Re: The Coming Apocalypse

From: jonivar skullerud (jonivar@bigfoot.com)
Date: 14-11-01


On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 at 21:46:02 +0100, Knut Rognes wrote:
> Fra ZNet nettopp.
>
> Se også:
>
> http://www.rmpjc.org/2001/FAST.html

> The Coming Apocalypse
> By Geov Parrish
> WorkingForChange.com

Geov Parrish har jeg mye sans for, men her har han nok bommet.

> Does anybody in this country get it?
> Does anybody understand what the United States is on the verge of
> doing?
>
> Experienced, respected food aid organizations warn that even
> before the bombing of Afghanistan began on October 7, some
> 7,500,000 Afghans were -- through a gut-wrenching combination of
> poverty, drought, war, dislocation, and repression -- at risk of
> starving to death this winter.

Helt riktig. Deretter går han videre med å ta det for gitt at hver
eneste en kommer til å dø, og at USA har eneansvaret for hvert eneste
ett av disse dødsfallene. Det henger ikke sammen.

> Qaeda's leadership even is. It is on the verge of succeeding in its
> goal of creating a unified Afghanistan government -- unfortunately,
> Afghans are uniting behind the Taliban, as warlord after warlord sets
> aside long-standing differences to stand shoulder to shoulder to fight
> the American invaders.

Jasså.

Selv om artikkelen nettopp er inne, må en gå ut fra at den ble skrevet
før sist søndag. Det illustrerer faren med å trekke for bombastiske
konklusjoner.

jonivar
[må signaturen min (under) også ryke? krigen er langt fra over, og USA
har ikke invadert, «bare» bombet..... uansett hadde jeg bare tenkt å
beholde den ut uka]

-- 
When God wants to punish a country, he makes them invade Afghanistan.
-- Afghan epigram



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