From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patty Crazon Subject: Re: Your Inquiry Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 12:04:06 -0600 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <200304031758.h33HwuDH020794@oss.sgi.com> Reply-To: patty2003@runbox.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="0f264524-bc52-4af1-b7ce-69bc90a288a9" Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format --0f264524-bc52-4af1-b7ce-69bc90a288a9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "I came to the conclusion that all the values that made me admire the = American people were beeing eroded by the covert operations of the CIA and kindred secret = bodies... Time after time the United States has generously aided other countries = threatened by famine or disaster. The survival of this great tradition is of = importance, not only to Americans, but also to all freedom loving people in = the world. But in my view, the survival of this great is now being gravely threatened by = the covert criminal actions of the Central Intelligence Agency and its associated = services. If the United States is to be protected from this grave danger, it is = essential that the activities of this secret agency should be fully exposed to the people of the = United States. ...I am a fierce believer in the democratic system of governments. Among the democracies, the constitution of the United States can be, and has = proved to be, a bastion of civil liberty. However, democracy and the rule of law could not survive side by side with a = state agency that engages in covert operations ranging from assassinations to = levying mercenary armies. Even if there is, now, an attempt beeing made by some to = check the activities of the CIA and the other United States intelligence = agencies, the whole concept of a secret government and army within a government is a menace to the = democratic system." (Sean MacBride, former Foreign Minister of Ireland, and 1974 Nobel Peace = Prize recipient; died 1988) ------------------------------ "This is not a military defense of Iraq against an invading army. This is the = creation of another layer in this mythology of victimhood, which has been developed in the Arab world = for at least the last three generations. ... The view is that everything evil comes from outside, from = somewhere else." (Gwyn Prins in an interview March/April 2003) __________________________________________________________ While our fellow citizens fight in Iraq for the good, a consistent but accelerating danger lurks in the shadow, ready to overtake and turn upside down our values: Corporate Fascism ! Regards Patty Crazon http://www.geocities.com/pattycrazon001 --0f264524-bc52-4af1-b7ce-69bc90a288a9--