cryptographic fantasy (ca. "Stego, my ass" by WF Buckley)

Michael Motyka mmotyka at lsil.com
Wed Dec 12 10:17:31 PST 2001


> 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






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