[Austin-ghetto-list] Fwd: On Afghanistan...
Karen Willis
kewillis@swbell.net
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:42:41 -0500
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Well, Jon, you can be cynical of anything you read on the internet. I've
known those who say the same thing about television. Where should we get
our information? I'm very impressed with telebob's forward of a 1998
speech by a representative of the former democratic government of
Pakistan. I think we all need a brushup on the history of the region, and
I'm beginning to see that U.S. policies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in
order to defeat the Soviet Union, also created the "religious" monstrosity
that believes God wants them to blow up Americans and gave them ruling
power in those two countries. I really wonder if Pakistan could be setting
a huge booby trap by allowing American troops to gather there in
preparation for a ground attack on Afghanistan. I picture those troops in
a similar position as the police and firefighters rushing into the WTC
before it collapsed.
As far as "crude and backward" goes, they defeated the USSR. Similar
things were said about the Viet Cong. They defeated the US.
Here is the dalai lama's letter to Pres.
Bush: http://www.tibet.com/NewsRoom/hhdl-letter.htm
Karen
Jon Ford wrote:
>... showed the letter below to my friend Sedique Popol, who was a "freedom
>fighter" against the Russian regime in Afghanistan in the 80s-- he killed
>people,blew up buildings,...
Yeah, someone whose opinion I would really value (Karen)
> Anyway, Sedique, like most Afghan refugees, is hostile to the Taliban
> and Bin Laden, yet he feels the writer of the letter is inaccurate in
> making the statement that the Taliban had anything to do with the
> terrorism against the WTC and Penagon, because they are a crude and
> backward group,..
>In fact, Sedique adds, most any Afghan would know the Taliban would not be
>capable of masterminding any such plot, so that raises an interesting
>question-- maybe this letter is a fake or a plant-- I'm suspicious that
>it's making the rounds of the Internet so quickly. We'll probably never
>know-- but take anything posted on the net with a grain of salt-- never
>assume such articles that claim "personal knowledge" are genuine.
>Jon
>
>Wayne Johnson wrote:
>>Really good input from someone who knows something about Afghanistan beyond
>>what the "talking heads...and their bellies" know.
>>
>>Karen Willis forwarded this statement:
>> Subject: A view from Afghanistan
>>
>> The following was sent to me by my friend Tamim
>> Ansary. Tamim is an Afghani-American writer. ..
>>
>> I speak as one who hates the Taliban and Osama Bin
>> Laden. There is no doubt in my mind that these people
>> were responsible for the atrocity in New York. I agree
>> that something must be done about those monsters.
>>
>> But the Taliban and Ben Laden are not Afghanistan...
>>
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<font size=3 color="#0000FF">Well, Jon, you can be cynical of anything
you read on the internet. I've known those who say the same thing
about television. Where should we get our information? I'm
very impressed with telebob's forward of a 1998 speech by a
representative of the former democratic government of Pakistan. I
think we all need a brushup on the history of the region, and I'm
beginning to see that U.S. policies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in order
to defeat the Soviet Union, also created the "religious"
monstrosity that believes God wants them to blow up Americans and gave
them ruling power in those two countries. I really wonder if
Pakistan could be setting a huge booby trap by allowing American troops
to gather there in preparation for a ground attack on Afghanistan.
I picture those troops in a similar position as the police and
firefighters rushing into the WTC before it collapsed.<br>
<br>
As far as "crude and backward" goes, they defeated the
USSR. Similar things were said about the Viet Cong. They
defeated the US. <br>
<br>
Here is the dalai lama's letter to Pres.
Bush:
<a href="http://www.tibet.com/NewsRoom/hhdl-letter.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.tibet.com/NewsRoom/hhdl-letter.htm</a><br>
Karen <br>
<br>
<br>
</font><font size=3>Jon Ford wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>... showed the letter below to my friend
Sedique Popol, who was a "freedom fighter" against the Russian
regime in Afghanistan in the 80s-- he killed people,blew up
buildings,...</font></blockquote><br>
<font color="#0000FF">Yeah, someone whose opinion I would really value
(Karen)<br>
<br>
</font><font size=3><blockquote type=cite cite> Anyway, Sedique,
like most Afghan refugees, is hostile to the Taliban and Bin Laden, yet
he feels the writer of the letter is inaccurate in making the statement
that the Taliban had anything to do with the terrorism against the WTC
and Penagon, because they are a crude and backward group,..<br>
In fact, Sedique adds, most any Afghan would know the Taliban would not
be capable of masterminding any such plot, so that raises an interesting
question-- maybe this letter is a fake or a plant-- I'm suspicious that
it's making the rounds of the Internet so quickly. We'll probably never
know-- but take anything posted on the net with a grain of salt-- never
assume such articles that claim "personal knowledge" are
genuine.<br>
Jon<br>
<br>
Wayne Johnson wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Really good input from someone who knows
something about Afghanistan beyond<br>
what the "talking heads...and their bellies" know.<br>
<br>
Karen Willis forwarded this statement: <br>
Subject: A view from
Afghanistan<br>
<br>
The following was sent to me
by my friend Tamim<br>
Ansary. Tamim is an
Afghani-American writer. ..<br>
<br>
I speak as one who hates the
Taliban and Osama Bin<br>
Laden. There is no doubt in my
mind that these people<br>
were responsible for the
atrocity in New York. I agree<br>
that something must be done
about those monsters.<br>
<br>
But the Taliban and Ben Laden
are not Afghanistan...<br>
</font></blockquote></blockquote></html>
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