Remember Alice?
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holzman_tweedDon't hear the storms are forming
Don't see or heed the warning
Don't hear the sounds of tyrants
Surrounded by the silence
The Taliban is rising again as a power in Afghanistan. They're going around killing foreigners (including Red Cross/Red Crescent) and government workers.
Why?
Because the army and the police are going home instead of doing their jobs, which would involve killing or arresting the Taliban, depending.
Why?
Because they're not getting paid.
Why?
Because there's no money to pay them.
Why?
Because Afghanistan is broke.
Why?
Because between civil war, war with the Soviets, and the bombing campaign there isn't a whole lot of left that generates revenue. It's a bumper crop of poppies this year, so that'll be some cash for them.
I bet you thought we were raining reconstruction dollars down on Afghanistan. We are -- even though Bush forgot to put it into his budget for this year, congress was helpful and remembered for him.
So why aren't the cops and soldiers getting paid?
Because the money is going to rebuild schools, canals, and the like. Congress only remembered some of what Afghanistan needs.
The Red Cross has suspended operations in Afghanistan. They hate it when their people get shot.
How did Saddam Hussein, who has never attacked the United States, take priority over the Taliban, who are in bed with the very people who brought down the World Trade Center. I think alot of us in New York are wondering this.
I'm also wondering if anyone thinks the job in Afghanistan is anywhere near finished.
And this he knows if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kiss the dogs of war and there is
No tomorrow
Don't see or heed the warning
Don't hear the sounds of tyrants
Surrounded by the silence
The Taliban is rising again as a power in Afghanistan. They're going around killing foreigners (including Red Cross/Red Crescent) and government workers.
Why?
Because the army and the police are going home instead of doing their jobs, which would involve killing or arresting the Taliban, depending.
Why?
Because they're not getting paid.
Why?
Because there's no money to pay them.
Why?
Because Afghanistan is broke.
Why?
Because between civil war, war with the Soviets, and the bombing campaign there isn't a whole lot of left that generates revenue. It's a bumper crop of poppies this year, so that'll be some cash for them.
I bet you thought we were raining reconstruction dollars down on Afghanistan. We are -- even though Bush forgot to put it into his budget for this year, congress was helpful and remembered for him.
So why aren't the cops and soldiers getting paid?
Because the money is going to rebuild schools, canals, and the like. Congress only remembered some of what Afghanistan needs.
The Red Cross has suspended operations in Afghanistan. They hate it when their people get shot.
How did Saddam Hussein, who has never attacked the United States, take priority over the Taliban, who are in bed with the very people who brought down the World Trade Center. I think alot of us in New York are wondering this.
I'm also wondering if anyone thinks the job in Afghanistan is anywhere near finished.
And this he knows if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kiss the dogs of war and there is
No tomorrow
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Date: 2003-04-08 08:15 am (UTC)89: Percentage of Americans who rely on television as their first
source of news during war in Iraq.
92: Between Sept. 14, 2002 and Feb. 7, 2003, percentage of news
stories airing on NBC, ABC and CBS that originated directly from
White House, Pentagon or State Department.
236,202: The number of times Osama bin Laden was mentioned in
international media reports between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 11, 2002.
57, 667: The number of times Osama bin Laden was mentioned between
Sept. 11, 2002 and today.
66,648: The number of times Saddam Hussein was mentioned between
Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 11, 2002.
225,147: The number of times Saddam Hussein was mentioned between
Sept. 11, 2002 and today.
Perhaps there is some connection.
- Chris
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Date: 2003-04-11 09:40 am (UTC)Then again, probably not, because Afghanistan hasn't got any oil. Or am I misremembering?
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
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Date: 2003-04-11 10:35 am (UTC)Afghanistan doesn't have any oil, their main cash crop is heroin.
BTW -- I found out which suburb of Kiev my grandmother came from: Tchudnov.
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Date: 2003-04-11 11:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-04-11 12:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-04-16 03:37 pm (UTC)