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War Against Some Terrorists 'I don't have a particular name affixed to what I'm going up against.'
So said lieutenant-general Dan McNeill, commander of US troops in Afghanistan, at the end of June 2002, after being asked the million-dollar question 'what about bin Laden?' once too often. 'I'm not solely fixated on bin Laden', said McNeill. 'If [his capture] is incidental in our operations and we get to him, that's fine.' (1) One US commander claims that the real war on terror is against 'something bigger' than bin Laden, 'something less knowable'. thanks to Blowback ---------- FOR 101 days, Royal Marines have been engaged in a farcical operation as mercenaries of the United States whose lawlessness now qualifies it as the world's leading rogue state.
Shooting at shadows, and the occasional tribesman, blowing up mounds of dirt and displaying "captured" arms for the media, all have been part of the Marines' humiliating role in Afghanistan - a role foisted upon them by the Blair government, whose deference to and collusion with the Bush gang has become a parody of the imperial courtier. ----------
When Bart Simpson goes to war, take cover
The American military must take tips from Bart Simpson. As survivors gaze in bewilderment at the four bombarded Afghan villages and 40 people at a wedding killed by American missiles fired from American planes, the Pentagon thinks for a moment and says: "I didn't do it.'' thanks to SmirkingChimp.com |