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[Previous entry: "Guilt will not defeat terror"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Belgium, the ICC and the neo-conservative worldview"] 27 April 2003: "Fantasy and fabrication"
A couple of neat finds via Jason "The Horrors of an Easily Distracted Mind" Tamez at Druidic.net: Chomsky: We should examine carefully what's being established here in the prologue. For one, the point is clearly made that the "master ring," the so-called "one ring to rule them all," is actually a rather elaborate justification for preemptive war on Mordor.Great stuff. Second is David Wong's "Fraud", a breathtaking exposure of the fictions perpetrated by the American military-industrial complex regarding Iraq, a country which does not actually exist. One paragraph in particular summed up the whole "no-win situation" of US foreign policy: We wandered the streets and open markets of Kabul, speaking to the townspeople milling about. "Indeed," said Abdulla Matif, a cafe owner in downtown Kabul. "The destruction of the Taliban has been the most horrific crime ever perpetrated against the Afghani people."Kind of reminiscent of the cries of "No Saddam! No US!" currently heard in parts of Iraq, innit? This appears to predate that particular unintended irony. Both well worth a few spare minutes of your time. |
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