Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:55:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Wolf Factory <wolf_factory-AT-yahoo.com> Subject: Re: arundhati roy in the guardian --- Jennifer Marshall <jdm4-AT-lehigh.edu> wrote: > So, as someone from Iraq, what position do you > suggest we > "well-intentioned liberals" take on US foreign > policy? If you are so > weary of "our" attempts to hold the US accountable > for its > inconsistencies and hypocrisies around the world, > maybe you can suggest > how we might better apply ourselves? It is certainly admirable of you to make the US ‘accountable for its inconsistencies and hypocrisies around the world’. I would go further and say as an American intellectual that is your duty. However, presenting the case before the American public, that the WTC massacre occurred BECAUSE the United States supports Israel or because it imposes sanctions on Iraq is both wrong and extremely unhelpful to Palestinians and Iraqis. I am not saying this is your position. However, I have come across such highly reductive views in print since Sep 11. The relationship between American policies – Arab governments – the large pool of public resentment in the Arab world – religions leaders – fanatics and terrorists is highly complex. To reduce it down to B occurred because of A amounts to a distortion of the truth. Furthermore, I agree with previous posts that many questions about the attack remain to be answered and we may not have a comprehensive picture before us for many years to come. Christopher Hitchens is spot on when he wrote ‘Not only is it indecent to act as self-appointed interpreter for the killers, but it is rash in the highest degree.’ ===="All the wolves in the wolf factory paused at noon, for a moment of silence." ........from laughing Gravy by John Ashbery. --------------------------------------------------------- Looking for something good and original to read? Check out: http://www.mesopotamia.free-online.co.uk __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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