Apparently you haven't heard about the "not nearly as tyrannical" regime in Afghanistan now:
http://forum.interference.com/u2feedback/Forum11/HTML/000989.html
[This message has been edited by radiodivision (edited 01-16-2002).]
Here's an interesting article on the "new" policies of the recently installed regime:
Killing with smaller stones
A kinder, gentler leadership in Afghanistan
by Alexander Cockburn
First the tumult of war, now the fruits of peace. From Afghanistan comes bracing news about the new era of...
Achtung Bubba,
Well, for every report written by a "leftist" you can find one written by someone from the right. Even though you claim that it may be going to far to say "one professor is a nut, ergo all professors' opinions are invalid", you are basically discrediting people by just labeling...
It is naive to think that just because the mainstream media does not cover a story, it is a non-story. The mainstream media has its own interests which are business interests. Mr. Kissinger is a large part of that. If you want detailed evidence of his crimes read Hitchen's "The Trial of Henry...
Great points DoctorGonzo...for those of you who are interested, there is a good book about this "The Trial of Henry Kissinger" by Christopher Hitchens. He is pretty good about documenting most of the stuff DoctorGonzo mentioned.
Here's more material explaining the discrepancy between the effects of the sanctions on the North vs. the rest of Iraq as well as the media coverage of the sanctions.
http://www.fair.org/extra/0111/iraq.html