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U.S. friendly fire incidents...
    #1251953 - 01/27/03 03:17 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

"In the past few years, U.S. military blunders have become an ever-present feature of news reports from Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. With the likelihood of war in Iraq increasing daily, the problem of friendly fire has become even more urgent.


In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, the U.S.feared the political fallout from heavy military casualties and opted for a future of indirect warfare conducted from the air with laser-guided bombs or from the sea by Tomahawk missiles. This decision may have saved U.S. lives, but it resulted in far greater casualties among civilians and friendly troops.


In Kosovo, senior British commanders claimed that the American-led bombing campaign killed three civilians for every Serbian soldier, leaving the NATO commanders in violation of the Geneva Convention. "Smart weapons" proved to be only as smart as the American pilots who fired them, men often subject to abject intelligence work that presented them with faulty targets.


The U.S. military industry has a vested interest in convincing the American people that the sort of wonder weapons they regularly see at the movies actually work in real life. When Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise fires a missile, it picks out the bad guy in the street, leaving crowds of barefoot children happily munching their cheeseburgers. In the real world, there are no such friendly weapons. Some of the vaunted smart weapons used in Kosovo missed that country altogether and landed in Bulgaria.


The friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan that killed four Canadian soldiers may be interpreted as a typical example of excess mission zeal. Major Harry Schmidt appears to justify his decision to bomb unidentified troops on the grounds as self-defence, yet, as expert witnesses have shown, he may have more easily avoided danger. His decision to engage the ground troops could have been a product of his flight-simulation training with its computer-game visuals that encouraged instant aggression and rewarded successful completion of a mission rather than controlled responses to an ever-changing battlefield.


Not that any of this is really new. During the Second World War, U.S. servicemen referred to their own air force as the American Luftwaffe, so often did they bomb their own ground troops. On Aug. 15, 1943, U.S. troops landed in the Aleutians, on the island of Kiska. Through a serious intelligence failure, the American commanders expected to face a fanatical resistance by Japanese troops, even though there were none on the island. The "green" troops had never seen combat before and, by the end of a day of heavy fighting, 28 American servicemen were dead and a further 50 seriously wounded, all victims of their own comrades during gunfights in a thick mist.


The most surprising saga of friendly fire involved the United States in an undeclared war with Switzerland during 1944 and 1945. Bad weather over the mountainous terrain on the Swiss-German border, combined with faulty navigation and pilot error, produced a series of friendly-fire incidents in which American planes dropped their bombs on Swiss territory. To the Swiss, such "attacks" were acts of war, and they fought back. In the space of three days in July of 1944, 23 U.S. bombers were forced to land by Swiss fighters. In October of 1944, U.S. bombers attacked the railway junction at Noirmont, even though Swiss flags were painted on a number of village roofs and visibility was good that day.


President Franklin Roosevelt sent adviser Laughlin Currie to Switzerland to apologize for the continuing violations of Swiss airspace. Currie went to Schaffhausen to lay a wreath on the graves of civilians killed by American bombs on April 1, 1944. But just as he was honouring the dead, U.S. bombers made their most widespread attacks on Swiss territory. Thirteen separate incidents occurred; at Stein-am-Rhein -- only 12 miles from where Currie was making his gesture -- seven civilians were killed. In early March of 1945, six U.S. B-24s dropped 12 tons of explosives on Zurich.


In 1950, during the Korean War, two U.S. pilots bombed a Soviet airfield near Vladivostok. During the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983, Americans bombed a lunatic asylum by mistake, killing 21 inmates and wounding hundreds of others.


In the final analysis, it is men who make mistakes, not machines. They do so because of the stress that war imposes, stress that is fundamentally linked with
fear: fear of death and mutilation and, even more, fear of failure and humiliation.


This latter fear, that of failing friends, family and the flag, has caused Americans to shoot first rather than identify a target, or drop bombs rather than return to base with a full bombload."


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1252174 - 01/27/03 04:56 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Who cares?


