War not CriminalityOn the afternoon of Sept. 11, as the Pentagon still burned, Donald Rumsfeld told the president, 'This is not a criminal action. This is war.'
That's still the distinction that matters. By contrast, after the 2005 London bombings, Boris Johnson, the Conservative member of Parliament, wrote a piece headlined 'Just Don't Call It War.' Johnson objected to the language of 'war, whether military or cultural . . . Last week's bombs were placed not by martyrs nor by soldiers, but by criminals.' War-war not law-law
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When Saudis, led by a Saudi, spouting the state religion of Saudi and funded by Saudis attacked New York it took a certain kind of genius to make war on Afghanistan and Iraq. Could a criminal response have ignored the clues quite so wilfully?
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When Saudis, led by a Saudi, spouting the state religion of Saudi and funded by Saudis attacked New York it took a certain kind of genius to make war on Afghanistan and Iraq.
Didn't it? Nobody wants to upset the Saudis. Neither government nor corporation. The Saudis have got the Western world at their fingertips!
Crooked governments. Crooked people.
Money makes the mayor go!
The West has sold out its principles.
Melanie Phillips is always right on target. She hits the bull's eye every time! And her writing is always great to read, especially because she is not afraid of 'telling it like it is'.
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