Sunday, November 30, 2003

After terror, massed force. Posted here Sunday, November 30, 2003 at 9:03:19 AM     Thought And attrocity is a one sided persepctive. People fight with what they have. Freedom fighters and the heros of the american war of independence are terrorists from someone's point of view. The 911 attack is reminiscent of the boston tea party in its significance and impact. (It was not just a fraternity prank). The US actions in much of the world, including the teaching of terrorism, makes our case impossible to sustain as a moral case, so it has to revert to power. But what counts now is, what next. Two interesting articles. washington post on exit strategy confusion http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A22070-2003Nov29?language=printer and this from Center for Startegic and International Studies, quite an open and direct analysis. http://www.csis.org/features/031114toouncertain.pdf For a much deeper examination of the religious situation see The boston review http://bostonreview.net/BR28.5/cole.html and for a shocking review of a different issue see The Looting of Asia Chalmers Johnson in the London Review http://www.lrb.co.uk/v25/n22/print/john04_.html ********