From: "Dave Coull" <d.y.coull-AT-dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 15:33:26 GMT
Subject: Re: The Anarchist Attitude To War


Sean wrote

>I understand Dave's reluctance to endorse state-sponsored military
>antics. And I agree with you that something's usually better than
>nothing. However, this particular something is worse than nothing;
>it's the proverbial effort to teach a pig to sing.

Rupert Murdoch's "Sun" newspaper, the largest circulation
daily paper in Europe (or possibly the world) today has an interview
with Tony Blair and a front page warning from Murdoch's men:

>DON'T  SEND  OUR  TROOPS  OFF  TO  DIE

>BLAIR  MUST  STICK  TO  HIS  'AIR  WAR  ONLY'  PLEDGE

An editorial comment inside the paper states

>The Sun has confidence in Blair and those around
>him. We are taking him at his word. He has our support
>for the air war he promised could be won. But should 
>the air war fail, the Government will not get any backing
>from us for a land battle. THE  SUN  WILL  NOT  SUPPORT
>A  GROUND  WAR.

Now, of course the bombing won't work. It has only 
made things worse. Of course the lackeys of the billionaire
capitalist Murdoch are complete hypocrites. But what
else is new ? We all knew that before. 

As I see it, there is virtually no situation so bad that
NATO intervention can't make it worse.


Dave