Can You say WAR CRIMINALS ?

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THE TOP FIVE LIES
ABOUT THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
Produced by the Anti-War Committee of Students in Solidarity at the University of Pittsburgh

How many people do you know who claim to be skeptical, who pride themselves on their distrust for authority, who like to pretend that they're wise to the ways of the world -- and then, every time there's a war, they swallow the lies of the government with all the gullibility of a three-year-old child in the lap of a department store Santa Claus? Don't fall into that trap yourself! Learn to identify and refute official misinformation when you see it. Let's count down some of the common misconceptions about this war:
Lie #5: "We're not at war with the Afghan people -- look, we're bringing them food!" Reality: Afghanistan is in the midst of a severe drought which threatens literally millions of people with starvation. Even before the threat of U.S. bombing, the World Food Program (WFP) said that nearly 6 million people were in need of immediate food assistance. When the threat of war caused massive movements of refugees and internally displaced people, the WFP raised that number to 7.5 million. UN agencies were keeping huge numbers of people alive, but the war danger -- as well as the U.S. demand that Pakistan seal its border with Afghanistan -- caused the WFP to suspend deliveries of wheat flour to the country. We have no idea how many people have already died as a result. Meanwhile, the U.S. dropped 37,000 individually-wrapped packages of food from the sky. You do the math. That's enough to feed about 37,000 people for one day, in a country where seven and a half million are in danger of starvation. Additionally, the spokesman for an international charity active in Afghanistan told the London Independent that "Random food drops are the worst possible way of delivering food aid. They cause more problems than they solve." Not the least of which is the fact that Afghanistan has the highest number of unexploded land mines in the world. There are already 10 or 15 mine incidents every day, and with people scrambling into mine-ridden areas to pick up random packages of food dropped from U.S. planes, that number is only going to go up.


Congresswoman McKinney holds up a mockup of a food packet and an unexploded cluster munition, both of which are being dropped on Afghanistan. Can you tell which is okay to pick up and try to eat?

Lie #4: "Oil? Who said anything about oil?" Reality: The Caspian Sea region has potentially the world's largest oil reserves, likely making Central Asia the next Middle East. The problem is piping it out. Afghanistan occupies a strategic position between the Caspian and the markets of the Indian subcontinent and east Asia. It's prime territory for building pipelines, which is why the oil company Unocal -- as well as the U.S. government -- welcomed the Taliban's rise to power in 1996 as a promising source of "stability." That turned out to be a pipe dream (so to speak), but people like our Commander-in-Chief and the oil men around him have never given up on the tremendous profit possibilities that Central Asia offers. And if you don't think such considerations are crossing their minds at this time of crisis, may we suggest a refresher course in The Facts of Life?

Lie #3: "The U.S. is trying to liberate the people of Afghanistan from Taliban tyranny." Reality: The U.S., Russia, and Iran have been aiding a rough coalition of armed groups called the Northern Alliance. The Northern Alliance's fighters are drawn mainly from ethnic minority groups in Afghanistan who have been persecuted by the Taliban. But their record is also a bloody one. Groups like the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), which have been fighting against fundamentalism and for democracy in Afghanistan for years, have publicly stated that the fundamentalist gangsters of the Northern Alliance are not an acceptable alternative to the fundamentalist gangsters of the Taliban. No wonder: Human Rights Watch implicates the Northern Alliance in "indiscriminate aerial bombardment and shelling, direct attacks on civilians, summary executions, rape, persecution on the basis of religion or ethnicity, the recruitment and use of children as soldiers, and the use of antipersonnel landmines." By now everyone knows that Osama bin Laden was among the mujihadin recruited by the CIA to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. Meet the next generation.

Lie #2: "America is coming together." Reality: Tens of thousands of people have been laid off in the airline industry alone. The government quickly responded to the airline industry crisis with a multi-billion-dollar bailout package for the companies in order to keep afloat the profits of shareholders and the salaries of CEOs, but when it came to aiding the thousands of workers laid off, Congressman Dick Armey said that that would be contrary to "the American spirit." Maybe it is. Maybe it's the "American spirit" to make common working people pay for a crisis and to bear the burdens of an expensive war. But it certainly doesn't have anything to do with "togetherness."

