RE: one last message on the war

["michael pugliese" <debsian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Go to http://www.sfgate.com for a column from yesterday's San
Francisco Chronicle by Carolyn Lochead (off on the spelling there)
on the KSA. Public beheading of homosexuals and other nasty sheeit.
Michael Pugliese--- Original Message ---
>From: Rakesh Bhandari <rakeshb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: 1/8/02 1:46:00 AM
>

>I don't want any trouble with our govt--I am a loyal citizen--so
I am
>making this public. I shall be offlists for months. Bye, Rakesh
>
>Mr Prescod:
>I want to add one thing: I *do* support the movement to incarcerate

>members of and freeze the assets of terrorist organizations,
and have
>said so repeatedly.  Here I support the Bush team from the VP
to the
>Pentagon chief to the National Security advisor in terms of
these
>objectives. I have said so from the beginning, and say so again.
I am
>over-joyed that they are FINALLY bringing these forces under
control,
>and enthusiastic that Pakistan-supported terrorism in Kashmir
may be
>contained which will make it easier I believe to resolve the
question
>of the status and autonomy of JK.   I am utterly repulsed by
Osama
>bin Laden, and feel confident that he would take the head of
a
>socialist like me. But then I am  sure the Saudi royal family
would
>be quite unkind  to me as well. The Saudi regime is a terrorist
one
>whose twisted and sick offspring Osama bin Laden is. I tremble
at the
>thought of being one of the millions of innocent people who
live in
>the cross fire from that frighteningly arbitrary despotism and
that
>twisted, women hating, repulsive terrorist organization.
>
>  I am arguing that the US needs to do what it can to allow
for the
>development of democracy within Sa'udi Arabia, and I have been
very
>disappointed that the administration has said so little on this

>front. Maybe it's doing something behind the scenes--do you
know? I
>say this in hopes that in case you are not what you seem--that
is,
>you are govt intelligence-- you do not question that I am a
loyal to
>my fellow American citizens. It is in terms of our collective
safety
>that I think it urgent the our govt makes use of its latent
power to
>to open up the Gulf states and achieve a rapprochement with
the Iraqi
>regime that allows the easing of the sanctions.  But I am afraid
as
>was an army official in the WSJ  a few days ago that the Bush's

>administration links to oil companies  will make them too cautious
in
>dealing with the royal family. I mean, aren't half of them (i
mean
>the royal family, not the bush administration!) addicted to
hashish?
>can't we push them around a bit?
>Rakesh
>
>