Mourn on the Fourth of July (EUROTRASH ALERT)

The Mirror ^ | July 4, 2002 | John Pilger

[mmmmmmmm....... donuts]

The likes of Hillary and Gore are too conservative for Pilger. He is truly on the luney left.

[Pharmboy]

Not only are some Euros seething at us with displaced resentment, they are afraid to come here.

Yesterday after work (in midtown Manhattan) a person in my office who had a particularly tough day asked me to go for a quick drink. I thought that the Novotel on 52nd and Broadway would be a good choice, since it usually stocked with Euros and all the American bars would be empty on July 3rd in midtown.

The place was empty! Usually the place is crawling with Euros but there were none. The bartender said the hotel was half empty for the first time in a long time.

Paraphrasing Yogi, if people don't want to come here, you can't stop 'em. Chickens.

[Terridan]

The reports out here in Kalifornia were that these "innocent" Afghans always fire rifle shots during a celebration... hmmm... I didn't realize a rifle shot could be noticed by an F-16 fighter pilot!!! (Unless of course they are 50 Cal.) ;) I was thinking more of "Laws rocket" fire? Always used by terrorists for celebrations????
Happy Independence Day!!!!

[Conservative til I die]

This article is so cartoonish. I only thought this kind of writing was the stuff of satire and parody. I didn't read the whole thing; did he use the term "capitalist pigs" in it?

[King Nothing]

I suppose to the writer of that article, this wasn't as much of a tragedy as losing 3 future America haters.

Even as our "allies" turn against us... remember the Trade Center.

[dr_who]

The issue of whether our forces in Afganistan, given the stat e it's in now, are becoming too "trigger happy" has almost nothing to do with whether or not the US is a force for good in the world. This Pilger jackass is taking his cues from V.I. Lenin and grabbing unfortunate isolated deaths from the headlines while he belittles the reason why we're over there in the first place. But that fact doesn't give you cause to make sick remarks about other people's misfortune.

[dr_who]

I couldn't tell you even if I tried reading all of it. But I'll betcha one thing. He'd probably get really agitated if someone were to dare call him a communist.

[Jorge]

The capacity of the American military machine to smash impoverished countries was never in dispute ...

Nonsense. These same leftist rags warned about America's ultimate defeat by the mighty undefeatable Pashtun warrior, the humbler of powerful nations, most recently the Russians.
We were told we would lose in Afghanistan. Then a few weeks into the conflict the left was whining about it was becoming another Vietnam, etc. etc.

They of course were proven wrong.

The hypocricy and duplicity of the left is so transparent as is their envy of American military power....as they complain out of both sides of their mouth about our agression and our isolationism.
They are of course mostly upset that they are not the ones in command of American power.

[novakeo]

Bump

[Clemenza]

Why the hell would you want to associate with girly-man Eurotrash anyway. They and the Japanese Trust Funders in the East Village make me sick...

[cascademountaineer]

This article has already been posted.

[Pharmboy]

I did not want to associate with them--my coworker was down and I thought a bar with people present would be better than an empty one. They also can serve as a source of amusement (y'know, sandals and black socks and such).