Blowback

[David Simpson]

David Morris wrote:

>Chalmers Johnson, "Blowback," The Nation (October 15, 2001) ...
>
>"The suicidal assassins of September 11, 2001, did not 'attack
America,' as
>our political leaders and the news media like to maintain; they
attacked
>American foreign policy.

>>The distinction being attempted above is a joke.  I guess we should
just
consider those 6,000 people as incidental unfortunates in a war of
foreign
policies.<<

It's more than a joke; it's an outright distortion. The bulk of the
operation was aimed at ordinary citizens, not foreign policy officials.
Note: In subsequent communiques the Al Quaeda network has made it clear
that it is targeting "all Americans and Jews."

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