Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 03:28:04 04/02/03
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On April 01, 2003 at 23:39:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 01, 2003 at 18:16:23, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On April 01, 2003 at 16:13:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>Yes. Bu t notice _you_ are discussing something. Not just saying "here is an >>>American I like" and attaching a photo of a dead soldier. >>> >>>That's the part I took issue with. And apparently Bruce as well. And a few >>>others will to I suspect. >> >> >>Bob, just let us reflect this a little bit. >> >>What is worse in your eyes: >> >> A) the email with a picture of a soldier, prisoner, and a text or > >tasteless, and shows a total lack of class, but not comparable in any way >to the war... > > >> >> B) the USA army on order of Bush, >> >> a) bombing civilian targets in Iraq > >This is not happening so far as factual records have shown. There may well >be a stray bomb here and there. The pentagon is claiming 90% accuracy for the >precision munitions. With 1000 sorties a day, dropping (say) 2 bombs per >sortie (I don't know what the bomb load is for whatever aircraft are being >used, some may carry 1/2, although the b52's and b2's carry a dozen or two >depending on size. If you figure 10,000 bombs dropped a day, 10% of that >could be as much as 1000 bombs gone astray. How far astray is an issue I can't >answer. But there is little visual evidence of destroyed civilian locations. > >> b) killing civilians peacefully passing by > >Which _could_ be carrying bombs or rifles, as has already happened. If a >civilian stops when told to stop, there is _no_ problem. I certainly stop >when a police officer says stop, and I haven't been shot yet. > > > > >> c) invading a country against the will of the UN and > >Not quite so clear. The 1991 gulf war never _ended_. The cease-fire >included UN stipulations that have not been met. So the case is not so >open as shut as you might imply. > > >> d) going for the murder of the Iraqi President without >> allowance whatsoever, how this is justified? > > >From the biblical expression "an eye for an eye..." He's certainly been >responsible for enough deaths to make this justifiable. I think the people >of Iraq agree, based on interviews on news stations. > > >> >>Just to reflect the situation. Perhaps you can then understand why people feel >>offended by the policy of the US administration. >> >>Best, >>Rolf Tueschen > >As I said, I'll discuss "ideas". But I don't want tasteless photos with >insulting titles, with no discourse included. In a message to Gerd Isenberg I tried to explain the logic of such cynical postcards. It's a smart form of sharp reasoning to make you Americans upset. On emotional grounds. It's propaganda in the name of PEACE if you want. Of course I can see the right in all of your answers above. I have no problem with any of them. But I wished that you could understand why other people have a different opinion /view to all these points. If you could only understand this little bit, THEN you could also understand the cynical smartness of such anti-war propaganda postcards. Youre not a hypocrite? I don't think so! Best, Rolf
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