File spoon-archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1995/95-04-30.000, message 689


Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 12:40:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bryan A. Alexander" <bnalexan-AT-umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Oklahoma and Utah!


Why should your critical stance defame you?  Even mainstream media now 
call the initial ATF raid "bungled," "a fiasco."  Clearly the FBI screwed 
up in a huge way in their final assault.  Clinton has fumbled defenses of 
the whole operation in many ways, as has Reno.  Don't feel bad.



Bryan Alexander
Department of English
University of Michigan
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On Fri, 28 Apr 1995, boddhisatva wrote:

> 
> 
> 		Ms. Rogers,
> 
> 	
> 	To add to your "bar talk", I have read in two places that in large
> conferences (read "klaverns") of militiaist, white supremacist, survivalist,
> and neo-fundamentalist (pick and combine as you choose) groups, formation of
> "cells" to insulate the larger group from its illegal and immoral activities
> has been discussed and adopted, quite openly, on a "command" level.  My
> reaction to the Michigan Militia chief's statements is really to suspect that
> this was at least tacitly his intent in that group's association with the
> accused bombers.
> 
> 
> 	On a note that will probably defame me, I was very
> uncomfortable with the ATF's handling of the Waco affair.  I beleived
> that it included unwarranted and idiotic use of force that was
> unethical and would increase the paranoia of the weird.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 	peace
> 
> 
> 
> 
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