> This war has been compared to WWII regarding Pearl Harbor and 9/11, > but I think a much more accurate view would be to compare Fallujah > with the Nazi Blietzkriegs of Paris or London.
Actually, Guernica. On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:11, Jim wrote: > I'm not going to argue that at all. Those pictures show the reality > vs the rhetoric, and the absolute distortion of that reality being > presented to us through Pentagon controlled media. > Is it any wonder Al-jazeera was officially banned from reporting in Iraq? > We are committing every war crime and act of genocide we have used as > an excuse for military action in my lifetime, save 'turning back the > red tide' which is loominig to re-invent itself. > > This war has been compared to WWII regarding Pearl Harbor and 9/11, > but I think a much more accurate view would be to compare Fallujah > with the Nazi Blietzkriegs of Paris or London. > > > > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rowland Scherman > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On11/18/04 6:03 AM, Garth Cartledge wrote: > > > > The underlying difference between Iraq and Vietnam is that there is > > no Soviet-backed "North Vietnam" > > > > Garth: > > Let's not quibble about inconsequentials, okay? > > > > There was no reason (as it turned out) to go to Viet Nam and do > > exactly what > > > the French army did. Similiarly there is no reason to be flattening > > Iraq in > > > order to save it from Saddam (already captured), WMD (non existent), > > torture > > > of its citizens (what are WE doing?), or free elections...ha! > > > > You know the answer to that. Why not just send them our Diebold voting > > machines? > > > > I was responding to the pictures. They weren't very good (as > > photojournalism goes); but they did show the US' ham-fisted response > > to an > > > ugly, avoidable catastrophe. > > > > Rowland > > <snip> -- Wesley Parish * * * Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish * * * Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XgSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhetoric-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
