Bill Blum on 911
This test consists of one (1) multiple-choice question (so you better
get it right!)
Here's a list of the countries that the U.S. has bombed since the end
of World War II, compiled by historian William Blum:
China 1945-46
Korea 1950-53
China 1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-60
Guatemala 1960
Congo 1964
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Guatemala 1967-69
Grenada 1983
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1980s
Nicaragua 1980s
Panama 1989
Iraq 1991-99
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998
Yugoslavia 1999
In how many of these instances did a democratic government,
respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result?
Choose one of the following:
(a) 0
(b) zero
(c) none
(d) not a one
(e) a whole number between -1 and +1
(The list doesn't include Iran and Chile, both of which the US didn't
bomb but backed thuggish coups.)
But, hey, glad we're going to end our streak of mistakes by backing a
government in Afghanistan that respects women and human rights,
because as our track record clearly shows, we're quite concerned
about that, far more than we are about relatively unimportant things
like oil or natural resources.
http://www.konformist.com/911/flyer.htm
"Flyer that should be dropped over the United States"
This brief commentary comes courtesy of Bill Blum, author of Killing
Hope and Rogue State.
United States military flyer dropped over Afghanistan
"Do you enjoy being ruled by the Taliban? Are you proud to live a
life of fear? Are you happy to see the place your family has owned
for generations a terrorist training site? Do you want a regime that
is turning Afghanistan into the Stone Age and giving Islam a bad
name? Are you proud to live under a government that harbors
terrorists? Are you proud to live in a nation ruled by extreme
fundamentalists? The Taliban have robbed your country of your
culture and heritage. They have destroyed your national monuments,
and cultural artifacts. They rule by force, violence, and fear based
on the advice of foreigners. They insist that their form of Islam is
the one and only form, the true form, the divine form. They see
themselves as religious experts, even though they are ignorant. They
kill, commit injustice, keep you in poverty and claim it is in the
name of God."
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Flyer that should be dropped over the United States:
"Do you enjoy being ruled by the Republican-Democratic Party? Are
you proud to live a life of fear, insecurity and panic? Are you
happy to see the place your family has owned for generations taken
away by a bank? Do you want a regime that is turning the United
States into a police state and giving Christianity a bad name? Are
you proud to live under a government that harbors hundreds of
terrorists in Miami? Are you proud to live in a nation ruled by
extreme capitalists and religious conservatives? The capitalists
have robbed your country of your equality and justice. They have
destroyed your national parks and rivers and corrupted your media,
your elections and your personal relations. They rule by threat of
unemployment, hunger, and homelessness based on the advice of a god
called the market. They insist that their form of organizing a
society and remaking the world is the one and only form, the true
form, the divine form. They see themselves as morality experts, even
though they are ignorant. They bomb, invade, assassinate, torture,
overthrow, commit injustice, keep you and the world in poverty and
claim it is in the name of God."
Bill Blum
Author: "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower"
http://members.aol.com/superogue/homepage.htm
The above US military flyer and other flyers dropped by the US can be
read at: http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/18/ret.flyers/
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