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Senor_Doobie]
    #1252224 - 01/27/03 05:14 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

I would say that the civilians getting killed and their families might care...but I'm glad that it doesn't affect you.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1252260 - 01/27/03 05:36 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Not really.

Small potatoes


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Senor_Doobie]
    #1252270 - 01/27/03 05:46 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Must be nice to have the luxury to not care about human life...


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1252360 - 01/27/03 06:23 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah, that's the ticket


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1252421 - 01/27/03 06:46 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

It would be nice if it didn't happen.... but..... shit happens.

To expect it not to is unrealistic.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #1252632 - 01/27/03 08:03 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

You're right in the aspect that it does happen...it's hard to avoid. My point of contention is that it happens to the U.S. far more so than any other country.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1253180 - 01/27/03 10:36 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Let's be more accurate here. You don't know it happens to the US more. Do you really think for a minute that Russia or China own up to their mistakes?

It may be that it does happen to the US more, it may not.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1253256 - 01/27/03 10:50 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

> My point of contention is that it happens to the U.S. far more so than any other country.

America likes to see things blow up far more than any other country. :wink: 


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: pattern]
    #1253410 - 01/27/03 11:53 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

You gotta love a good explosion!


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1254272 - 01/28/03 04:14 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

****My point of contention is that it happens to the U.S. far more so than any other country. ****

or so it's reported. Every country that has been involved in a war has had friendly fire incidences..or friendly sword or bow and arrow, etc...


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Innvertigo]
    #1254474 - 01/28/03 05:23 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Obviously it does happen, but from an article I read recently (sorry, I can't remember the source) it said that that the U.S. has 16 TIMES the amount of friendly fire incidents as any other country...that seems like a pretty big margin to me. I'm not sure what to accredit this to...improper training?..incompetent command?...blood lust attitude?...who knows...but the point is that something needs to change.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1254503 - 01/28/03 05:36 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

****that seems like a pretty big margin to me. I'm not sure what to accredit this to...improper training?..incompetent command?...blood lust attitude?...****

Bigger opperations is probably the biggest thing. The hail mary attack on Iraq was the largest in history. Improper training can also be a factor (still the best in the world) icompatent command has a small part to do with it but i refuse to admit nor agree with the US being a bloodlust attitude. That's just a cheap shot.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Innvertigo]
    #1254538 - 01/28/03 05:49 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

I'll ignore the (still the best in the world) comment since that is simply not true..best equipped? without a doubt...I stand by my blood-lust comment though, perhaps the U.S. is not as bad as some (I.E. Isreal or China ) but far worse than others...(I.E...pretty much any other "free" country)


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1254718 - 01/28/03 06:46 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

War exists death exists deal with it


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Bavet]
    #1254725 - 01/28/03 06:48 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Thank you captain obvious...stupidity also seems to run rampant.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1254738 - 01/28/03 06:51 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

****...I stand by my blood-lust comment though, ****

that's a broad statement and perhaps you confuse blood-lust with the ability to kick our enemies ass without blinking? Blood lust basically says that we as americans want to murder.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Innvertigo]
    #1254745 - 01/28/03 06:53 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

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Blood lust basically says that we as americans want to murder.


That's exactly what I'm saying...
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the ability to kick our enemies ass without blinking?


your above statement mirrors my point.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1254921 - 01/28/03 07:50 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

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I'm not sure what to accredit this to...improper training?..incompetent command?...blood lust attitude?...who knows...but the point is that something needs to change.




Its because the US gets involved in 16 times more wars than anyone else..

That and the fact that we have gone to great lengths to take the face to face confrontation out of war.. Most attacks are done from the air and others are done from inside a tank. Actual ground troops have been deruced to snakes hiding in the bushes with laser targeting cannons.

Its not like it used to be with guys actualy shooting each other with their hand held guns.



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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1254945 - 01/28/03 07:58 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

"In Kosovo, senior British commanders claimed that the American-led bombing campaign killed three civilians for every Serbian soldier"

That statistic, if true, would be in better perspective if we knew how many innocent people would have been killed by those Serbian soldiers.

