Good point about Carriles. It seems that one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. Going further into the semantics and logic of it al, I might point out the reliance of Cheney's argument on the great unquestioned, yet unproven, hypothesis that all those responsible for 9-11 came from oil countries in the Middle East. Might it be true that those who hate us for our freedoms would actually be those most responsible for shredding our Bill of Rights?
Peter Hollings -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:10 PM To: Pen-l Subject: [Pen-l] the gall "This long-term struggle became urgent on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. That day we clearly saw that dangers can gather far from our own shores and find us right there at home," said Cheney ... "... the United States made a decision: to hunt down the evil of terrorism and kill it where it grows, to hold the supporters of terror to account and to confront regimes that harbor terrorists and threaten the peace," Cheney said. "Understanding all the dangers of this new era, we have no intention of abandoning our friends or allowing this country of 170,000 square miles [i.e., Iraq] to become a staging area for further attacks against Americans." So he's going to attack the U.S. next, since it has been the base for those who bombed the Cuban airliner (i.e., Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada Carriles), etc., etc.? Oh wait, if you look at Cheney's foreign and domestic policies during the last 7+ years, it looks as if his goal was to destroy U.S. power. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
