ABSURDS THE WORD:Condoleezza Rice versus Harold Pinter

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RICE: The United States [and its allies] will use every lawful weapon to defeat these terrorists.

PINTER: We have brought torture, cluster bombs, depleted uranium, innumerable acts of random murder, misery, degradation and death to the Iraqi people and call it 'bringing freedom and democracy to the Middle East'.

RICE: Torture, and conspiracy to commit torture, are crimes under US law, wherever they may occur in the world.

PINTER: At least 100,000 Iraqis were killed by American bombs and missiles before the Iraq insurgency began. These people are of no moment. Their deaths don't exist. They are blank. They are not even recorded as being dead. Bush has been clever. He has not ratified the International Criminal Court of Justice.

SO there you have it, the voice of truth, justice and sanity doing battle with the Devil's spinners. Which voice is which, is for each individual to decide. But once decided, it is up to you to play your part. At this point in history, silence becomes an act of complicity. This is the turning point. The chance won't come again.

NOTES
Full text of Pinter's speech: http://www.counterpunch.org/pinter12072005.html

Full text of the Rice script:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1905274,00.html

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