If it's 2, then what was the point? if it's 20 then they saved 17 lives for every 3.

The enemy would make it a lot easier if they didn't use innocent people as human shields, but they love to hide in populated civilian areas.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1255001 - 01/28/03 08:14 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

***your above statement mirrors my point. ***

perhaps if i rephrased it then you'd see my point.

We have the ability to defend ourselves against any country with overwhelming force. is that better? I hate to have conversations where i have to tame my language.

basically we americans are murderers is that what you're saying? What does that make Canada?


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Innvertigo]
    #1255114 - 01/28/03 08:43 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Apples and Oranges...No-one would ever compare American Military to Canadian Military. Ours is used primarily for peace keeping...yours seems to focus on conquest as of late.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1255137 - 01/28/03 08:53 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Ours is used primarily for peace keeping...yours seems to focus on conquest as of late.

How late is "of late"? Can you please tell us the most recent country America added to its list of colonies?

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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Phred]
    #1255151 - 01/28/03 08:58 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Come now Pinky...you know exactly what I'm referring to...


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1255176 - 01/28/03 09:06 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

No, I don't. What is the latest country the US has "conquered"?

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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Phred]
    #1255191 - 01/28/03 09:11 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Okay...I'll humour you and start this dance again since you seem to want to continue the same old argument. How about Afghanistan and the U.S. friendly regime that was installed recently...or the soon to happen Iraq regime change?

Now of course you will say "wait..those aren't actually considered American states or new land..etc." But we both know that the U.S. isn't after their land per se...like I've said long before it was "fashionable"..it's all about the oil.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Phred]
    #1255221 - 01/28/03 09:22 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

I understood exactly what Rono meant. But I have a feeling he can also understand why you can't (or won't). For you, there is only one kind of "conquest".

It's funny how the most fundamental free marketeer we have here can also be so anxious to defend U.S. foreign policy.

Does the libertarian concept of an army for national defense apply to overseas investments? I can't see why else you would defend U.S. world militarization.

And can't you see the problem with that? U.S. businesses and U.S. government/military are leap-frogging all over the planet and you're here trying preserve the integrity of the word "conquest".

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    #1255258 - 01/28/03 09:31 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

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Does the libertarian concept of an army for national defense apply to overseas investments?



No, not from where I stand. Businesses that invest in foreign countries should bear the full burden of making a bad investment in a country that is unstable or does not have well established property rights. Why should the tax payers who do not own the business be forced to pay for the military for the benefits of a few or to 'underwrite' foolish business decisions? The only justifiable use of the military is for the common defense. Using the military to promote overseas business interests is merely another form of corporate welfare.


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1255358 - 01/28/03 10:12 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Rono writes:

How about Afghanistan and the U.S. friendly regime that was installed recently...

a) The head of the provisional government in Afghanistan was chosen by Afghanis in a process supervised by the United Nations.

b) The reason he was able to be chosen is that the Taliban had been ousted by the Northern Alliance with assistance from the UN coalition forces operating there. Remember the reports in the media of the Northern Alliance warlords foaming at the mouth because the UN forces weren't bombing the Taliban? The US reply was that they were not interested in bombing TALIBAN forces, they were interested in AL-QAEDA forces. In the eyes of the Northern Alliance, THEY were the ones responsible for ousting the Taliban, NOT the UN coalition forces.

...or the soon to happen Iraq regime change?

You speak of a POSSIBLE future US action as if it is an accomplished fact. The US may not need to do a thing -- Hussein may be assassinated tomorrow.

Look, if you want to make sloppy statements don't get miffed when you are called on it. If you meant to say the US military is "used aggressively" or the US military is used for "direct intervention", then SAY SO. To say that lately the US military is used for "conquest" is inaccurate. You're an intelligent and articulate man. I presume you choose your words rather than just randomly typing the first one that pops into your head.

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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Phred]
    #1255380 - 01/28/03 10:17 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Okay...here we go again...

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a) The head of the provisional government in Afghanistan was chosen by Afghanis in a process supervised by the United Nations.


