The New Yorker has been at the forefront of investigating Bush administration excesses since 9/11. Seymour Hersh is their leading light but Jane Mayer should also step forward. In this week's edition, she outlines the death of an inmate at Abu Ghraib and the ability of the government to both sanction and encourage the use of torture to extract information. International law was ignored. No rules applied. Accountability was non-existent.
America and its allies, including Australia, are about to suffer a horrendous case of "blowback." We will certainly know why.
While Australians are told that recent arrests disrupted an imminent terrorist attack, the Australian government simply cannot be believed on national security matters. Foreign affairs matters are off the agenda. Muslim extremists are "evil" for no apparent reason. Iraq is irrelevant to the current problems.
We will look back on these times in years to come and wonder how hysteria was so effectively created.
America and its allies, including Australia, are about to suffer a horrendous case of "blowback." We will certainly know why.
While Australians are told that recent arrests disrupted an imminent terrorist attack, the Australian government simply cannot be believed on national security matters. Foreign affairs matters are off the agenda. Muslim extremists are "evil" for no apparent reason. Iraq is irrelevant to the current problems.
We will look back on these times in years to come and wonder how hysteria was so effectively created.
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"Muslim extremists are "evil" for no apparent reason".
Really
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"We will look back on these times in years to come and wonder how hysteria was so effectively created."
Perhaps it has been created by planes magically flying into buildings, or random tourist hotels exploding, or by active and illegal WMD development programs over the better part of a decade.
Or just a bunch of evidently power-hungry neo-cons who falsely stirred up a kerfuffle to.. do what precisely? Unless you're terminally gullible, the self-interest argument doesn't work too well bud.
Incidentally, it requires a modicum of evidence to argue against the claim that your government just broke up a serious terrorist threat, given that they have evidence to their effect and you are merely pissed off...
Smiths says: "'aborigonal muslims', rumours in the jails of conversions for 'the wrong reasons'.
make no mistake, he's heard about it, and he is pissing his pants, a cyclonic force gathering up"
That is just about the funniest thing I've read for ages. My kids are looking at me strange for laughing at the computer! You're kidding right?
I like this blog much better since you all stopped trying to be serious & decided to stick with the comedy.
Thanks Ant, you have a better class of stupid here.
Cyclonic force hahahahaha!
Doesn't take much to set the apes off, does it?
Furious agreement with the 'master' requires tact, skill and guts.
If you don't want people laughing then don't write such funny stuff.
I'm still giggling about that cyclonic uprising of Aboriginal Muslims.
By the way, looking at the lack of life in this blog you should think yourself lucky that Tim sends over a few readers.
Apart from your faithful sidekick Cato... er, DirtBikeBoy, there doesn't seem to be much interest here.
Got your pen license yet DirtBoy or is it shoelaces this week? Ask Ant, he'll let you know what to say.
Cyclonic uprising hahahahahaha.
Smiths, I know it was a joke & that's why it's funny.
Exactly what is it that all fifteen of these jail-bird Aboriginal Muslims are going to do that has poor little Johnny in such a "pants pissing" flap?
Jeez, I hope Bubba's willy is Halal!
DirtBoy, c'mon, everyone knows the only people with LiveJournal sites are depressed teenagers, usually girls. If you are not really the silly youth that your comments suggest, then you need to start getting out more.
My rock'n roll stories are exactly where I left them. Why, where do you think they are?
So what has fired up the Musies in France then Sean?
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