Pilger - The Real Invasion Of Africa Is Not News, And A Licence To Lie Is Hollywood’s Gift
By John Pilger
Source: johnpilger.com
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Cameron has now ordered British troops to Mali, and sent an RAF drone, while his verbose military chief, General Sir David Richards, has addressed a very clear message to jihadists worldwide: dont dangle and tangle with us. We will deal with it robustly exactly what jihadists want to hear. The trail of blood of British army terror victims, all Muslims, their systemic torture cases currently heading to court, add necessary irony to the generals words. I once experienced Sir Davids robust ways when I asked him if he had read the courageous Afghan feminist Malalai Joyas description of the barbaric behaviour of westerners and their clients in her country. You are an apologist for the Taliban was his reply. (He later apologised).
These bleak comedians are straight out of Evelyn Waugh and allow us to feel the bracing breeze of history and hypocrisy. The Islamic terrorism that is their excuse for the enduring theft of Africas riches was all but invented by them. There is no longer any excuse to swallow the BBC/CNN line and not know the truth. Read Mark Curtiss Secret Affairs: Britains Collusion with Radical Islam (Serpents Tail) or John Cooleys Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism (Pluto Press) or The Grand Chessboard by Zbigniew Brzezinski (HarperCollins) who was midwife to the birth of modern fundamentalist terror. In effect, the mujahedin of al-Qaida and the Taliban were created by the CIA, its Pakistani equivalent, the Inter-Services Intelligence, and Britains MI6.
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yurbud
(39,405 posts)polly7
(20,582 posts)getting authorization ... I believe there are still more people that don't want perpetual war and bloody invasions than do.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)He would have a lot more credibility if he didn't treat every anti-American dictator losing his grip on power as a victim instead of a tyrant.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)until it became more convenient to remove them, usually by violence.
The 4 that come immediatley to mind are the Shah of Iran, and Saddam, and Ghadaffi, and Egypt's Mubarak.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)The other three got sacked by their own people.
I have no problem who call out the US for supporting dictators. Or for those who call out the US for interventionism.
I do have a problem with those who throw in with the worst of the worst like Assad just because the US doesn't like him.