,Re: In case no one else saw this

[Mark Kohut]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/15/terrorists-isis?CMP=share_btn_tw

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 7:15 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> I waited if Charlie's plist advance man, Morris, would send this but not yet.
>
> Hundreds and hundreds of retweets and likes around the social media
> world. Rivals the right-wing popular ones.
>
> So,: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a39727/paris-attacks-middle-eastern-oligarchies/
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not that hard for me not to think of the slogan.
>>  Sources for al--Qaeda and Isil's murderous ideology are rife and known.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Nov 15, 2015, at 5:31 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's hard not to think of the post-colonialist slogan - variously sited as
>> chanted, scrawled on walls - We are here because you were there.
>>
>> Seems like it could be an epigraph for some Pynchon book to come.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: Thomas Eckhardt
>>>Sent: Nov 15, 2015 5:17 PM
>>>To: kelber at mindspring.com, pynchon -l
>>>Subject: ,Re: In case no one else saw this
>>>
>>>Am 15.11.2015 um 18:38 schrieb kelber at mindspring.com:
>>>> I did see that. No mention of the Devil, porn stars or right-wing
>>>> politics. But for all we know, it was the venue, not the band that was the
>>>> target.
>>>
>>>Yes. The Bataclan had been threatened and attacked for its pro-Israel
>>>events.
>>>
>>>"They hate us for our freedoms" is, once again, misleading at best. This
>>>was not or only partly about the hedonistic West, I suggest. It was
>>>mainly about France's substantial contribution to the Syria clusterfuck,
>>>not to mention winning hearts and minds in Libya. I am not talking about
>>>justification here, of course, merely about motive.
>>>
>>>The terrorists were aiming for maximum media coverage. If those with
>>>tickets for the French-German friendly had managed to enter the Stade de
>>>France, the body count would have been even higher and the bloodbath
>>>would have been on prime time television in France and Germany.
>>>
>>>The attack was also surprisingly sophisticated not only in planning and
>>>execution but also with regard to the political situation: It seems that
>>>the passport of a Syrian refugee found on the scene has turned out to be
>>>a fake. Nevertheless, it has already provided additional fodder for
>>>right-wingers all over Europe opposing the admittance of refugees from
>>>Syria. A small but significant false flag.
>>>
>>>Shit. Shit. Shit. What a week.
>>>
>>>-
>>>Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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