tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708970.post114610690769511320..comments2024-01-25T12:33:03.851+10:30Comments on Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is: RELEASE OF ZARQAWI TAPE IS DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO REINFORCE THE MYTH OF HIS EXISTENCE.Damian Lataanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886295381135372084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708970.post-1146216404430898622006-04-28T18:56:00.000+09:302006-04-28T18:56:00.000+09:30Dylan, None of what you have provided is proof pos...Dylan, <BR/><BR/>None of what you have provided is proof positive of Abu al-Zarqawi’s continued existence as a ‘terrorist’. There is no evidence whatsoever of al-Zarqawi still being around and there is no evidence at all to demonstrate that he is the head of ‘al-Qaeda in Iraq’. An image of a person repeatedly shown by a propagandist source does not a reality make. The bottom line is; there is no prima facie evidence to suggest that his exploits and pronouncements are anything other than mythical or the figment of American propagandist’s imagination. <BR/><BR/>Just Google “zarqawi myth” and you will find thousands of sources suggesting that that is all he is.<BR/><BR/>Anything related to US foreign policy, particularly that related to Israel and the Middle East, should be taken with a pinch of salt, especially in the light of the lies that were told that has since resulted in the invasion, occupation, plundering and deaths of ten of thousands of innocent Iraqis, and the lies that are being told about Iran at the moment with regard to its nuclear ambitions. (Where have we heard all this before?) <BR/><BR/>LataanDamian Lataanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886295381135372084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708970.post-1146209904822495382006-04-28T17:08:00.000+09:302006-04-28T17:08:00.000+09:30Damian, I don't start from the assumption that eve...Damian, I don't start from the assumption that everything anyone says is always true. I start with the assumptions a reasonable person would make. <BR/><BR/>If there are videos of someone and that someone is identified by everyone (including people hostile to the US position) as Zarqawi, then it seems reasonable to assume it is him. Thus, it would seem to follow that Zarqawi is not a myth.<BR/><BR/>You are right that how I termed my comment was oxymoronic - it was purposeful in order to demonstrate the absurdity of your position.<BR/><BR/>As for sources, try this one from New America Media (http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=b583440d843299a38e930865ad7d2a3a) which outlines, with comments from someone who has previously made docos about Zarqawi, how his releasing of this tape is part of a concerted "media war" between the terrorists and the US.<BR/><BR/>Just Google "zarqawi tape jazeera" and you will find hundreds of other sources which state the same.<BR/><BR/>I think you might need to stop interpreting current affaors from a standpoint that has, as its foundation, the notion that America must be lying about everything and, further, that there is a conspiracy of likeminded persons from 'the right' (whatever that may be) who are out to destroy democracy, freedom and everything else you hold dear. While your conclusions are amusing in their strangeness, they do not, in my view, reflect a "telling of the history of the 21st century like it really is".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708970.post-1146179859882001832006-04-28T08:47:00.000+09:302006-04-28T08:47:00.000+09:30DylanWhat makes you think that al-Zarqawi released...Dylan<BR/><BR/>What makes you think that al-Zarqawi released the tape to al-Jazeera? Where did you get this information from? Have you questioned the source of this assertion?<BR/><BR/>Your statement: “Why would he want to perpetuate his own myth?” is an oxymoron. If he is just a myth then how can he perpetuate himself? If he isn’t a myth then there is nothing to perpetuate. So far there is no evidence at all to suggest that he is anything more than just a myth. You start out on the presumption that all that the US military has said about him is true. Why would we want to believe anything the US military says? They are as untrustworthy as Bush. <BR/><BR/>LataanDamian Lataanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886295381135372084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708970.post-1146146250158314102006-04-27T23:27:00.000+09:302006-04-27T23:27:00.000+09:30As I understood it, Damien, it was Zarqawi who rel...As I understood it, Damien, it was Zarqawi who released the tape to al-Jazeera.<BR/><BR/>Why would he want to perpetuate his own myth? Wouldn't this be a more interesting question to investigate than trying to pin it all on another conspiracy of the right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com