Re: cryptographic fantasy (ca. "Stego, my ass" by WF Buckley)
The notion that Osama would use a filmed interview to send out recondite commands is cryptographic fantasy.
William F. Buckley Jr. OSAMA THE INVINCIBLE
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ucwb/20011211/cm/osama_the_invincible_1.html
OK piece. I usually write off Buckley as a pompous ass. I wish we would hear more skepticism about GWB and Ashcroft and their domestic treasonous idiocy. As far as his assertion about the popularity of UBL in the Philippines : sounds like a stretcher to me - Muslims are only strong in the extreme south e.g. Mindanao. Most of the population is pretty strict Catholic. There may be some resentment of the US but I think overall there is a hunger for all things US : education, media, goods, travel and trade. The older folks definitely still remember the Japanese. Mike
Michael Motyka wrote:
As far as his assertion about the popularity of UBL in the Philippines : sounds like a stretcher to me - Muslims are only strong in the extreme south e.g. Mindanao. Most of the population is pretty strict Catholic. There may be some resentment of the US but I think overall there is a hunger for all things US : education, media, goods, travel and trade.
The older folks definitely still remember the Japanese.
You are correct. There is a small radical (mostly young) element that thinks he's pretty neat, but they're a minority-in-a-minority. They're likely to become even more of one soon, as many are allegedly volunteering for service in Afghanistan aganist the Great Satan... Marc de Piolenc Iligan City, Philippines
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