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William Blum
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08 Apr 2008 Tue 08:33 am |
What a great man... amazing. Here are some of his quotes:
"Obama is clearly showing that he's presidential material by meeting the first requirement for that office: no inhibitions about killing large numbers of innocent and defenseless foreign people."
"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship." (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower).
"No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine"
"We can say that the United States runs the world like the Taliban ran Afghanistan. Cuba is dealt with like a woman caught outside not wearing her burkha. Horrific sanctions are imposed on Iraq in the manner of banning music, dancing, and kite-flying in Kabul. Jean-Bertrand Aristide is banished from Haiti like the religious police whipping a man whose beard is not the right length." (introduction to Freeing the World to Death).
"If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize -- very publicly and very sincerely -- to all the widows and the orphans, the impoverished and the tortured, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. I would then announce that America's global interventions -- including the awful bombings -- have come to an end. And I would inform Israel that it is no longer the 51st state of the union but – oddly enough – a foreign country. I would then reduce the military budget by at least 90% and use the savings to pay reparations to the victims and repair the damage from the many American bombings and invasions. There would be more than enough money. Do you know what one year of the US military budget is equal to? One year. It's equal to more than $20,000 per hour for every hour since Jesus Christ was born. That's what I'd do on my first three days in the White House. On the fourth day, I'd be assassinated."
And a video with interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Tn_oqOdQ4&watch_response
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08 Apr 2008 Tue 10:30 am |
Are you serious? So is the USA really a global terrorist? That can't be! They're so generous and pro-democratic, and the freedom they enforce on every country! Teas! Where are you? Save the honour of your country!
NB - that was sarcasm*
Catwoman, are you crazy posting these quotes? The mods will delete it as you can only be critical of Turkey here, never the US
* footnote put to make things perfectly clear
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08 Apr 2008 Tue 11:28 am |
Quoting Daydreamer: Are you serious? So is the USA really a global terrorist? That can't be! They're so generous and pro-democratic, and the freedom they enforce on every country! Teas! Where are you? Save the honour of your country!
NB - that was sarcasm*
Catwoman, are you crazy posting these quotes? The mods will delete it as you can only be critical of Turkey here, never the US
* footnote put to make things perfectly clear |
I can only criticize Turkey, not the US? Which mod said that? Show me!
Btw, thanks for clarifying the sarcasm thing... I was quite confused for a minute there! (my english isn't that good )
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