56 Islamic Nations Avoid Condemning U.S. Attacks but Warn onCivilian Casualties

[Paul Mackin]

Is his name Bill?

And I can't explain
It's surely not his brain
I love him because he's wonderful
Because he's just old Bill.

        P.
----- Original Message -----
From: <barbara100 at jps.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: 56 Islamic Nations Avoid Condemning U.S. Attacks but Warn
onCivilian Casualties


>
> He's just one guy, but my Iranian ex-husband seems almost pleased with
> America's military might. He definitely wants to see the Taliban go; and
if
> the truth be known, he wants to see his *own* mullahs go too.  He's
> disgusted with the whole zealous lot of them! And if it takes an air war,
> then so be it. "Go get 'em boys!  Sure am glad I'm on your side now!"  Oh,
> maybe I'm mischaracterizing him. I should be more charitable. He's not
> blood-thirsty or lily-livered or anything, he's just caught up in the
> 'velvet grip' like so many.  And how he loved those F15s or 16s as a boy.
> He does sway to good argument though.  I couldn't put Gravity's Rainbow on
> him,  but I bet I could get him thinking and voting Green on election eve
if
> I tried.  ( It's the least he could do for me; I gave him his citizenship
> after all!  : ) Besides it was he who first introduced to me the idea of
> America's corruption and colonialism all those years ago.  He seems to
have
> forgotten it in all the Glory, but I'm sure it'll all come streaming back
> when I remind him.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Millison <millison at online-journalist.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 4:55 PM
> Subject: 56 Islamic Nations Avoid Condemning U.S. Attacks, but Warn
> onCivilian Casualties
>
>
> > I guess these 56 countries are just too shy to speak up and tell Bush
the
> > many ways they love him.  They've also got another pesky concern, which
> the
> > reporter notes:  "self-preservation".  Even if the leaders of these
> > countries do love Bush they can't say so publicly because their
> citizens --
> > who don't like what Bush is doing -- are likely to throw them out of
> power.
> > This is consistent with the reporting coming out of Muslim countries
that
> > is available in the British papers, especially the Guardian and the
> > Independent.
> >
> > We have a large Muslim community here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and
> > many in that community are deeply conflicted.  As much as they love the
> > U.S., they also hate to see how Bush is helping bin Laden by marshaling
> > outrage against this stupid military adventure.
> >
>
>