Pieter on Fri, 14 Dec 2001 22:57:42 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> No longer in the Wilderness |
As I wrote to a friend regarding a similar report, "US planned war in Afghanistan long before September 11", by Patrick Martin, 20 November 2001, http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/nov2001/afgh-n20.shtml : >Some interesting and heavy shit, mate. One hears more and more along >these lines, of course. Another example is an older article, > http://www.narconews.com/goff1.html , >"The So-Called Evidence Is a Farce" by self-professed former Special >Forces member Stan Goff. >The question arises, however: if the US were so intent for so many years >on exploiting Afghani/Central Asian resources, then what of the >much-repeated accusation that they left the Afghans to rot after the >Soviets pulled out in the late '80s? Wouldn't it have been more logical >for them to move right ahead with their oil schemes? >One obvious answer might be that the State, other than its Spectacular >self-image, is not all the Moloch it's cracked up to be, but is actually >made up of a myriad of institutions and individuals who do not >necessarily work together or are even aware of one another, of course. So >eerily like society shall we say. >Still, it's enough to make one wonder. Best, PB # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net