Blogcritics: Comments on Perspective

Comment by Eric Olsen

Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:38:20 EDT

I like that: "Mr. Bombs Away." That line concerned me a bit too - obviously Germany and Japan at least became allies, but I believe his point was that they independently began down their paths (to destruction) that led to the alliance. It was the same war before it was the same war, in a manner of speaking. The point being that Iraq and al Qaeda are generated by the same pathologies - they are the same war. I believe this is a much greater and more important truth than the "lower level" details that seem to show no connection. And apparently 70% of Americans see it this way too, consciously or otherwise.

Comment by mike

Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:45:16 EDT
I think Mr. Bombs Away here needs to revisit the history section at Borders. Japan and Germany SIGNED A TREATY; HECK, I THINK THEY SIGNED TWO; NO, THEY SIGNED THREE--COUNT EM--THREE!: the anti-Comintern pact of '36; the '37 Protocol, and the '40 three power pact. The last was specifically directed at the U.S. That's called A FORMAL ALLIANCE. It doesn't get much more coordinated than that. Bin laden and Hussein exchanged e-mails, so to speak, and decided they had nothing in common. More and more evidence is emerging, indeed, that bin laden actually tried to overthrow Hussein in the 90s. Facts! Let's base our analysis on facts, please! Thank you!