In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Frank Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Good morning Chris! > >Dr Chris R. Tame forwarded, in part, to everyone... > >> At the same time, the Moslems, who are most cohesive and >> electorally important group among the ethnic minorities, have >> been alienated by a war of military aggression against Iraq. Why >> this war was launched my Moslem friends cannot agree. Was it the >> security needs of Israel? Or was it the greed of the big oil >> companies? Or was it some hubristic stab at empire by the >> American ruling class? There is no agreement on reasons. But one >> consequence of the war has been a disengagement of the Islamic >> interest from Labour. > >Sadly, here in America, such a realisation as to why exactly we >have embarked upon aggression against Iraq hasn't reached the >same tempo perhaps as has been indicated above in the UK. > >It seems, on both sides of the Isle, between the US GOP and >Democratic Parties, there is no consensus insofar as how this war >can be justified in any respect, and the Bush regime seems to >placate this uncertainty by a rather universal appeal to forcing >Democratic government and western social components upon Islamic >societies that refuse to go along. > >Nothing however in the Bush regime's rhetoric suggests anything >at all as to how the US and to so-called 'Allies of the Willing' >were given any moral authority to wage such wars resulting in >regime changes in an effort to build Democracy around the planet. >Nor is the contradiction addressed insofar as how we can justify >using force to force other civilisations and people to accept a >notion of liberty and Democracy against what presumably is >against their own wills to accept on their own without the use of >tremendous outside force and aggression. > >So, the questions raised above in the article you posted aren't >really being asked here in the US in any concerted way by great >numbers of people. Who knows? But the above questions ought to >be a part of the US national debate, and for the moment it >certainly has not been. > >Kindest regards, >Frank >
Both the British Conservative and Libertarian movements are spilt over the war. The natural desire in both to support our American friends is, of course, strong - however there can be no doubt both our countries were lied into the war. Ironically, there might have been rational arguments for it - but they were not made. There can be no doubt that the war has also been used by our respective domestic ruling classes to destroy what remains of our respective constitutional and legal liberties. All this is, of course, is quite distinct from the reality of the radical Muslim threat to our civilisations, which is real - but which, ironically, is not really being effectively dealt with. And how far 9/11 was a Pearl Harbour operation (i.e., allowed or manipulated by the elites) is yet another matter. There appears to be a number of fishy aspects to things, but navigating through the claims, evidence and speculations is getting as difficult as examining the Kennedy assassination. Just a few random reflections! Best wishes. Dr. Chris R. Tame, Director The Libertarian Alliance Suite 35 2 Lansdowne Row Mayfair London W1J 6HL Tel: 0870 2421712 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LA Web Site: http://www.libertarian.co.uk Free Life Web Site: http://www.libertarian.co.uk/freelife The Hampden Press Website: http://www.hampdenpress.co.uk LA Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum "The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom is Courage". Pericles' Funeral Oration (431BC) _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
