Posted by David on July 12, 2007, 12:06 pm, in reply to "Email to Derek Davis on the Today Show" --Previous Message--
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I guess that should be 'alluded to'
: todaypk@rte.ie
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: http://dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-rte-todaywithpatkenny.smil
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: Dear Derek Davis,
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: Your interview with Professor Gwyn Prins on
: Today this morning struck me with the same
: impression George Galloway verbalised in his
: 'brief interlude'; I could imagine a similar
: discussion took place somewhere in polite
: English society at the height of the
: troubles. You simply offered Professor Prins
: a 'clear run' to expound the merits and
: mistakes of 'imperialism light'. Yet almost
: as soon as Mr. Galloway began, you
: interrupted him with your opinion - stating
: that Saddam was a 'blood thirsty barbarian',
: and thus had to be removed? That is no doubt
: the disparity that caused him to discontinue
: the interview.
:
: In answer to your statement, an
: uncontroversial one at that, but one that
: actually implicitly defines your support for
: the invasion and thus highlights your
: opinion as that shared by Professor Prins,
: thus explaining his willingness to 'engage'
: - the US led invasion and occupation has
: caused far more deaths in the last 4 years
: than Saddam's 24 years of rule. Saddam's
: killing, as Professor Prins eluded to, was
: also made possible by tacit and direct
: Western support. Would you re-evaluate your
: position in light of this stark fact?
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: No one questions Saddam's despotic title,
: what is validly questioned is the idea that
: Western imperialists acted with some sort of
: benign intent, or 'moral motive' - which was
: 'devalued' by unfortunate revelations of
: fabrications and deception. Not once did you
: posit that the invasion was not just a
: 'mistake' but a crime, as was stated by the
: UN's Kofi Annan when he called the invasion
: 'illegal'. Nor did you seek to examine the
: situation from an Iraqi perspective, a point
: made to you by George Galloway. The vast
: majority of Iraqi people are opposed to the
: continued occupation and a similar number
: support attacks on coalition troops - who
: are the predominant target of insurgents.
: Instead you simply offered Professor Prins
: the opportunity to eloquently hammer out,
: almost verbatim, the imperialist 's
: rhetoric.
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: I accept the Today show is light radio,
: but if you are going to treat issues such as
: these like this, perhaps it would be better
: to forgo the pretence of impartiality.
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: Yours sincerely,
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: David Manning
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: 1.
: http://dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-rte-todaywithpatkenny.smil
: 2.
: http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/images/journals/lancet/s0140673606694919.pdf
: 3.
: http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-institutions_government/blair_ignorance_3718.jsp
: 4.
: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661134.stm
: 5.
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601721.html
: 6.
: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/23/wirq23.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/23/ixportaltop.html
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