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Recieved: 2001/10/04 10:23
Subject: [K-list] Fwd: Re: An intresting view
From: Stella Maris Novillo
On 2001/10/04 10:23, Stella Maris Novillo posted thus to the K-list:
>From: ymmer vanegas <ymmeralbertoATnospamyahoo.com>
>To: Ulla Hjortflod <ullahjortflodATnospamyahoo.se>, Soroush Al-Motahari
><soroush9ATnospamhotmail.com>, Cesar Betancour <cebetancATnospamhotmail.com>, Luisa
>Eidelstein <luisaeidelsteinATnospamyahoo.com>, martha font <marthaATnospamknus.dk>,
>Silvia Loewenstein <lionstoneATnospamtelcel.net.ve>, marisol mendez
><marisolmvATnospamyahoo.com>, Cesar Montilla <turmarasATnospamhotmail.com>, Stefanie
>Pochillinger <stef_pochATnospamyahoo.com>, judi wood <judi_wdATnospamworldnet.att.net>
>Subject: Re: An intresting view
>Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:36:49 -0500 (CDT)
>
> --- Ulla Hjortflod <ullahjortflodATnospamyahoo.se> escribió:
> > Robert Bowman flew 101 combat missions in Vietnam.
> > He
> > is presently
> > (1998) bishop of the United Catholic Church in
> > Melbourne Beach, FL.
> > Originally printed in The National Catholic
> > Reporter,
> > Oct. 2, 1998.
> >
> > The "Security" Charade
> > by Robert Bowman
> >
> > If deceptions about terrorism go unchallenged, then
> > the threat will
> > continue until it destroys us.
> >
> > The truth is that none of our thousands of nuclear
> > weapons can protect
> > us from these threats. No Star Wars system no
> > matter
> > how technically
> > advanced, no matter how many trillions of dollars
> > are
> > poured into it,
> > can protect us from a nuclear weapon delivered in a
> > sailboat or a
> > Cessna
> > or a suitcase or a Ryder rental truck. Not one
> > weapon
> > in our vast
> > arsenal, not a penny of the $270 billion a year we
> > spend on so-called
> > defense can defend against a terrorist bomb. That
> > is
> > a military fact.
> >
> > As a retired lieutenant colonel and a frequent
> > lecturer on national
> > security issues, I have often quoted Psalm 33: "A
> > king
> > is not saved by
> > his mighty army. A warrior is not saved by his
> > great
> > strength." The
> > obvious reaction is, "Then what can we do?" Is
> > there
> > nothing we can do
> > to provide security for our people?"
> >
> > There is. But to understand it requires that we
> > know
> > the truth about
> > the threat. President Clinton did not tell the
> > American people the
> > truth about why we are the targets of terrorism when
> > he explained why
> > we
> > bombed Afghanistan and Sudan. He said that we are a
> > target because we
> > stand for democracy, freedom, and human rights in
> > the
> > world. Nonsense!
> >
> > We are the target of terrorists because, in much of
> > the world, our
> > government stands for dictatorship, bondage, and
> > human
> > exploitation.
> > We
> > are the target of terrorists because we are hated.
> > And
> > we are hated
> > because our government has done hateful things.
> >
> > In how many countries have agents of our government
> > deposed popularly
> > elected leaders and replaced them with puppet
> > military
> > dictators who
> > were willing to sell out their own people to
> > American
> > multinational
> > corporations?
> >
> > We did it in Iran when the US Marines and the CIA
> > deposed Mossadegh
> > because he wanted to nationalize the oil industry.
> > We
> > replaced him
> > with
> > the Shah and armed, trained, and paid his hated
> > Savak
> > National Guard,
> > which enslaved and brutalized the people of Iran,
> > all
> > to protect the
> > financial interests of our oil companies. Is it any
> > wonder that there
> > are people in Iran who hate us?
> >
> > We did it in Chile. We did it in Vietnam. More
> > recently, we tried to
> > do it in Iraq. And, of course, how many times have
> > we
> > done it in
> > Nicaragua and all the other banana republics of
> > Latin
> > America? Time
> > after time we have ousted popular leaders who wanted
> > the riches of the
> > land to be shared by the people who worked it. We
> > replaced them with
> > murderous tyrants who would sell out their own
> > people
> > so the wealth of
> > the land could be taken out by the likes of Domino
> > Sugar, Folgers, and
> > Chiquita Banana.
> >
> > n country after country, our government has thwarted
> > democracy, stifled
> > freedom, and trampled human rights. That's why it
> > is
> > hated around the
> > world. And that's why we're the target of
> > terrorists.
> >
> > People in Canada enjoy democracy, freedom, and human
> > rights. So do the
> > people of Norway and Sweden. Have you heard of
> > Canadian embassies
> > being
> > bombed? Or Norwegian, or Swedish?
> >
> > We are not hated because we practice democracy,
> > value
> > freedom, or
> > uphold
> > human rights. We are hated because our government
> > denies these things
> > to people in Third World countries whose resources
> > are
> > coveted by our
> > multinational corporations. That hatred we have
> > sown
> > has come back to
> > haunt us in the form of terrorism and in the future,
> > nuclear terrorism.
> >
> > Once the truth about why the threat exists is
> > understood, the solution
> > becomes obvious. We must change our ways. Getting
> > rid of our nuclear
> > weapons unilaterally if necessary will enhance our
> > ecurity.
> > Drastically
> > altering our foreign policy will ensure it.
> >
> > Instead of sending our sons and daughters around the
> > world to kill
> > Arabs
> > so we can have the oil under their sand, we should
> > send them to rebuild
> > their infrastructure, supply clean water, and feed
> > starving children.
> > Instead of continuing to kill hundreds of Iraqi
> > children every day with
> > our sanctions, we should help Iraqis rebuild their
> > electric power
> > plants, their water treatment facilities, their
> > hospitals, and all the
> > things we have destroyed and prevented them from
> > rebuilding.
> >
> > Instead of training terrorists and death squads, we
> > should close the
> > School of the Americas [Ft. Benning, GA.]. Instead
> > of
> > supporting
> > insurrection, destabilization, assassination, and
> > terror around the
> > world, we should abolish the CIA and give money to
> > relief agencies.
> >
> > In short, we should do good instead of evil. Who
> > would try to stop us?
> > Who would hate us? Who would want to bomb us? That
> > is the truth the
> > American people need to hear.
> >
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