Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by JG (not verified) on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 14:06.
" his speech contained not even the most allusive criticism of the war in Iraq"
What would have been productive about an 'allusive' step into US foreign policy commentary? While the image that the Bushies would be suddenly enlightened by His Holiness is entertaining I think we can agree that it is very unlikely, as is the idea that any further public moral outrage at this round of imperialism would tip any scales, anywhere.
As far as I know, the Dalai Lama only speaks out against Chinese civil rights violations in his own country which are legion. He probably doesn't see the world through the lens of domestic US media spin and I, for one, can't blame him.
While you and I, and probably many of the readers of this site, take a global view of imperial oppression and organized state terror regardless of the imperial or corporate capital, I see no problem with this man not participating.
What have the Bushies gained by using their 'pawn'? As it looks like Putin is about to announce 'check' and the Chinese are financially many pieces ahead, I don't see any advantage gained by the White House. Bush has already lost profoundly the global propaganda war.
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" his speech contained not even the most allusive criticism of the war in Iraq"
What would have been productive about an 'allusive' step into US foreign policy commentary? While the image that the Bushies would be suddenly enlightened by His Holiness is entertaining I think we can agree that it is very unlikely, as is the idea that any further public moral outrage at this round of imperialism would tip any scales, anywhere.
As far as I know, the Dalai Lama only speaks out against Chinese civil rights violations in his own country which are legion. He probably doesn't see the world through the lens of domestic US media spin and I, for one, can't blame him.
While you and I, and probably many of the readers of this site, take a global view of imperial oppression and organized state terror regardless of the imperial or corporate capital, I see no problem with this man not participating.
What have the Bushies gained by using their 'pawn'? As it looks like Putin is about to announce 'check' and the Chinese are financially many pieces ahead, I don't see any advantage gained by the White House. Bush has already lost profoundly the global propaganda war.