QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Either war is obsolete or men are." - - R. Buckminster Fuller
RHINO HERE: Here's a quick foreign policy quiz for you & your friends & relatives consisting of just one multiple-choice question. FYI - Here's a list of the countries the U.S. has bombed since the end of World War II (compiled by historian William Blum with a couple updates by me).
China 1945-46, Korea 1950-53, China 1950-53, Guatemala 1954, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-60, Guatemala 1960, Congo 1964, Peru 1965, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Grenada 1983, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1980s, Nicaragua 1980s, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991-2002, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998, Yugoslavia 1999, Afghanistan 2001-2002
QUESTION - In how many of these instances did a democratic government, respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result?
Choose one of the following: (a) 0 (b) zero (c) none (d) not a one (e) a whole number between -1 and +1
Speaking of Afganistan, how many Americans wonder just how things are going there now that the Taliban regime is out of power. If you do, there's a very telling statement below written by The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afganistan (RAWA) for the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy.
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT RAWA, GO TO: http://rawa.false.net/
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