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Reply To: | The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky |
Date: | Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:48:24 -0500 |
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F. Leon Wilson asks-
<Tony:
Why do you call Clinton a warlord?
How many wars are currently going on on the African continent?
How did they start?>
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Mr. Wilson,
I believe that these wars in their present form started with the arrival
of the Europeans with their firearms and slave trade. The Europeans
entered into a continent of many societies, and promptly began to play
them off against each other.
From their position of power in having the superior armament, Europeans
were able to enslave the continent of Africa as a whole, the same as
they were doing in the Americas.
Clinton is a warlord precisely because of the scope of his use of the US
military. He has inched us into a low-intensity, global war with
humanity. We weren't paying much attention over the last 8 years,
and most Americans would actually say that we are in a time of peace.
Instead our government is a major participant in almost every global
conflict raging at present. It's a rare conflict that the US
government can't find at least one side to patronize to the detriment of
the other.
The visit to Nigeria was to firm up the use of Nigerian troops in Sierra
Leone's conflict. Nigeria has become a major supplier of US proxy
troops in Africa.
As to how many wars rage on the African continent, the count changes day
by day. Clinton is certainly no help in alleviating this situation.
I'm one that believes that allowing AIDS and other disease to explode
across Africa, is in fact a form of warfare.
Similar uses of biological warfare are used against Iraq, Cuba,
Yugoslavia, and Russia today. We should not delude ourselves in
thinking that the US ruling class doesn't fully utilize destroying
infrastructure as a form of warfare. It does this in both a
proactive and passive manner. The result is a killoff.
Tony Abdo
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