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Jan 18, 2010

''Resolve Among the Ruins'' Attention Bob Herbert

 


From: giuseppefurioso@aol.com
To: letters@nytimes.com
Sent: Sat, Jan 16, 2010 12:09 pm

Subject: ''Resolve Among the Ruins'' Attention Bob Herbert 

Dear Mr. Herbert,
                         
 In your column today, '' Resolve Among the Ruins " (NY Times 1/16/10) you state that '' The earthquake will not defeat the Haitian people " which suggests that the Haitian people possess a unique fortitude and resourcefulness in the face of extreme adversity. Nothing could be further from reality. History has repeatedly shown that when Haiti is struck by these natural calamities, its people react like helpless children, the recent earthquake being typical. If not for the relief efforts of the international community led by mainly white nations, the death toll would not be in the tens of thousands but in the millions in a few weeks.
       
As with most liberals, you are quick to resolve the Haitians of any responsibility for their plight. You point to a historic legacy that has included '' enslavement, murderous colonial oppression, invasions by powerful foreigner armies, grotesque homegrown tyrants...". Nowhere do you mention a national IQ that is around 75 or the fact the the country was existing on a system of international welfare long before the recent catastrophe that drained the population of any survival skills or ambition that  they might have possessed. So far the only thing that the Haitians have been able to organize are the marauding gangs of looters who the media will find increasingly difficult to ignore as the island descends into further chaos and anarchy in the coming weeks.
 
giuseppe furioso



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Why Are They at War With Us?

 

Why Are They at War With Us?

by Patrick J. Buchanan on January 13, 2010

"We are at war. We are at war against al-Qaida, a far-reaching network of violence and hatred that attacked us on 9/11, that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people and that is plotting to strike us again."

Thus did Barack Obama clear the air as to whether we are at war, and with whom and why.

Following his remarks, during a White House briefing by National Security Council aide John Brennan, Helen Thomas asked a follow-up question to which we almost never hear an answer: Why is al-Qaida at war with us? What is its motivation?

It was Osama bin Laden himself, in his declaration of war in 1998, published in London, who gave al-Qaida's reasons for war:

First, the U.S. military presence on the sacred soil of Saudi Arabia. Second, U.S. sanctions causing terrible suffering among the Iraqi people. Third, U.S. support for Israel's dispossession of the Palestinians. "All these crimes and sins committed by the Americans are a clear declaration of war on God, his Messenger and Muslims," said Osama.

He began his fatwa quoting the Koran: "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war."

To Osama, we started the war. Muslims, the ulema, must fight because America, with her "brutal crusade occupation of the (Arabian) Peninsula" and support for "the Jews' petty state" and "occupation of Jerusalem and murder of Muslims there" was waging war upon the Islamic world.

Terrorism, the direct killing of civilians for political ends, is al-Qaida's unconventional tactic, but its war aims are quite conventional.

Al-Qaida is fighting a religious war against apostates and pagans in their midst, a civil war against collaborators of the Crusaders and an anti-colonial war to drive us out of the Dar al-Islam. On Sept. 11, they were over here—because we are over there.

"If, as Obama said, "we are at war with al-Qaida," why are we fighting Taliban when al-Qaida is in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and North Africa?"
Nothing justifies the massacre of Sept. 11. But these are the political goals behind the 9/11 attack, and this is why Islamists fare well in elections in the Middle East. Tens of millions of Muslims, who may despise terrorism, identify with the causes for which Osama declared war—liberation of Muslim peoples from pro-American autocrats and Israeli occupiers.

Americans are being killed for the reasons Osama said we should be killed—not because of who we are, but because of where we are and what we do.

Consider. America lost 4,000 soldiers in six years in Iraq, with 30,000 wounded. Yet not one American of the 125,000 soldiers in Iraq was killed in December. Why not? Because we no longer conduct raids, patrol streets, kick down doors and pat down suspects. We have ended our combat operations, withdrawn to desert bases and seem anxious to go home. When we stopped fighting and killing them, they stopped fighting and killing us.

