From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Aug 17 2004 - 21:02:29 BST
> msh says:
> Well, I guess I'm being ironic in the sense that I'm assuming that
> the commercial media will provide equal coverage to all sides of an
> argument, and that policy-makers in a putative democracy will be
> influenced by the opinion of the majority. Since this in no way
> resembles the world in which we live, yes, irony reigns supreme.
>
> However, for fun, let's assume my two preposterous premises. In the
> case
> of the most recent attack on Iraq, here's what would have happened
> (Ian,
> substitute the British equivalents):
>
> 1) People like Scott Ritter, Dennis Halliday, Hans von Sponeck,
> Michael Parenti, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Robert
> Parry, Alexander Cockburn would have received as much air and print
> exposure as people like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Hannity and
> Whats-his name, Dan Rather, Ted Koppel, Peter Jennings, Jim Leher,
> Gordon Liddy, Oliver North, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Connie
> Rice, Cheney and Bush.
In the interest of equal coverage, let's not forget to include supporters
of Al Qaeda and the Taliban including Ramzi Binalshibh, Ayman Al-Zawahri,
Saif Al-Adil, Shaikh Saiid Al-Masri, Twafiq Attash-Khallad, Abdul Salam
Zaeef, Hedayatollah Akhund, Mohammed Hanif, Sayed Hamid Agha, and
Attiqullah Azizi
> 2) Had this happened, the people of the US and Britain would have
> had more than enough information to recognize the bullshit evidence
> and bad logic advanced by their leaders for the purpose of justifying a
> murderous attack on a harmless and defenseless nation as the only way of
> removing a vicious tyrant who, only a few years before, still vicious and
> tyrannical, had been the darling of the same Western Powers who now sought
> his destruction.
Rather, had this happened the people of the US and Britain would have
heard more than enough to understand that Islamic extremists are
fanatical political ideologues who are ruthless, murderous and intent on
global domination. These terrorists are heir to all the totalitarian
doctrines of the 20th century including Nazism, fascism and communism.
They seek to establish tyranny in the Middle East and beyond, to oppress
and persecute women, and to kill Jews and Christians and indeed every
Muslim who doesn't agree with their barbaric methods.
Unfortunately, people only hear what they want to hear. They don't want to
hear things like the following from Syed Abul Ala Maududi:
"Islam requires the earth -- not just a portion --but the whole planet,
not because the sovereignty over the earth should be wrested from one
Nation or several Nations and vested in one particular Nation, but because
the entire mankind should benefit from Islam which is the programme of
well-being for all humanity."
When Hitler said similar things in Mein Kampf, the civilized world slept.
Not this time.
Platt
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