Greetings fluxlisters Randy Newman once wrote : No one likes us We don't know why Let's drop the big one now (or words to that effect, please excuse memory lapses) Let's make the big one butter, rice and information as suggested below. (I don't really like the 'civilization' line however). And let's work up the answer to Randy's riddle. Having seen Colin Powell interviewed on BBC TV by Jeremy Paxman I believe that Powell understands why there should be no almighty CNN war, why there are grievances with US/West actions down the years, why no fuel should be added to that, and why as much as possible taken away from the coal holes/wood piles etc. Even perhaps why continued and continuous humanitarian support is vital. I think he said something along the lines that US had provided the most aid to Afghanistan and would in future. Implying a hiatus. That would be a mistake IMO. I hope what Powell understands (if I'm right) and keeps other forces in America and the West under control. Meanwhile, in the real world, the UN World Food programme is commanded by US to cease shipping food to the Afghan/ Pakistan borders. I hope this is overturned in time for winter. It would be a big mistake to starve millions of wholly innocent people to catch a handful. Best wishes Chris P > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [AEDF] Bomb Them With Butter > > Something to consider -- > > by Kent Madin > > A military response, particularly an attack on Afghanistan, is exactly what > the terrorists want. It will strengthen and swell their small but fanatical > ranks. > > Instead, bomb Afghanistan with butter, with rice, bread, clothing and > medicine. It will cost less than conventional arms, poses no threat of US > casualties and just might get the populace thinking that maybe the Taliban > don't have the answers. After three years of drought and with starvation > looming, let's offer the Afghani people the vision of a new future. One > that includes full stomachs. > > Bomb them with information. Video players and cassettes of world leaders, > particularly Islamic leaders, condemning terrorism. Carpet the country with > magazines and newspapers showing the horror of terrorism committed by their > "guest". Blitz them with laptop computers and DVD players filled with a > perspective that is denied them by their government. Saturation bombing > with hope will mean that some of it gets through. Send so much that the > Taliban can't collect and hide it all. > > The Taliban are telling their people to prepare for Jihad. Instead, let's > give the Afghani people their first good meal in years. Seeing your family > fully fed and the prospect of stability in terms of food and a future is a > powerful deterrent to martyrdom. All we ask in return is that they, as a > people, agree to enter the civilized world. That includes handing over > terrorists in their midst. > > In responding to terrorism we need to do something different. Something > unexpected. Something that addresses the root of the problem. We need to > take away the well of despair, ignorance and brutality from which the Osama > bin Laden's of the world water their gardens of terror. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.zacha.org/mailman/listinfo/cyberculture > http://www.cyberculture.zacha.org/ -- Chris Paul - IDEA @ @ Innovation in Digital and Electronic Arts \ / Grosvenor Building, Manchester, M15 6BR @ - @ - @ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ 0161 273 4414 fax 0161 273 4432 @ @ http://www.idea.org.uk/go A Catalyst For Art and Ideas http://www.idea.org.uk/archive http://www.idea.org.uk/cinemaconcret
