Re: Re: today's new ultimatum

[Stephen E Philion <philion@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Shouldn't we be bombing Spain next? What is this knowingly harboring
terrorists w/o unconditionally handing them over to the US anyhow?

Steve

Stephen Philion
Lecturer/PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Ian Murray wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Pen-l (E-mail)" <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:27 AM
> Subject: [PEN-L:20024] today's new ultimatum
>
>
> > from the SLATE "Today's Papers" column:> all the big US newspapers
> featured
> > >President Bush's comments that the Saddam Hussein should let
> weapons
> > inspectors into Iraq. And what happens if Saddam balks? "He'll find
> out,"
> > said the President.  Bush also said that any country "that develops
> weapons
> > of mass destruction that will be used to terrorize nations," will
> now be
> > granted
> > terrorist status. He has never mentioned this criterion before.
> Still, Bush
> > said he wasn't changing positions. "Have I expanded the definition?"
> he
> > asked.  "I've always had that definition, as far as I'm concerned."
> <
> >
> > let's see. What country, located in North America, developed and now
> harbors
> > the largest arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in the world?
> what
> > country has actually used them and has threatened to do so again on
> several
> > occasions? what country, besides Iraq, also refuses to accept
> international
> > inspection?
>
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> < http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1127-03.htm >
> President Bush's prime purpose now is gearing up America for a wider
> war. "It's not over. It's not over," he told Newsweek, concerned that
> the people might think otherwise. "Afghanistan is just the beginning,"
> he roared to an audience of soldiers at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
> "America has a message for the nations of the world. If you feed a
> terrorist or fund a terrorist, you're a terrorist."
>
> Who should be hired to bomb Langley, DC, Saudi Arabia etc.?
>
> Maybe it's time to bring back the free market in mercenarism.
>
> Ian
>
>