"If war aims are stated which seem to be solely concerned with Anglo-American imperialism, they will offer little to people in the rest of the world. The interests of other peoples should be stressed. This would have a better propaganda effect."
[Private memo from The Council of Foreign Relations to the US State Department, 1941]
"After 9/11, it has become evident that the civilized world must confront and fight Islam. Islam is the cancer and not necessarily people who follow it. We must fight it, contain it, or better yet, eradicate it"
[Jerusalem Post, May 2002]
"The 'Golden rule' is: he who has the gold makes the rules"
[Michael Feranti, 'Democracy For The Few']
Strikes at population targets (per se) are likely not only to create a counter-productive wave of revulsion abroad and at home, but greatly to increase the risk of enlarging the war with China and the Soviet Union. Destruction of locks and dams, however - if handled right - might offer promise. It should be studied. Such destruction does not kill or drown people. By shallow-flooding the rice, it leads after time to widespread starvation (more than a million) unless food is provided - which we could offer to do 'at the conference table'.