And this leader just happens to be a former employee of Unocal?...this would strike most people as suspicious at the very least.

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You speak of a POSSIBLE future US action as if it is an accomplished fact. The US may not need to do a thing -- Hussein may be assassinated tomorrow


Oh come on...you know perfectly well that GW isn't going to deploy 150,000 troops on the borders of Iraq and not use them. The invasion of Iraq is a foregone conclusion.



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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1255436 - 01/28/03 10:36 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

And this leader just happens to be a former employee of Unocal?...this would strike most people as suspicious at the very least.

Are you saying his selection was rigged by the United States? Why then has not a single member of the UN body who supervised the selection process protested?

The invasion of Iraq is a foregone conclusion.

So you say. What if Hussein were assassinated tomorrow? Do you say there are no people who would like to see him assassinated rather than see US troops cross Iraq's borders?

Once again, my objection is with your sloppy phrasing and the use of loaded words. Your phrase was: "yours seems to focus on conquest as of late."

An act that has yet to occur (and may not occur) doesn't fit the syntax of your statement -- "of late".

Face it, I pointed out your use of the word "conquest" was inappropriate, and now you are thrashing around trying to come up with an example of a US conquest -- to no avail. I have already conceded that the US military can arguably be said to be used inappropriately. It can NOT be said that it is used for CONQUEST, and that is all I was pointing out. Concede the point and move on.

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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Phred]
    #1255482 - 01/28/03 10:48 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

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Are you saying his selection was rigged by the United States? Why then has not a single member of the UN body who supervised the selection process protested?


Yes...that is exactly what I am saying...notice you said "selection"..not "election".

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I have already conceded that the US military can arguably be said to be used inappropriately. It can NOT be said that it is used for CONQUEST, and that is all I was pointing out. Concede the point and move on.



I concede nothing...it just shows to me that your version of
the word "conquest" is more antiquated than mine...and when it comes down to it, none of this has anything to do with the topic of this thread. You have not refuted any of the points I brought up, you are just arguing about my choice of words. You can do better....




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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1256946 - 01/28/03 08:39 PM (21 years, 2 months ago)

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Yes...that is exactly what I am saying...notice you said "selection"..not "election".

I did that deliberately, because I (unlike others posting in this thread) believe in using words accurately. The word "selection" is accurate because the entire populace of Afghanistan was not involved in a nationwide balloting process to ELECT the current head of the provisional Afghani government. However, it was a group of Afghanis who decided who would head their provisional government, not a group of Americans. I ask again, if it was America who dictated who would head the provisional Afghan government, why have we not heard a peep of protest from anyone who was there? There was certainly no shortage of UN observers present.

I concede nothing...it just shows to me that your version of the word "conquest" is more antiquated than mine...

Ooooh... "antiquated"... I love it. Standard Libbie ploy -- deny that words have specific meanings; insist that the word "conquest" means whatever a Libbie says it means, then bash the opponent for not being clairvoyant enough to know which secret Libbie decoder ring to use today to figure out what has actually been stated.

you are just arguing about my choice of words.

And if I had said "The UN coalition aided the Afghan rebels in LIBERATING Afghanistan," you would not have objected to my choice of words? Yeah, right. It was the USSR who CONQUERED Afghanistan, not the USA.

none of this has anything to do with the topic of this thread.

Correct. In reference to the topic, ask yourself what it means when there are more "friendly fire" casualties in a war than enemy casualties. Someone capable of thinking logically would conclude that the OVERALL casualties of the conflict must have been pretty small, indicating that the objective was accomplished just about as efficiently as is possible in an undertaking as inherently dangerous, complex, and uncertain as a war of liberation.

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    #1256954 - 01/28/03 08:52 PM (21 years, 2 months ago)

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I understood exactly what Rono meant.

It doesn't surprise me that you as a Libbie would be fluent in Libbiespeak. I, unfortunately, lack that fluency.

It's funny how the most fundamental free marketeer we have here can also be so anxious to defend U.S. foreign policy.

