Re: (TV) Re: OT: You know, reading this list hasn't been half as fun since last Tuesday...

["esgregory" <esgregory@qwest.net>]

i'm in total agreement here...we helped ravage afghanistan ("we" being the
western alliance but primarily the usa) in 80-81 only to leave it an unholy
mess for the remaining despots to conquer & further simultaneously suckle
from & destroy....
what makes anyone think we'd help the nation rebuild (& who says our methods
of rebuilding is so great in the first place???) after we bombed it to mecca
& back?
& i too would like to see the perpetrators of last tuesday's destruction be
punished, but in a court of law with due process...the way american law is
supposed to function.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip P. Obbard" <pobbard@yahoo.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:33 AM
Subject: (TV) Re: OT: You know, reading this list hasn't been half as fun
since last Tuesday...


> Michael, I assume you're being sarcastic. 25% of Afghanistan is starving,
and
> they've suffered two decades of warfare. If this ended with Afghanistan
looking
> like Japan or Germany due to a US occupation, that would be a good
long-term
> scenario. Neither of those countries harbor people who fly planes into
> buildings regularly, nor are they full of huge masses of starving people.
But
> obviously, there are no plans for the US to actively rehabilitate
Afghanistan
> (or Iraq, or any country who can be connected with these attacks) - we'll
just
> bomb, leave, and wait for the next attack on our country. Notice how we're
> refusing to negotiate with them, saying it's "time for action", etc. This
> forces Afghanistan into a corner. The current administration has decided
on
> war, much as Bush Sr. did in 1990, and they think any negotiation is a
sign of
> weakness. This forces us into a corner.
>
> (Keith, don't take this the wrong way, but of course the UK has a role in
this
> too - as the US's "junior partner" (the words of a British diplomat after
WW2,
> not mine!) we tend to move in tandem on who we help, hurt, or bomb. In
recent
> history, Iraq is the best example, but Thatcher certainly supported the
> anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan in the 1980s. If you want to voice
> dissent against the build-up, you can start at home. If the UK would not
> support our current course, you can bet we'll soften our tone).
>
> I'm not saying the bad guys shouldn't be punished/eliminated. Of course
they
> should, as quickly as possible. I just don't want to see us inflicting the
> civilian casualties I see in my city on another city; two wrongs won't
make
> this right.
>
> --Philip
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