-Caveat Lector- The single most important feature of guerrilla warfare in a predominantly rural setting, he (Sir Robert Thompson, a veteran of Britain’s colonial wars of the 1950s) pronounced, “is its immunity to the direct application of mechanical and conventional power”. This was a chastening appraisal, but it only provoked the political theorist Samuel Huntington to add what he thought was an important qualification: “If ‘the direct application of mechanical and conventional’ power takes place on such a massive scale as to produce a massive migration from countryside to city, the basic assumptions underlying the doctrine of revolutionary war no longer operate. The Maoist-inspired rural revolution is undercut by the American-sponsored urban revolution.”
See: Iraq — ‘Terror Bombing’, Starvation and Mechanical Force http://www.blancmange.net/tmh/articles/terrorbombing.html ~ Now I know. It was Samuel P Huntington who helped create the rationale for saturation bombing of the Vietnamese countryside. The argument was simple. In South Vietnam the Viet Cong were finding support amongst the peasantry of a peasant country. This made them 'a powerful force that cannot be dislodged from its constituency so long as the constituency continues to exist'. These are weasel words. The 'constituency' was the Vietnamese countryside and people. Never mind, said Huntington: 'We can ensure that the constituency ceases to exist by "direct application of mechanical and conventional power" on such a massive scale as to produce a massive migration from countryside to cities.' A forced 'urban revolution' would stop the Viet Cong in their tracks. Of course it didn't. But this was the logic of carpet bombing, napalm, Agent Orange and the hundreds of thousands of deaths that followed. The justification flowed from the pen of 'Civilisation Huntington'. If there are war criminals aiding and abetting state terrorism then Samuel P Huntington is surely one. See: Stop this war http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr256/haynes.htm ~ In this context, logging becomes a tool to continue the cold war. Do the alliances between some special interest groups and some others seem clearer now? * www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
