<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Banana Republic</title> <atom:link href="http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/08/11/banana-republic/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/08/11/banana-republic/</link> <description>World news, political analysis, and opinion commentary</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:24:39 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Eura Vieu</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/08/11/banana-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-14296</link> <dc:creator>Eura Vieu</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:08:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=1808#comment-14296</guid> <description>I assumed Hurricane Earl isn&#039;t that devistating.  Did I hear wrong?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I assumed Hurricane Earl isn&#8217;t that devistating.  Did I hear wrong?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Moign Khawaja</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/08/11/banana-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-1057</link> <dc:creator>Moign Khawaja</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:06:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=1808#comment-1057</guid> <description>@ MARTINThanx a lot Martin for words of praise and encouragement. I agree 100% with your assessment of the MSM and its affiliates. People are sick and tired of coverup stories and are looking for the ground realities of conflicts. MSM feeds the masses with ongoing stuff but seldom bothers to trace the roots of the problem and speak to the people affected by it.As a journalist, I believe people not only need to know the facts but also need to understand the historical context. The role of journalists in preventing wars and conflicts can certainly overweight the influences of military generals and their corporate allies...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ MARTIN</p><p>Thanx a lot Martin for words of praise and encouragement. I agree 100% with your assessment of the MSM and its affiliates. People are sick and tired of coverup stories and are looking for the ground realities of conflicts. MSM feeds the masses with ongoing stuff but seldom bothers to trace the roots of the problem and speak to the people affected by it.</p><p>As a journalist, I believe people not only need to know the facts but also need to understand the historical context. The role of journalists in preventing wars and conflicts can certainly overweight the influences of military generals and their corporate allies&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Martin Green</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/08/11/banana-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-1048</link> <dc:creator>Martin Green</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:27:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=1808#comment-1048</guid> <description>Excellent article Moign. It is heartening to find examples of real journalism out there in contrast to the complete lack of rigour and moral ambiguity evident in our MSM, especially the BBC and major newspapers. It is so important that you continue this work so that the truth is published for all to access. I am becoming more and more convinced that a gradual, stealthy but all consuming &#039;consensus&#039; (as opposed to an organised conspiracy) is pervading the mainstream in the west in order to escape labelling, sensure and, ultimately, ruin at the hands of the MSM/JDL/The Elite. We must be able to contrast the deceit, lies and violence inherent in the treatment of the Latin American nations with the, so-called, &#039;liberation and democratisation&#039; of nations such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine and, ultimately, Iran. The patterns and policies you point to in your article, evident in the US Elite&#039;s approach to their &#039;backyard&#039;, are paralled almost exactly in the way in which the US has gone about things in the Middle-East and Caucasus. Respect and admiration to you and Christina - and all others who use their lives to counter oppression and tyranny.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent article Moign. It is heartening to find examples of real journalism out there in contrast to the complete lack of rigour and moral ambiguity evident in our MSM, especially the BBC and major newspapers. It is so important that you continue this work so that the truth is published for all to access. I am becoming more and more convinced that a gradual, stealthy but all consuming &#8216;consensus&#8217; (as opposed to an organised conspiracy) is pervading the mainstream in the west in order to escape labelling, sensure and, ultimately, ruin at the hands of the MSM/JDL/The Elite. We must be able to contrast the deceit, lies and violence inherent in the treatment of the Latin American nations with the, so-called, &#8216;liberation and democratisation&#8217; of nations such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Palestine and, ultimately, Iran. The patterns and policies you point to in your article, evident in the US Elite&#8217;s approach to their &#8216;backyard&#8217;, are paralled almost exactly in the way in which the US has gone about things in the Middle-East and Caucasus. Respect and admiration to you and Christina &#8211; and all others who use their lives to counter oppression and tyranny.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Moign Khawaja</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/08/11/banana-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-959</link> <dc:creator>Moign Khawaja</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:04:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=1808#comment-959</guid> <description>@ I CrauseI&#039;m writing on behalf of Christina here. She says: &quot;Thank you dear friend. Reagan and Bush did the worst damage to our image abroad and committed war crimes. We all need to realise these elements and steer away from them. I know this will happen slowly but gradually. Good luck to you as well.&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ I Crause</p><p>I&#8217;m writing on behalf of Christina here. She says: &#8220;Thank you dear friend. Reagan and Bush did the worst damage to our image abroad and committed war crimes. We all need to realise these elements and steer away from them. I know this will happen slowly but gradually. Good luck to you as well.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: I Crause</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/08/11/banana-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-958</link> <dc:creator>I Crause</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:02:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=1808#comment-958</guid> <description>Well said.Decent Americans like you need to take your country back from the fascists and the extremists who have run it for the last 30 years. Good luck to you.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said.Decent Americans like you need to take your country back from the fascists and the extremists who have run it for the last 30 years.<br /> Good luck to you.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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