[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Discuss it - Castlebar 2001 ]
Posted by Tuars on October 03, 2001 at 08:01:20:
In Reply to: About the Bush administration's handling of the terrorism... posted by Hibernian Psycho on October 03, 2001 at 05:35:25:
I don't think it would have been much different.
US Foreign Policy has been remarkably consistent
from administration to administration over the past
50 years or so. Witness Clinton's activities in the
Sudan and Kosovo, Bush senior in Iraq, Reagan in Iran,
Afghanistan, Central America etc. etc. One thing that has struck me about those of you who
have accused me of 'USA bashing' is that you have a
remarkably US-centric view of the world. I see
this again in your Bush V Gore question, as if it
amounts to a hill of beans in the real scheme of things,
also in the often hysterical reactions of others who
suggest that concerns for starving Afghans and calls for
restraint is to be somehow anti-USA. (Not to mention the
constant attempts to shoot the messenger rather
than argue the case). I like your phrase in the post below "mass emigration".
A nice bit of euphemistic doublespeak to gloss over the ugly
reality of what is happening in Afghanistan. By
your own logic, the people of Afghanistan are being
starved in order to destabilise the Taliban
government. Is that not another form of terrorism? I wish I could share your optimism that bombs will
not be dropped. I pray that this will be the case
but I am not too optimistic especially given Blair's
speech yesterday and the continued lack of co-operation
from the Taliban (not that I expected anything else,
from either).
Follow Ups:
Post a Followup
[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Discuss it - Castlebar 2001 ]
|