From: Arlo J. Bensinger (ajb102@psu.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 18 2004 - 00:32:23 BST
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:02:29 +0000, "Platt Holden" wrote:
>
> > 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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