Jan Matthieu wrote: > Debka is interesting but unreliable, > but it sure as hell is many times worth the time reading I would waste on > reading the stuff on whateveritwasthatreallyhappenedaccordingtocertainpeople > dot com. with the Israeli did it, Osama had nothing to do with it and > everyone had just been waiting to attack afghanistan because they wanted to > build that pipeline nonsense, it's just tiring and it leaves one nothing > wiser.
First, you (rightly) explained why Debka is useless PR, but then you say it is worth more than whatreallyhappened.com (although the latter does provide sources and verifiable facts, unlike Debka). Where's the logic in that? Concerning the "pipeline nonsense", I'm surprised that you as a Green official dismiss the pipeline background as "nonsense", although the pipeline background is very well documented, even by official US sources such as http://www.house.gov/international_relations/105th/ap/wsap212982.htm (in February 1998, a Unocal vice-president said in a US parliament hearing: "From the outset, we have made it clear that construction of our proposed pipeline [through Afghanistan] cannot begin until a recognized government is in place that has the confidence of ... our company.") and books and interviews by Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US national security advisor. You can also read about it in mainstream papers like Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/980504/world.the_rush_for_caspi6.html or the Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134421572_afghanoil17.html and the pipeline background can also be verified by the present facts on the ground (the pipeline construction is underway now, and Afghanistan is led by former Unocal advisor Karzai). So you see Jan, it really isn't hard to find out that it's anything but "pipeline nonsense", and you do _not_ need whatreallyhappened.com to learn about this. I think this basic knowledge about the pipeline background is mandatory for a government advisor, especially from a party that is supposed to care about the environment. HTH, Chris
