"I no longer consider 9/11 a terrorist act." Fuck. I've been nearing a similar conclusion, though from an entirely different, uh, line of approach. Though I don't consider having quite crossed that line yet. I guess in the end we are responsible for the actions our government takes. And if we remain ignorant and continue to benefit (and do nothing to stop it), then we are responsible, particularly when our military represents an outrageously assymetric invasionary force. On the "left wing liberal" NPR I heard some army dude interviewed. He openly referred to Iraq's #1 oil pumping station as "The Crown Jewel", and discussed a military action to capture it in terms of a dollar value--"This was a $6 billion dollar target" or some such thing. Let's say that 9/11 may have been a terrorist act, but Bush & pals are rendering it an ever purer act of war with each passing day. -TD

From: Eric Cordian <emc@artifact.psychedelic.net> To: cypherpunks@minder.net Subject: Drunken US Troops Kill Rare Tiger Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:27:03 -0700 (PDT)

News services are reporting that US Troops, who have been holding regular drunken parties at the Baghdad Zoo, have shot and killed the Zoo's rare Bengal tiger.

It seems not only civilians are in danger from US Troops in the Occupied Iraqi Territories.

In my opinion, the tiger was worth more than all the US Troops currently occupying Iraq. An occupation in violation of international law as part of Shrub's unprovoked War of Aggression to settle his family grudge with Saddam Hussein, control the world's oil supply, and take out one of the two regimes that refused to pressure the Palestinians to make peace on Israel's terms.

A few years ago, I said there were no civilians in Israel, and therefore no retaliation by the Palestinians against Israeli military aggression could be considered a terrorist act.

If AmeriKKKa freely re-elects Shrub, because Americans admire his bullying the rest of the world, and the American people freely support and fund such activities as the Pax AmeriKKKana, and unprovoked wars of aggression, then it's probably true there are no civilians in AmeriKKKa either.

I no longer consider 9/11 a terrorist act.

Some URLs on the tiger...

http://us.rediff.com/news/2003/sep/20iraq1.htm http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-12796568,00.html

-- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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