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Interesting articles.  But of course we already could see most of this going
on from the start.  We are Canadians and for the better part are not blinded
by American propaganda.  Just a thought! Flame away :-)




"zeptepe" <zeptepe@neap.net> wrote in message
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> Here's some interesting reading on America's contribution to Sadamn's
> weapons of mass destruction.  Turns out that we can largely thank the good
> ole USA for suppling them.
>
> http://counterpunch.org/green02242003.html
>
>

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:09:31 -0400, "zeptepe" <zeptepe@neap.net>
wrote:

>Here's some interesting reading on America's contribution to Sadamn's
>weapons of mass destruction.  Turns out that we can largely thank the good
>ole USA for suppling them.
>
>http://counterpunch.org/green02242003.html
>

  Yep, you're right. But, let's also not forget that:

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and
injured 1,000; 

President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down
and punished.


After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S.
military personnel; 

Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
punished.


After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19
and injured  200 U.S. military personnel; 

Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
punished.


After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224
and injured 5,000; 

Clinton promised that those responsible! would be hunted down and
punished.


After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39
U.S. sailors; 

Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
punished.


Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, an estimated 3,000 people in
New York and Washington, D.C. that are now dead would be alive today.

Hey,..i don't think anyone's forgetting anything.  But the fact still
remains that the good old US of A has armed a lot of people who are now
their enemies.

In a sense, i can see their reasoning with some of the past mistakes becuase
of the world was in a totally different mode of thinking at the time.  The
Soviets were the boogyman and any enemy of the Soviets were friends of the
States.  Only natural i guess.

I'm been wondering for a while now why the US didn't get more vocal about
the Taleban rule a few years back.  I mean,.they say they're a beacon of
freedom and i do think they do some good work.  But they knew the Taleban
were freaks but didn't do a damn thing.  And the fact that their good friend
the Saudis were only one of 3 countries to recognize the Taleban is even
stranger.  This is all kind of off on a tangent here, but i just don't know
why they didn't do more to shut down the Taleban.  Or at least say to the
Saudi (a bunch of whom flew 2 planes into the WTC), hey,..we don't agree
with you people supporting such a group of wingnuts.  Because if i ever saw
a group that had no right to rule a country, it was the Taleban.


<Intrigue1@spiritone.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:09:31 -0400, "zeptepe" <zeptepe@neap.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Here's some interesting reading on America's contribution to Sadamn's
> >weapons of mass destruction.  Turns out that we can largely thank the
good
> >ole USA for suppling them.
> >
> >http://counterpunch.org/green02242003.html
> >
>
>   Yep, you're right. But, let's also not forget that:
>
> After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and
> injured 1,000;
>
> President Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down
> and punished.
>
>
> After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S.
> military personnel;
>
> Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
> punished.
>
>
> After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19
> and injured  200 U.S. military personnel;
>
> Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
> punished.
>
>
> After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224
> and injured 5,000;
>
> Clinton promised that those responsible! would be hunted down and
> punished.
>
>
> After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39
> U.S. sailors;
>
> Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and
> punished.
>
>
> Maybe if Clinton had kept his promise, an estimated 3,000 people in
> New York and Washington, D.C. that are now dead would be alive today.
>
>

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:55:53 -0400, "zeptepe" <zeptepe@neap.net>
wrote:

>Hey,..i don't think anyone's forgetting anything.  But the fact still
>remains that the good old US of A has armed a lot of people who are now
>their enemies.

  That's either due to a change in government (Ala Shah and Kohemeni)
or they went and did something to another of our allies and thus,
incurred our collective wrath.
>
>In a sense, i can see their reasoning with some of the past mistakes becuase
>of the world was in a totally different mode of thinking at the time.  The
>Soviets were the boogyman and any enemy of the Soviets were friends of the
>States.  Only natural i guess.

  Not exactly, but something like that.
>
>I'm been wondering for a while now why the US didn't get more vocal about
>the Taleban rule a few years back.  I mean,.they say they're a beacon of
>freedom and i do think they do some good work.  But they knew the Taleban
>were freaks but didn't do a damn thing.  And the fact that their good friend
>the Saudis were only one of 3 countries to recognize the Taleban is even
>stranger.  This is all kind of off on a tangent here, but i just don't know
>why they didn't do more to shut down the Taleban.  Or at least say to the
>Saudi (a bunch of whom flew 2 planes into the WTC), hey,..we don't agree
>with you people supporting such a group of wingnuts.  Because if i ever saw
>a group that had no right to rule a country, it was the Taleban.

  We helped them free themselves from Russia, but the problem was, we
LEFT them alone when we really should have stayed and helped them
bring about a democratic rule or something close.

  So, we really have no one to blame, that a bunch of religious
zealots took over and basically helped the country into a deeper hole
then before. Then came 9-11 and this placed a target over them.

  Reminds me of Iran when the Shah was booted. People thought "Oh boy!
We're going to live better now!" But man, did they have a major line
up in the execution sections when the Komeheni slammed his fist down,
along with his band of followers.

  They went so far backward, they went far beyond the bend.