Most Americans today appear content to let Shia and Sunni, Arab and Kurd decide the future of Iraq. And if they cannot settle their quarrels without a civil-sectarian war, why should their war be our war?

According to Gen. Barry McCaffrey, we must now prepare for 300 to 500 dead and wounded every month in Afghanistan by summer.

Why are the Taliban killing our soldiers? Because we threw them out of power, took over their country and imposed the Hamid Karzai regime, and our troops, some 100,000 by fall, are the force preventing them from recapturing their country. We will bleed in Afghanistan as long as we are in Afghanistan.

But if, as Obama said, "we are at war with al-Qaida," why are we fighting Taliban when al-Qaida is in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and North Africa?

Hamas has used terrorism, but not against us. Hezbollah has used terrorism, but not against us since the bombing of the Marine barracks, a quarter-century ago. And our Marines were attacked in Lebanon because we were in Lebanon, intervening in their civil-sectarian war. Had the Marines not been sent into the midst of that war, they would not have been targeted.

When Ronald Reagan withdrew them, the attacks stopped.

Like Europe's Thirty Years' War—among Germans, French, Czechs, Dutch, Danes, Swedes, Scots and English, Catholics and Protestants, kings, princes and emperors—the Muslim world is roiled by conflicts between pro-Western autocrats and Islamic militants, Sunni and Shia, modernists and obscurantists, nationalities, tribes and clans. The outcome of these wars, the future of their lands—is that not their business, and not ours?

The Muslims stayed out of our Thirty Years' War. Perhaps we would do well to get out of theirs. But as long as we take sides in their wars, those we fight and kill over there will come to kill us over here.

This is payback for our intervention. This is the price of empire. This is the cost of the long war.

http://america-hijacked.com/2010/01/18/why-are-they-at-war-with-us-by-pat-buchanan/

Pat Buchanan

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Who's Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?

 
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Why won't Wikipedia say Marc Grossman is a Neo-con and Jewish?

 

Marc Grossman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marc Grossman, oficial portrait
Grossman (right) in Macedonia

Marc Grossman is a retired American diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to TurkeyAssistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

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Grossman has been accused by former FBI agent Sibel Edmonds for bribery, selling confidential information to other countries. Read the entire text of the interview.[2]





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Andean peasants converted to Judaism and moved to West Bank settlement.

 

January 18, 2010


Michael,

A quick search produced many references to the topic of Peruvian Indians converted to Judaism and immediately flown to a new settlement in the West Bank.

This happened in 2002, but I would be surprised if this brilliant idea (Andean natives as place-mats) was not followed up with further settlements.



Manuel Sotil



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On one side is the traditional, orthodox view -- six million Jewish casualties, gas chambers, cremation ovens, mass graves, and thousands of witnesses. On the other is the view of a small band of skeptical writers and researchers, often unfairly labeled "deniers," who contend that the public has been gravely misled about this emotion-laden chapter of history.

The author establishes that the arguments and findings of revisionist scholars are substantive, and deserve serious consideration. He points out, for example, that even the eminent Jewish Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg acknowledged that there was no budget, plan or order by Hitler for a World War II program to exterminate Europe's Jews.

This book is especially relevant right now, as "Holocaust deniers" are routinely and harshly punished for their "blasphemy," and as growing numbers of people regard the standard, Hollywoodized "Holocaust" narrative with mounting suspicion and distrust.

The author of this book, who writes under the pen name of "Thomas Dalton," is an American scholar who holds a doctoral degree from a major US university.

This is no peripheral debate between arcane views of some obscure aspect of twentieth century history. Instead, this is a clash with profound social-political implications regarding freedom of speech and press, the manipulation of public opinion, how our cultural life is shaped, and how power is wielded in our society.

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Is Haiti a viable country?

 


This short article summarizes the essence of Haiti's prospects for the future:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/285816


Even before the earthquake that devastated Port au Prince, Haiti had ran out of options. 

Never mind that the Jekyll and Hyde policies of the US towards this poor country*, resulting in myopic, ideological and irrelevant interventionist ploys never helped but rather hindered the possibility of alternative development. These "helpful" efforts go back to the beginning of the last century if not before.

