Ron Corvus writes:

” Murtha says over 90% of the so-called “insurgents” are actually Iraqis.

This is a very important point, for several reasons:

* Bush & the neocons have INSISTED the insurgency is comprised of mainly “foreign terrorists.”

* Bush & the neocons NEED Americans to believe the so-called “insurgency” is comprised of foreign terrorists, because it would be untidy and questionable for our government to be killing Iraqis opposed to the BushOccupation of Iraq. It would be a much tougher road to hoe, if Bush & the neocons admitted they had to kill Iraqis in order to establish “democracy” by force in Iraq.

Remember, no analysis of this situation would be complete without fully realizing George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and the neocons believe they can create democracy by force, at will. Nor would it be complete without mentioning the FACT our U.S. law and constitution does NOT provide for creating democracys, period - much less creating a “democracy” by force. The authority simply is not there - never has been.”

WALMART AT WAR

Tim Michel reminds me to support the campaign against Walmart:

”This story seems to have been missed during the Bush, Al Jazeera and Woodward revelations that have come to light recently. But a battle is raging in the United States against Wal-Mart the world’s largest retailer. It seems that the practices of Wal-Mart have angered enough people that they are forming activist groups with the sole purpose of preventing Wal-Mart from building any more stores in the U.S. Already several proposed new Wal-Marts have been successfully opposed by citizen lobbies in the communities in which Wal-Mart proposed to build new super-stores.“

http://walmartwatch.com/

WORLD AIDS DAY FORUM DEC 1

Join Mediachannel and members of the South Asian Journalists Association for a panel discussion on AIDS in India to mark World Aids Day,. I will be moderating one of the Himalayan Hotspot discussions with serious experts and informative specialists at the beautiful Rubin Museum of Art in Chelsea and 17th Street. It will start around 6:45.

I am off this weekend to Dubai for t345jnm he Arab Thought Foundations’ fourth annual conference discussing Arab and World Media Issues., More on that to come. Among the other American speakers: Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes.
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Thanks to all who have written inviting me to speak about my new books. We did a mass blast about the books to our Mediachannel lists yesterday.

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