Received: from mailhost.chi1.ameritech.net (mailhost1-chcgil.chcgil.ameritech.net [206.141.192.67]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h1ONuLP03256 for <nifl-esl@nifl.gov>; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:56:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from LabK ([67.38.127.158]) by mailhost.chi1.ameritech.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with SMTP id <20030224235622.UMNY9465.mailhost.chi1.ameritech.net@LabK> for <nifl-esl@nifl.gov>; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:56:22 -0600 From: "John Kamplain" <john_kamplain@albanyparkcommunitycenter.org> To: <nifl-esl@nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8597] RE: RE: War as a cross-cultural issue Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:58:37 -0600 Message-ID: <FLEIJPFJGNEBFCGDMABPIEDECEAA.john_kamplain@albanyparkcommunitycenter.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <0342F162.787E3CA4.0A349A3F@aol.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Status: O Content-Length: 1956 Lines: 50 I wouldn't quote Senator Byrd without mentioning that he was, afterall, a member of the clan for a long time. Media studies is a lot like peeling an onion from the inside. > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of > AWilder106@aol.com > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 5:49 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8594] RE: War as a cross-cultural issue > > > Colleagues: > > On March 11, 1992, Barton Gellman wrote an article for the > Washington Post describing a leaked, classified, memo written > under the supervision of Paul Wolfowitz, then undersecretary for > policy at the Defense Department. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney > acknowledged that he and Wolfowitz "had played substanial roles > in the document's creation and endorsed its principal views." > > I know about this because I read the newspaper and got a hint > there that sent me back to 1992. > > A couple of more quotes: "....scenarios....included an > American-led defense of Lithuania and Poland from invasion by > Russia, wars against Iraq and North Korea to repel attacks on > their southern neighbors..." > > Sen. Byrd: " The basic thrust of the document seems to be > this: 'We love being the sole remaining superpower intheworld > andwe want so much to remain that way that we are willing to > put at risk the basic health of our economy and well-being of > our people.....'" > > I listened to Sen. Byrd last fall and heard an up-dated > version of this argument. > > For more hair raising, or at least informative, quotes, go to the > article yourself. > > OK, so I was on my own treasure hunt, and I struck pay dirt, but > I think teachers can instruct would be citizens on how to get > useful information like this. Maybe it's too much, but policies > do not come out of a vaccuum, and this is an example of how to > track down a current issue to a written document. > > Andrea >
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