From: GERALD LEVY (gerald_a_levy@msn.com)
Date: Fri Aug 15 2008 - 08:22:45 EDT
> Meanwhile there are much more plausible and important crimes conducted> by the current administration that ought to be addressed. Hi Dave Z: Whether one crime or another is more plausible depends on the quality and quantity of the available evidence. Whether one crime is more "important" than another can only be answered when put in social-political-economic-cultural context. 9/11 was the greater - more historically important - crime because it ushered in an exacerbated period of War and Reaction. In other words, it empowered the Neo-Cons to push forward their agenda both domestically and internationally in a way that they couldn't have been able to do otherwise. The existence of the Habbush letter fabrication was not nearly as decisive in the sequence of events that led to the "war on terrorism" and the invasion and occupation of Iraq as 9/11, imo. What _I_ can't quite grasp is the _intensity_ of the attack from "the Left" against others on the Left who are active in the 9/11 truth movement. Here I do not refer to you, but I have noticed a dismissive tone and venom - indeed, hatred - coming from some quarters. I don't think it's coincidental that the intensity of these attacks has increased dramatically in the last year and it's coming from much of "the Left" in the US which has geared up to support the Democratic Party candidate in the presidential election. They seem to me to almost be embarrassed by the existence of the 9/11 truth movement, whereas they should be embarrassed by their "lesser evil" election strategy. In solidarity, Jerry _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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