tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post8091949100997012800..comments2023-09-26T02:09:58.787+10:00Comments on diogenesian discourse: The Abuse Of Courage And TrustUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-28329717166712483812012-12-16T02:42:33.500+11:002012-12-16T02:42:33.500+11:00Update: Other than an automated reply telling me t...Update: Other than an automated reply telling me that the PM's office has received my email, nothing further has yet been heard.<br /><br />I was kind of hoping she'd personally invite me to The Lodge for Christmas pudding...<br /><br />After all I've done for the old girl... :-(The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-7821150106803141972012-11-11T11:47:11.773+11:002012-11-11T11:47:11.773+11:00It's just occurred to me to send the body of t...It's just occurred to me to send the body of this blogpost to the Prime Minister as a letter.<br /><br />I also added this paragraph at the end:<br /><br />"Prime Minister, please get your government to redefine the AUS/US Alliance so that we will not in future find our courageous and trusting service personnel sucked into yet another of the US's war crimes grotesquely dressed up as altruistic foreign policy."<br /><br />I'll let you know what, if any, replies I get.<br /><br />The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-52939203823761364642012-11-11T10:57:56.330+11:002012-11-11T10:57:56.330+11:00@Vest: Thanks, Vesty.
@AndrewM: An authoritative...@Vest: Thanks, Vesty.<br /><br />@AndrewM: An authoritative history of the planning and execution of the 9/11 attacks has yet to be written. <br /><br />OBL, as I understand it, gave his blessing and support to the plan but the actual panning, training, and execution was carried out in Germany and the US. A vast majority of the terrorists involved were Saudis.<br /><br />When the US demanded that OBL be handed over to them, the Afghan Taliban regime quite correctly asked for evidence of his involvement to be presented to them before they would consider extradition. The US ignored this request and invaded. Impatient, knee-jerky, and way too heavy-handed.<br /><br />How did the Bali bombings get handled?<br /><br />How did they actually get OBL in the end?<br /><br />Think about these two questions and you might find better solutions than a full-on invasion of a country, and a 13-year war, and all that this entails.<br /><br />Using Dubbya's reasoning, given that <a href="http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Terrorism/SOA.html" rel="nofollow">the School of the Americas</a> was where a huge amount of South American right wing terrorists, assassins, and dictators received their training, the US should have been invaded by a "coalition of the willing" of South America, with full NATO support.<br /><br />Careful how much propaganda you osmote, Andrew... :-)The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-60952310103399867842012-11-11T09:30:58.952+11:002012-11-11T09:30:58.952+11:00OK, I'll bite. Banana bin Laden sends civilian...OK, I'll bite. Banana bin Laden sends civilian aircraft into several buildings in eastern USA, killing thousands of innocent people. He plans this act of war in an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan, which has been given shelter by the government of the day, the Taliban.<br /><br />And the correct USA response, in your view, is?AndrewMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851337124321550115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-69619869125075155362012-11-05T12:11:01.489+11:002012-11-05T12:11:01.489+11:00Most warmongers are a bunch of 'Chicken hawks&...Most warmongers are a bunch of 'Chicken hawks' who never become personally involved.<br />Long gone are the days when our leaders led by example with the vanguard.<br />Good post Gerry.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-47174279631461374902012-11-03T17:07:42.877+11:002012-11-03T17:07:42.877+11:00Interesting concept.Interesting concept.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.com