I find this to be a really badly written and poorly documented article, typical of globalresearch. In fact the article is flat out wrong in stating that Osama was "recruited" to go to Afghanistan. Nearly all accounts say he was already operating there before the CIA got involved, and this article provides nothing to back up its different version. All of the vague references to a continuing relationship with Al Queda, confusingly going back and forth between the CIA and ISI, are backed up (apparently) by "International Press Services, 22 August 1995". Is that supposed to be impressive documentation? This is lame, you cannot link to crap like this and expect me to take it seriously.
it wouldn't matter if i had the best links in the world u would never be convinced b/c u dont want to be. cest la vie. but i will hold u to ur own very high standards in future
'if i had the best links in the world' - How about critical thinking? The ability to reason cogently? Being able to use English? Try mastering those, then look for links.
Skip.I'm an active member of several human rights organizations,women's and children's organizations including Amnesty International....I find your defense of these cultures to be quite unforgivable and repulsive. Based on your logic, we should all just stand by and allow people in other cultures to be maimed,killed,enslaved...other such bullshit..for what??!!! Fucking culture respect??!! *QUEUE CAPSLOCKS OF RAGE* FUCK CULTURE! FUCK ANY CULTURE THAT LEGALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY BUTCHERS WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR THE SAKE OF RELIGIOUS OR "MORAL" BELIEFS!(and yes that applies to US foreign policy) FUCK ANY "RELIGION" THAT SAYS IT'S ALRIGHT FOR A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL TO BE SOLD INTO MARRIAGE TO A 60 YEAR OLD MAN. FUCK ANY CULTURE THAT SAYS IT'S OK TO STONE A MOTHER BECAUSE HER HUSBAND CLAIMS THAT THE BABY ISN'T HIS. FUCK ANY CULTURE WHERE WOMEN AREN'T ALLOWED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES WITHOUT A MALE ESCORT OR LEAVE THE COUNTRY WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM A MAN. FUCK ANY CULTURE THAT TAKES GIRL INFANTS AND KILLS THEM FOR SIMPLY BEING FEMALE. FUCK ANY CULTURE THAT KIDNAPS CHILDREN AND USES THEM TO CLEAR MINEFIELDS. FUCK ANY CULTURE THAT SYSTEMATICALLY WITHHOLDS FOOD FROM THEIR STARVING MASSES TO PROTECT THE ALMIGHTY BUCK.(Niger I'm looking at you,bitches) FUCK ANY CULTURE THAT ERADICATES AN ENTIRE ETHINIC POPULATION OF PEOPLE FOR ANY REASON. FUCK EM! *end capslocks of rage* Skip, if I'm the intolerant asshole that hates the above crimes against humanity because I OMG DUNT RESPECT THERE CULTOOR!1!!!!11 Then give me T-shirt that says I'M THE INTOLERANT ASSHOLE WHO HATES GENOCIDE AND WOMEN'S OPPRESSION I will proudly wear it. Oh but you were right about one thing.I reread my post and I meant to put Shariah Islamic law. There is a big difference between Shariah Islam and normal Islam. Saudi Arabia practices Shariah law.
What's wrong with you? What makes you think that everyone else should be forced to agree with you? Are you God?
Who me? I'm certainly not God..I don't believe in God.If I did, no God I'd support would defend things like stonings,slavery,mutilations,and carnage. I'm not forcing anyone to agree with me. I'm just telling you that if you defend the acts I listed....I think you are a depraved individual with no conscience or sense of humanity and I have no problems telling you how depraved and disturbing and repugnant you are. I honestly hope that Skip does not support these things because then that would discredit ALL of his opinions,theories,and rhetoric on justice,peace, and basically everything he says us dirty,scumbag Americans(that's how he views us) are. How dare he preach about justice and then defend the crimes that Saudi Arabia commits against it's own people under the guise of religion. I hope Skip only defends them in a lame attempt to bash America, that he really doesn't respect a culture that allows the enslavement of little girls to be used as whores to old men. I may be a dirty,scumbag,American...but I'd rather be that and actually care about the people of the world then some pious non-american that sits around all day,smoking a bong,talking about the horrors of the world but actually dismisses them out of some fallacy of respect.
Of course I don't support those things. Neither do I support big-headed yanks balling 'round the world trying to get everyone else to live their empty Dream. You see, we "pious non-Americans" (I think you mean non-USAians...) have a good reason for talking about respect for other cultures - we've been there and done that. We (Britain) used to own a fifth of the World's land surface, and all the water. We didn't have much respect for other cultures, and look where it got us. Now we see you lot about to make the same mistake, and you call us pious! Have you read "The Quiet American", by Graham Greene?
I didn't call you pious. I said "some pious non-American" not "all non-Americans are pious"..I'm referring to individuals...not the group as a whole. I'm saying I'd rather be an evol American or USAian that gives a crap about the world around me then some shmoe sitting in Belgium or France or Bulgaria that blankets all Americans as bastards regardless of the efforts of millions of Americans for a better world. If I could be someone in another country doing the same thing as I do now...I would but I don't have the resources to expatriot myself and my children...so I make do and make the best of my situation. And just because Britain tried to take over the world doesn't mean I should stop fighting on behalf of all those innocents that are being tortured and railroaded by their corrupt and dysfunctional governments...even if it means stomping all over their 2000 year old culture. I value the lives of millions of oppressed people over some dumb concept of culture. Sorry if that makes me a terrible person in your eyes...but I won't stop fighting.
I'm with ya Otter, get me one of them t-shirts. I can't believe a hippie forum tries to call these practices "culture". What I think is racist is treating foreign cultures with kid gloves like they can't take criticism. Equal opportunity criticism shows a lot more respect than pandering sympathy.
how about u learn 2 spell ahole be4 u lecture anybody else about it. "beleive it or not" by jim_w... err that's i before e jim, u hypocritical p****.