I don't defend all of it. I have stated here repeatedly my opposition to past US foreign policy such as the Viet Nam war. I have also stated my opinion that foreign aid is a bad idea, and that the US should withdraw from the UN.

In the case of Afghanistan, however, I have no objection to their trying to capture Al-Qaeda members protected by the Taliban. If bin Laden and the boys had been holed up in Yemen or the Sudan or Libya or wherever and the government of the country involved had been harboring them, I would have supported US attempts to capture them in Yemen or the Sudan or Libya.

Does the libertarian concept of an army for national defense apply to overseas investments?

Nope. I'm with Evolving on this one.

I can't see why else you would defend U.S. world militarization.

I don't defend US "world militarization". Where have I done that?

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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1257102 - 01/28/03 10:59 PM (21 years, 2 months ago)

****Apples and Oranges...No-one would ever compare American Military to Canadian Military****

That is correct, however the canadians are followers and go along with just about everything we do. So i guess Canadians are just as murderous as we are eh?


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    #1257440 - 01/29/03 03:41 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

I have no objection to their trying to capture Al-Qaeda members protected by the Taliban If bin Laden

Sorry to break this to you but Bin Laden was never captured. With attention now focused on the oil fields of Iraq (after sewing up the Afghan pipeline) there isn't even the pretence of trying to find Bin Laden. Y'think perhaps someone was lying to you when they said they were going in to "find Bin laden"?

Do you feel foolish for believing your masters?


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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Phred]
    #1257495 - 01/29/03 04:13 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Where to start, where to start...

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However, it was a group of Afghanis who decided who would head their provisional government, not a group of Americans. I ask again, if it was America who dictated who would head the provisional Afghan government, why have we not heard a peep of protest from anyone who was there?




Please explain to me which Afghanis decided who their provisional leader would be...The same ones that the U.S. was bombing and would be more than happy to cut any deal with the U.S.? Or the Northern Alliance who was already in the back pocket of the U.S.? You deluding yourself if you honestly think that the present leader of Afghanistan is not in bed with U.S. Oil...hence Bush. Afghanistan's interim leader, Hamid Karzai, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov, and Pakistani President Musharraf met in Islamabad to sign a memorandum of understanding on the trans-Afghanistan gas pipeline project that I mave brought up several times. The three leaders will met for more talks on the project in October 2002. The Turkmen-Afghan-Pakistani gas pipeline accord has been published and can be viewed at the following website: http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/nts22622.htm
This is old news and should be common knowledge to anyone outside the U.S.

Appointed Afghani Prime Minister Hamid Karzai is a former paid consultant for Unocal.
President Bush appointed Zalmy Khalilzad as a special envoy to Afghanistan. Khalilzad is also a former employee of Unocal...
Now flash back to Feb. 12, 1998 - Unocal Vice President John J. Maresca (who also became a special ambassador to Afghanistan) Testified before the House that until a single, unified, friendly government is in place in Afghanistan, the trans-Afghani pipeline needed to monetize the oil will not be built. ]http://www.house.gov/international_relations/105th/ap/wsap212982.htm]



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Ooooh... "antiquated"... I love it. Standard Libbie ploy -- deny that words have specific meanings; insist that the word "conquest" means whatever a Libbie says it means, then bash the opponent for not being clairvoyant enough to know which secret Libbie decoder ring to use today to figure out what has actually been stated.


No secret decoder ring required Pinky...any dictionary would work just as well.
con?quest [ k?n kw?st, k?ng kw?st ] (plural con?quests)
noun
1. subjugation of enemy after fighting: taking control of a place or people by force of arms

2. something acquired by conquering: something that has been acquired through force of arms, for example, land, people, or goods ...as in OIL


Invertigo...

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****Apples and Oranges...No-one would ever compare American Military to Canadian Military****

That is correct, however the canadians are followers and go along with just about everything we do. So i guess Canadians are just as murderous as we are eh?