And the biggest lie of them all . . .
Lie #1: "It's possible to win a 'war against terrorism.'" Reality: Terrorism is a tactic, not a political or social force in and of itself. Anyone can use it, and the idea that you can wage a "war" against it is as dishonest as the idea behind the "War on Drugs." The use of food as a political weapon, indiscriminate aerial bombardment, and the arming of gangsterish groups of religious fanatics all count as "terrorism" by any reasonable definition of the word, and the United States has long employed all of them -- and more. This war is really about sordid material interests and power (see especially Lies numbers 2 and 4, above), and in defense of these interests the U.S. is prepared to shift the label "terrorist" as it sees fit, to apply to all manner of dissident political movements and not just marginal bands of fanatics like bin Laden's al-Qa'ida. Conversely, it's willing to call its own terrorists "freedom fighters" (see Lie number 3 above). Maybe some of them will get transformed into "terrorists" again in a few years. It's a sick game and a charade, and the government is manipulating the very real grief and anger of the people of the United States after the September 11 atrocities to get us all to fall for it again. Don't believe them for a second.

Answer 1

most people are here already apart from the right wing fanatics who are on the other side anyway ,this is their ball game.
even though their lower ranks have no Idea of what the top of the piramid is up too

www.infowars ,biggest secret,by David Icke traces the control well into the dawn of history .

these things you talk about are part of long term strategies ,that plan and are operative over many centuries ,most people cannot grasp political climates for more than a few years at the time,
dont get confused or caught up in what is happening in front of your eyes ,or you will not be able to see the wood for the trees.

you have to distance yourself and have a wider vieuw spanning eons, not just present day atrocities
and realise the power that lies behind, for all of it for all of known time

try to ask a shorter question,
instead of writing a book
the question gets lost in the statements

Answer 2

Here's a synopsis of the responses to your program:

Please don't question the government. Just listen to what our beloved leader Bush tells you and go with the program. He must be right because Republican Jesus put him in charge of the free world.

Perhaps I can have somebody come over to your place and take away your news access? I don't want you to do anything other than swallow the beloved Bush's party line.

Don't make me think! I made some really good party food for the football game.

Thanks

Answer 3

Cynicism is a zero sum game.

Look, you write brilliantly, but if you look at everything from a negative perspective, nothing looks possible, nothing looks worthwhile, good or noble. Then you're just rehashing the 1990's Seattle grunge scene. See how Kurt Cobain turned out?

Imagine if someone with your relentlessly negative outlook was advising George Washington. Washington's men were grossly outnumbered, under-supplied, hungry, and freezing. But Washington led them to victory.

You make all sorts of interesting points, but your approach will never lead anyone, especially yourself, to victory in life's endeavors.

Here is some words of wisdom from a commencement address by Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report - on Comedy Central) :
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Quote from Stephen Colbert's address to Knox College:

Now, will saying "yes" get youin trouble at times? Will saying "yes" lead you to do some foolish things? Yes it will. But don't be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.

Cynics always say no. But saying "yes" begins things. Saying "yes" is how things grow. Saying "yes" leads to knowledge.

"Yes" is for young people. So, for as long as you have the strength to, say "yes".

Answer 4

you forgot about the elections in Iraq and Afghanistan. the governments that are now in place were elected by the people and deserve our support. You are a fop for the terrorists. if you hate freedom so much, you should move to IRAN. if you propose to speak for the people of the affected countries, why do you reject their democratic choices? maybe you should read some more books and get your head out of your ***! nothing is ever so simple, but it seems you are.

Answer 5

Well, if you want to believe these then thats all good and fine, but if you have a problem then leave America's doors swing both ways. Nobody could care less if you left so if you have a problem then leave.

Answer 6

Dude, shut the F**K Up.

Nobody is going to go the trouble of reading all of that sh*t.

I don't even oppose the war, and I am still not interested in reading all of that.

Answer 7

ranting

Answer 8

geeeez...another left-wing moon-bat sniveling anti-american weenie group!!!! as said by another post...blah...blah...blah...blah

Answer 9

Blah, blah, blah.... >YAAAAWN<