"fascistic disposition" paragraph

Otto ottosell at yahoo.de
Sat May 10 15:04:34 CDT 2003


   Rob:
> the inherent absurdity of
> categorising 9/11 alongside WW II
>

Well, when September 11 happened I remember people on this list, Americans,
who claimed that from now on "America is at war" -- 9/11 has become our
"Pearl Harbour." The war against terror is far from over, the Iraq-war has
been repeatedly declared being part of it, so where's the "inherent
absurdity" in comparing the two attacks on America?

I remember from one of those interviews by some "embedded" journalist that a
marine called A.J. Simpson (I believe from the 101st Airborne) -who hadn't
realised that 15 of the 18 terrorists have been Saudis- told the reporter
that they had come to Iraq to take revenge for September 11.

Otto




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