 |
 |
Alison Croggon wrote: > > Dear Frederick > > I would never take an attack on John Howard, or the UN criticisms of > Australian violations of human rights in our treatment of asylum > seekers or Aboriginal communities as an attack on _me_. So I'm > baffled that critique of US government policy (which is horrific, and > has been horrific for years, if you think about the sponsorhip of > terrorism in Niaragua, the asssassination of Allende, the illegal > carpet bombing on Vietnam and Cambodia, and many many other well > known and publicly-documented actions) is "bashing" Americans. Much > of that critique originates from Americans, anyway. > > And I've never said anything remotely like what that writer appears > to be attacking, either. Tell me, Frederick - did I _ever_ say > "Americans deserved it" or that I didn't care about September 11? To > suggest that I have is a gross distortion. To me the slaughter of > innocent civilians _anywhere_ is abhorrent, and what happened in NY > was horrific. And it seems to me that if the US government is to > seriously make claims for justice, then it has to stop engaging in > the same activity. (OK, simplistic, but have a look at this, by one > of the few journalists I really respect, Robert Fisk) > > http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=106834 > > Best > > Alison > > >d The Taliban leadership was given a chance to repudiate their paymaster bin Laden and to turn him and Al-Qaeda over. They refused. The blood of their people is on their hands far more than ours. The words Dresden, Hitler, and Bomber Harris could be substituted with equal validity.