*Within recent memory alone: Bill Clinton wanting to keep Aristide in power at all costs, G.W.Bush wanting to get rid of Aristide at all , costs, etc. 

Leadership is not as much of a problem as is the overpopulation on a piece of land devoid of resources and without the environment to sustain such a large population relative to the land size. For comparison, imagine the US minus the green, the natural resources, the water, the rich soil and with 3 billion inhabitants. That would be Haiti on a large scale.

While in the future science and technology may produce solutions, the current population cannot place its hopes or live to see such eventualities. The only practical, sensible solution, who some will surely condemn as racist or too radical would seem to be that offered by Dr. Abdoulaye Wade,  President of Senegal :


That is, to relocate the population of Haiti in whole or in part to Senegal where quality land would be made available to them, although it is likely that most Haitians would prefer to relocate to the US rather than return to their ancestral land, but that is another story.

Manuel Sotil





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On one side is the traditional, orthodox view -- six million Jewish casualties, gas chambers, cremation ovens, mass graves, and thousands of witnesses. On the other is the view of a small band of skeptical writers and researchers, often unfairly labeled "deniers," who contend that the public has been gravely misled about this emotion-laden chapter of history.

The author establishes that the arguments and findings of revisionist scholars are substantive, and deserve serious consideration. He points out, for example, that even the eminent Jewish Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg acknowledged that there was no budget, plan or order by Hitler for a World War II program to exterminate Europe's Jews.

This book is especially relevant right now, as "Holocaust deniers" are routinely and harshly punished for their "blasphemy," and as growing numbers of people regard the standard, Hollywoodized "Holocaust" narrative with mounting suspicion and distrust.

The author of this book, who writes under the pen name of "Thomas Dalton," is an American scholar who holds a doctoral degree from a major US university.

This is no peripheral debate between arcane views of some obscure aspect of twentieth century history. Instead, this is a clash with profound social-political implications regarding freedom of speech and press, the manipulation of public opinion, how our cultural life is shaped, and how power is wielded in our society.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=debating+the+holocaust&sprefix=DEBATING

Peace.

Michael Santomauro
Editorial Director
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MIND BOGGLING...Anderson Cooper of CNN just did this story

 

Anderson Cooper of CNN recently did this story:

CNN Reports on Jewish Radical Extremists dressed as Muslims

Jews who "converted" to Islam (about 2 minutes into this video clip)... one gripes about nationalism and the other says he wants to see a mushroom cloud over Israel. Apparently not aware that a lot of Muslims would die in such a scenario. This is not even a convincing false flag. But yet, most people will miss this and will believe these idiots are sincere Muslim "terrorists".   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djzxvWV4-Js&feature=player_embedded


Also see this amazing video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErtqooKLDpo&feature=related




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In this remarkable, balanced book, the author skillfully reviews and compares "traditional" and "revisionist" views on the "The Holocaust."

On one side is the traditional, orthodox view -- six million Jewish casualties, gas chambers, cremation ovens, mass graves, and thousands of witnesses. On the other is the view of a small band of skeptical writers and researchers, often unfairly labeled "deniers," who contend that the public has been gravely misled about this emotion-laden chapter of history.

The author establishes that the arguments and findings of revisionist scholars are substantive, and deserve serious consideration. He points out, for example, that even the eminent Jewish Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg acknowledged that there was no budget, plan or order by Hitler for a World War II program to exterminate Europe's Jews.

This book is especially relevant right now, as "Holocaust deniers" are routinely and harshly punished for their "blasphemy," and as growing numbers of people regard the standard, Hollywoodized "Holocaust" narrative with mounting suspicion and distrust.

The author of this book, who writes under the pen name of "Thomas Dalton," is an American scholar who holds a doctoral degree from a major US university.

This is no peripheral debate between arcane views of some obscure aspect of twentieth century history. Instead, this is a clash with profound social-political implications regarding freedom of speech and press, the manipulation of public opinion, how our cultural life is shaped, and how power is wielded in our society.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=debating+the+holocaust&sprefix=DEBATING

Peace.

Michael Santomauro
Editorial Director
Call anytime: 917-974-6367
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