Re: Letter to the Editor

How 'bout y'all taking this off-list....since it's off-topic.

Thanks,
Kit


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Bolman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Ecobal]Letter to the Editor


> Ronald.
>
> > Have you ever served on active duty in the U. S.
> > military?
>
> Oh no.  I would never do that.  Have you???
>
> > Have you ever read the standards of conduct that are
> > drilled into our military?
>
> No.  I don't doubt that such "standards of conduct" exist.  But I am
certain
> that they are frequently dispenced with when it becomes convenient to do
so.
>
> > Does the "CIA" do things differently?
>
> The CIA and other US Government agencies do whatever is necessary to
prevent
> meaningful democracy from flourishing in any country where the majority of
> the people are living in poverty.  You see, if a country where 70% of the
> population were to have truly free & fair elections, the people would
elect
> leaders that wouldn't be very desirable in the eyes of the US corporations
> that are accustomed to having free reign with that country's resources -
> human and otherwise.
>
> That is why the CIA topples democratically elected governments (Iran,
> Guatemala, Chile) and has worked hand-in-glove with some of the most
> brutally repressive dictatorships the world has ever seen (El Salvador,
> Guatemala, Colombia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc, etc, etc.)
>
> >Perhaps, I've
> > no personal experience with that agency.  But stop
> > attacking our soldiers.
>
> If you'd been following the news lately, you would have seen that some of
> "our" soldiers are vicious thugs.  I will attack them in any way I see
fit.
>
> I know that what I'm writing goes strongly against beliefs that you hold
> dear.  I would suggest that you start by pondering the extremely poor
> distribution of the world's resources.  Ask why the US is so wealthy while
> so many other countries struggle with such poverty.  If you are convinced
> that US foreign policy has had nothing to do with perpetuating that poor
> distribution of the world's wealth, then I may as well give up now.
>
> Sincerely,
> Rob
>
>
>
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