Keith Hudson wrote: > What is very clear about all acts of terrorism is that they are carried out > as specific acts designed to achieve specific political results.
...and to find out _whose_ design/results, the question is: Cui bono ? > Take 9/11 in New York in 2001. The Patridiot Act was already in the bottom drawer and Bush wanted Congress to nod it thru without even reading it. Not to mention all those jobs and profits for the military-"security" complex. > Take 3/11 in Madrid in 2004. Aznar wanted to be re-elected and some hefty measures to clean out ETA, but it backfired miserably. > Take 7/7 in London in 2005. One month before 7/7, the EU parliament rejected the EU version of the Patridiot Act. Blair as EU president since 7/1 wants to whip it thru at any cost, as sort of a farewell gift to the poodle's master. Other EU leaders, antagonistic to Blair prior to 7/7, swiftly announced they will comply now. --- Arthur Cordell wrote: > Blowing up civilians is either criminal or not. I happen to believe > that it is criminal Then why are Bush and Blair (and Sharon) not in jail ? The problem is double standards. "What Jupiter may, the ox may not." This is derived from an attitude of supremacy -- the "chosen people" concept. As various Israeli leaders put it, Arabs are "cockroaches", "snakes", etc. Needless to say, it is OK (even a sanitary necessity) to kill cockroaches. Especially when they are in the way sitting on a lot of oil... > "I decline utterly to be impartial between the fire brigade and the fire." > (Winston Churchill) Bush and Blair are part of the fire rather than of the fire brigade. Not only in Fallujah... And now back to the list topic (I hope!), 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
