Change this depressing thread! RE: Air Support to Ground Troops Re: Arguments for ground war

James Heartfield Jim at heartfield.demon.co.uk
Sat Nov 3 08:40:45 PST 2001


I've not being paying attention for a while, aren't you in favour of the war, Nathan?

In message <053401c1646c$cb2db360$4d1f0f41 at home.com.excite.home.com>, Nathan Newman <nathan at newman.org> writes
>How about slogans like Leftists Prolong War by Alienating Potential
>Supporters
> Leftists = Lack of Strategy
>
>Nathan Newman
>nathan at newman.org
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hakki Alacakaptan" <nucleus at superonline.com>
>To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
>Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 2:36 AM
>Subject: Change this depressing thread! RE: Air Support to Ground Troops Re:
>Arguments for ground war
>
>
>I like the way Carrol thinks. It's clean and it has integrity. Kudos to Doug
>too for not dragging this on.
>
>How about condemning this war as a premeditated imperialist aggression? I'm
>not advocating signs saying "9-11 = Gulf of Tonkin" ...yet.
>But these could be a starter: "Stop murdering babies for oil", "Bush and
>Cheney kill for oil", "Stop Oil War II now", or a more patriotic "Bush and
>Cheney buy oil with US lives"
>Or after that Figaro story even one like "Osama = CIA".
>
>Carrol's right, we can't stop the crime being committed at this moment, but
>that shouldn't stop us from condemning it for what it is.
>
>Hakki Alacakaptan
>
>
> || -----Original Message-----
> || From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> || [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
>
> ||
> || Carrol Cox wrote:
> ||
> || >Do you have the slightest idea how "we" could change this? I really
> || >don't have any idea. If you have an idea that could be implemented in
> || >the next 14 days by 3 or 4 hundred people to save millions of
> || lives, you
> || >rather owe it to the world to let us know. And if you don't,
> || why are you
> || >pestering Yoshie? She clearly doesn't have any such suggestion either.
> ||
> || Do nothing. You win.
> ||
> || Doug
>
>
>

-- James Heartfield



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