tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post5448446905678530147..comments2024-03-18T03:27:18.777-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Time to show fingerprints on Syria issuesEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-4289815748477437092012-12-09T23:31:53.753-05:002012-12-09T23:31:53.753-05:00I see. Not a Christian, are you Brian?I see. Not a Christian, are you Brian?David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-73553661345483007472012-12-08T17:55:04.673-05:002012-12-08T17:55:04.673-05:00As judged by Freedom House?
"In Manufacturin...As judged by Freedom House?<br /><br />"In Manufacturing Consent, Chomsky and Herman write that in 1979, Freedom House monitored the election of Ian Smith in Rhodesia and found it "fair", but found the 1980 elections won by Mugabe under British supervision "dubious".[30] Chomsky and Herman argue that the group's history has been characterized by excessively criticizing states opposed to US interests while being unduly sympathetic to those regimes supportive of US interests.[30] The authors suggest this can be most notably seen by the way it perceived the US ally El Salvador in the early 1980s, a government that used the army for mass slaughter of the populace to intimidate them in the run-up to an "election", but Freedom House found these elections to be "admirable".[30] Chomsky further claimed in 1988 that Freedom House "had interlocks with AIM, the World Anticommunist League [sic], Resistance International, and U.S. government bodies such as Radio Free Europe and the CIA, and has long served as a virtual propaganda arm of the (U.S) government and international right wing"<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House<br />MikeHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-456469528639111032012-12-07T21:09:52.035-05:002012-12-07T21:09:52.035-05:00Mikeh, you could try reading the link.Mikeh, you could try reading the link.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301230860904555513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-51104606890712568212012-12-07T17:37:42.215-05:002012-12-07T17:37:42.215-05:00"I have a standing offer to bet over whether ..."I have a standing offer to bet over whether Libya will be more free in the future than it was pre-intervention"<br /><br />Measured by what? Do you mean free for US corporate interests? Or the Syrian population, a large number of whom are going to be dead before the civil war is over.<br /><br />This conflict is going to result in grudges that will take generations to play out. You will not be able to settle that bet for a few decades if ever.<br />MikeHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-16626504458378387682012-12-07T15:02:01.162-05:002012-12-07T15:02:01.162-05:00“There is no country on Earth that would tolerate ...“There is no country on Earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders,” <br />--- Barack Obama <br /><br />Sorry, that was about Palestinian missile against Israel, not US missiles against Pakeistan...Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-39858821385883599322012-12-07T14:06:24.631-05:002012-12-07T14:06:24.631-05:00Hi sidd, I have a standing offer to bet over wheth...Hi sidd, I have a standing offer to bet over whether Libya will be more free in the future than it was pre-intervention:<br /><br />http://rabett.blogspot.com/2012/02/putting-some-credibility-behind.html<br /><br />Let me know if you're interested! Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301230860904555513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-25481212212711303502012-12-07T12:29:30.592-05:002012-12-07T12:29:30.592-05:00"I supported making the threat of limited mil..."I supported making the threat of limited military involvement in February and more actual support for the opposition..."<br /><br />Ah. So the difference between you and, say, Dick Cheney, is a matter of degree, not kind.<br /><br />"I remain concerned about ethnic massacres and religious instability"<br /><br />O, i'm sure they will welcome you with flowers, and forget all their differences...<br /><br />"Not sure if I'd completely eliminate them, ..." <br /><br />You would only kill a few innocents extrajudicially, and those, rarely. How very generous. As someone said, we have established what you are, now we are haggling about price.<br /><br />Dear God, how soon you forget. Have you learned nothing in the last decade ? To refresh your memory, here is a quote from Riverbend, way back in 2004:<br /><br />"...don't rape, don't torture, don't kill and get out while you can- while it still looks like you have a choice... Chaos? Civil war? Bloodshed? We’ll take our chances- just take your Puppets, your tanks, your smart weapons, your dumb politicians, your lies, your empty promises, your rapists, your sadistic torturers and go."<br /><br />The USA can do no good with armed intervention. None believe anything you say. They hate you. Every man's hand is against you, and even your puppets are eyeing exits. Riverbend's words are the common wisdom in the streets and in the souks, the kitchens and the teashops, in the cellars and the alleyways. Just leave. Don't make it worse. Leave them to their own hell, a hell that you have helped create, and go burn in your own. <br /><br />But, of course, I forget. You can't leave until the oil is gone. <br /><br />siddsiddnoreply@blogger.com