Lawrence deBivort wrote: > The US and Israeli view that 'you can't negotiate with terrorists' is > fundamentally wrong, as the long history of such successful > negotiations shows.
This assumes that successful negotiations are the goal. Wrong assumption. Who wants successful negotiations --i.e. a peaceful solution-- when the bogeymen of terrorism are _needed_ (not only "wanted" ;-} ) to "justify" domestic Orwellian measures, booming armaments & "security" industry sales (Israel's only growth sectors), and globalized hegemony (you are either with us or with the bogeymen, forget neutrality) ? Plus, the bogeymen help to deflect global attention from the environment, sweatshops, social decay, Codex Alimentarius etc. etc. -- it all becomes unimportant if you have to think of your bare survival in the bus. So perhaps the question is: Can you, as a voter, negotiate with state terrorists ? Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
