Let them eat gas

[David Morris]

Obama is not trying to be Syria's Savior. He & We should see this tar baby
and only touch at the end it a long stick.

On Monday, September 2, 2013, Bekah wrote:

> In my mind I've been remembering the Holocaust and all the people who are
> aghast that we didn't get involved in WWII earlier and how many lives we
> could have saved.  And now we see exactly why we didn't.  In the US there
> is,  and has been ever since the Mexican War,  a huge anti-war sentiment
> unless we have been personally attacked in some way (including capitalist
> fears of governments who nationalize companies and resources).
>
> If you,  a 6-foot 200 pound male age about 30,  see a 13-year old beating
> the crap out of a 5-year old what do you do?  To ignore it co-signs the 6th
> grader's actions - to get involved assures the 5-year old's safety.  There
> is no "fair" grouping to stop the fight.   And in the case at hand,  the
> 5-year old is likely to jump on us and start scratching and kicking - (the
> new regime would be worse).
>
> I have no idea if I'm for or against action in Syria -  I wish we had a
> more forceful UN or something but I'm not sure that wouldn't be more of the
> same from a different source.  The other nations have spoken anyway -
> without a formal "vote."
>
> Bek
> (sigh)
>
> On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:53 AM, alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Maybe the Syrian conflict is an imperial plot hatched in the bloody war
> > room, the gas leaked from the oil satellites, into the rooms where
> children
> > slept fitfully. Maybe not.
> >
> > Maybe Washington wants the revolution in Syria to succeed. Maybe not.
> >
> > Maybe the insidious creeping of neo-liberal capitalism, more deadly than
> > gas, and clearly in use by all sides is the WMD. Maybe not.
> >
> > Maybe Obama hit the replay on the tube, so we Thanatoids are watching
> > a re-run  of the Bush-era lies that led to the war on Iraq. Maybe not.
> >
> > Maybe Syria's dictatorial President Bashar al-Assad and the 40-year
> > rule of his family is nothing but another brick in the old cold war.
> > Maybe not.
> >
> > Maybe its time for an Arab Winter. Maybe not.
> >
> > Gas tyranny, corruption, occupation, poverty.
> >
> > Let economic development, social justice, real representation and
> > democracy Spring.
> >
> > Let them eat gas.
> > Let them eat gas.
> >
> > Oil and blood.
> >
> > Noam Chomsky said.
> >
> > Spread the revolution.
> >
> > Spread the revolution.
> >
> > Let them
> > Let them
> >
> > Oil and Blood.
> >
> > Eat Gas.
> >
> > Fela Anikulapo Kuti With Africa 70 - No Agreement [Full Album][HQ]<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk4aP0hsen0>
>
>
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