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PS - For an account of Hicks' book, see
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/neville01052011.html"><http://www.counterpunch.org/neville01052011.html></a>.<br>
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On 1/10/11 10:21 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
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[I sent the following to the NYT, for their edification. --CGE]<br>
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How can Paul Krugman discuss the "Climate of Hate" (op-ed, Jan. 9,
2011) with reference to the awful crime in Arizona - without
mentioning that Mr. Obama is conducting a vicious foreign war? Or
that he signed this week a law that betrayed his promise to close
Guantanamo? <br>
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For an account of what the latter action means, see David Hicks'
memoir, "Guantanamo, My Journey." <br>
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On 1/10/11 10:18 AM, David Green wrote:
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<div>This phrase struck me: "I remembered the upsurge in
political hatred after Bill Clinton’s election in 1992 — an
upsurge that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing."</div>
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<div>But in between, of course, was Waco.</div>
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<div>See also: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/09/violence-government-violence-a">http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/09/violence-government-violence-a</a></div>
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<div>DG</div>
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