no longer needed to counter the Soviets put a lot of pressure on those who viewed Europe as a place to get away for an extended paid working vacation. This was a problem that the French encountered in the mid-1960ies when DeGaulle no longer recognised a need for his country to be occupied. Hence, we have the tendency in parts of the American government to view Europe not as something that was saved for the Europeans but as a kind of extended protectorate. This can be likened to the doctor who cures the patient of all his or her ailments but insists on having the patient remain "dependent" through follow-up visits and maintence medications. Well, what's the need? Thus, there is an impulse to keep the various regions on edge in order for the clumsy collective colluding coalitions colliding colossally in order to exercise their controls. No war in Europe or the MidEast can be waged successfully without the various facilities in Germany (hospitals, e.g.). If Schroeder says "Nein!", that puts a real cramp on things. (But we get to increase our occupation of the Englanders, ja?) I would not use the term "antiAmerican"; I would use something along the lines of "antiImperialist" or "antiCrusader". Although my role while being in Germany may have appeared to be one of supporting hegemony, it was ~personally~ to assist the region to get to a point where the Americans would no longer be needed. There is such a thing in the world as a job completed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