Does the phrase "If you're not with us you're against us" mean anything? Trust me..the vast majority of Canadians want nothing to do with U.S. foreign policy, but as a U.S. ally we are forced to do things that we are against. You'll notice that the U.S. is getting little or no support for this recent Iraq fiasco.







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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Rono]
    #1258504 - 01/29/03 10:30 AM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Rono asks

Please explain to me which Afghanis decided who their provisional leader would be...

Most likely the leaders and high-level advisors of the allied Afghan forces which ousted the Taliban. In any case, it was whichever ones the UN committee in charge of supervising the formation of the interim administration of Afghanistan decided were appropriate to make the decision. It shouldn't be hard to do a search of news stories from the time the interim administration was being formed. The POINT here is that it was Afghanis who made the choice, not Americans.

If those Afghanis decided it would be advantageous for them to choose someone they felt would be more acceptable to Americans than another, what's wrong with that? Remember that this is an interim administration (even the text of the pipeline agreement you linked refers to it as such). When the UN eventually gets off its butt and finally arranges the democratic nationwide elections its mandate calls for, it is entirely possible that the current leader of that administration will be voted out -- there is apparently a lot of popular support for the ex-King of Afghanistan.

taking control of a place or people by force of arms

America doesn't control the country of Afghanistan or the people of Afghanistan. In actuality, even the current Afghani interim administration doesn't yet control ALL of Afghanistan.

something that has been acquired through force of arms, for example, land, people, or goods

What land, people, or goods have been acquired by America in Afghanistan? So far, it seems that the only thing that has been acquired is the POSSIBILITY that American firms will be allowed to make up part of the consortium that will eventually build a trans-Afghanistan oil pipeline. Note that a pipeline is not oil -- the oil is not Afghanistan's to give away in the first place, it belongs to Turkmenistan. Note further that the link you provided which publishes the full text of the Turkmen-Afghan-Pakistan pipeline accord makes no mention of any country owning the pipeline. This is what it has to say on OWNERSHIP of the pipeline:

"The parties to the agreement will choose an international consortium that has experience of carrying out such projects, and the pipeline will be built by, belong to and be used by that consortium."

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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Phred]
    #1259054 - 01/29/03 12:52 PM (21 years, 2 months ago)

If I recall correctly, we wanted the factions that supported the Taliban involved in building the new government, but none of the other tribes did.


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    #1259173 - 01/29/03 01:38 PM (21 years, 2 months ago)

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If I recall correctly, we wanted the factions that supported the Taliban involved in building the new government, but none of the other tribes did.

Ummm... I read that too, somewhere, but I'm damned if I can remember exactly where. Was it a Reuters wire service article? I remember at the time the interim administration was being formed I was doing most of my reading at reuters.com, but it may have been somewhere else that carried the story.

In any case, thanks for mentioning it. I had forgotten about that.

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Re: U.S. friendly fire incidents... [Re: Phred]
    #1259904 - 01/29/03 05:51 PM (21 years, 2 months ago)

Most likely the leaders and high-level advisors of the allied Afghan forces which ousted the Taliban.

You mean the Northern Alliance? Nope, Karzai was an american choice. Pure and simple.

If those Afghanis decided it would be advantageous for them to choose someone they felt would be more acceptable to Americans than another, what's wrong with that?

Oh dear, what twisted logic we weave. Yes, the Afghans decided the Unocal man should be in charge. Coincidence?

America doesn't control the country of Afghanistan or the people of Afghanistan

It's subdued enough to build the pipeline - that's all they care about.

So far, it seems that the only thing that has been acquired is the POSSIBILITY

Trust me, if they didn't know the oil pipeline would be helped by karzai he would still be working for Unocal in America.


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    #1259909 - 01/29/03 05:54 PM (21 years, 2 months ago)

we wanted the factions that supported the Taliban involved in building the new government

Try and distuingish propaganda from reality.

They arn't going to say "We will install an ex-Unocal man in charge to facilitate our oil program" right? They'll say any old bullshit that makes people like them.

Remember that the oil profits will be held in trust for the Iraqi people too  :grin:


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