I have only just seen, the 24 hour notice, that today is the last day when material re Iraq, and the last American elections are permissible on Goanet. Even if I am the only one to say this, I feel that this is an instance of a tragic dictatorial mistake by a small administrative group, and also, with absolutely minimal notice. It is also tragic, in my view, to trigger the mechanism of censorship just when contributors to this debate had been sensing and expressing the view that there was no more mileage and were ready to stop in the now banned case. Thus, through censorship, Goanet may indeed have snatched defeat from the jaws of (desired) victory!
Do I now take it that the Ribander case, albeit set in Goa, which has been on Goanet much longer than the USA issue, is next for the chop? After all a precedent has now been set.
Finally, even though no room for manoeuvre is left for further responses I did wonder if there were any betting odds that the Americans will cut and run, following the forthcoming Iraqi election? The parallels with the situation in Vietnam, including growing internal American dissension, seem uncanny in this illegal, unprovoked, and unwinable war.
Cornel
