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It is not disputed that the Pentagon was a military target, or that a CIA office was situated in the World Trade Center. Following the logic by which U.S. Defense Department spokespersons have consistently sought to justify target selection in places like Baghdad, this placement of an element of the American "command and control infrastructure" in an ostensibly civilian facility converted the Trade Center itself into a "legitimate" target. Again following U.S. military doctrine, as announced in briefing after briefing, those who did not work for the CIA but were nonetheless killed in the attack amounted to no more than "collateral damage". If the U.S. public is prepared to accept these "standards" when they are routinely applied to other people, they should not be surprised when the same standards are applied to them.
– Ward Churchill , Statement to Rocky Mountain News
On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality
"There is simply no argument to be made that the Pentagon personnel killed on September 11 fill that bill. The building and those inside comprised military targets, pure and simple. As to those in the World Trade Center . . .
Well, really. Let's get a grip here, shall we? True enough, they were civilians of a sort. But innocent? Gimme a break. They formed a technocratic corps at the very heart of America's global financial empire – the "mighty engine of profit" to which the military dimension of U.S. policy has always been enslaved – and they did so both willingly and knowingly. Recourse to "ignorance" – a derivative, after all, of the word "ignore" – counts as less than an excuse among this relatively well-educated elite. To the extent that any of them were unaware of the costs and consequences to others of what they were involved in – and in many cases excelling at – it was because of their absolute refusal to see. More likely, it was because they were too busy braying, incessantly and self-importantly, into their cell phones, arranging power lunches and stock transactions, each of which translated, conveniently out of sight, mind and smelling distance, into the starved and rotting flesh of infants. If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the twin towers, I'd really be interested in hearing about it." Ward Churchill
On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality (ISBN 1-902593-79-0) is a book written by Ward Churchill published in 2003 by AK Press. The "Roosting Chickens" of the title comes from a 1963 Malcolm X speech[citation needed] about the John F. Kennedy assassination, calling it "merely a case of 'chickens coming home to roost.'"[1]
Churchill used the term "Roosting Chickens" in a short essay Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens first published on September 12, 2001. In that article, Churchill alleged that the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States were "acts of war" by the "Islamic East" in defense against the "crusades" waged by the "Christian West" (e.g. Arab-Israeli conflict and The First Gulf War) throughout the late 20th century.[2]
Ward Churchill
| Ward Churchill | |
|---|---|
 Ward Churchill speaking at the Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair, May 2005. | |
| Born | October 2, 1947 Elmwood, Illinois, United States |
| Occupation | Author, Activist |
Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American writer and political activist. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1990 to 2007. The primary focus of his work is on the historical treatment of political dissenters and Native Americans by the United States (US) government. His work features controversial and provocative claims, written in a direct – often confrontational – style.
In January 2005, Churchill's work attracted publicity because of the widespread circulation of a 2001 essay, "On the Justice of Roosting Chickens". In the essay, he claimed that the September 11, 2001 attacks were a natural and unavoidable consequence of what he views as unlawful US policy, and he referred to the "technocratic corps" working in the World Trade Center as "little Eichmanns".[1]
In March 2005 the University of Colorado began investigating allegations that Churchill had engaged in research misconduct; it reported in June 2006 that he had done so.[2] Churchill was fired on July 24, 2007,[3] leading to a claim by some scholars that he was fired over the ideas he expressed.[4][dead link][5] Churchill filed a lawsuit against the University of Colorado for unlawful termination of employment. In April 2009 a Denver jury found that Churchill was wrongly fired, awarding him $1 in damages.[6][7] In July, 2009, a District Court judge vacated the monetary award and declined Churchill's request to order his reinstatement, deciding the university has "quasi-judicial immunity". In February, 2010, Churchill appealed the judge's decision.[8][9]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Churchill"If there was a better, more effective way of visiting some penalty...upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting...the Twin Towers, ...
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WTC "Nazi"-Crack Professor to Speak at NY College
Newswatch 50, WWTI, Watertown, NY ^ | January 27, 2005 | AP
Posted on January-27-05 8:59:47 AM by Former Dodger
CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) - An upstate college is being criticized for scheduling a speaker who has compared victims of the September Eleventh terrorist attacks to one of the Nazi architects of the Holocaust. Ward Churchill will take part in a panel discussion at Hamilton College, near Utica, on February third.
Churchill, who's an American Indian, is head of the ethnic studies program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The day after September Eleventh, 2001, Churchill wrote an essay in which he said the victims of the terrorist attacks weren't innocent bystanders and he compared them to Nazi Adolf Eichmann, a key figure in carrying out the Holocaust.
Churchill's scheduled appearance at Hamilton has outraged some students and faculty. One professor says it's "morally outrageous" to invite Churchill to the college. Organizers of the lecture series says allowing diverse viewpoints to be presented on campus is what academic institutions are supposed to do.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bizarro; loonyleft; loureedwannabe; narcissist; wardchurchill
"If there was a better, more effective way of visiting some penalty...upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting...the Twin Towers, I'd be interested in hearing about it....They were civilians of a sort,...But innocent? Gimme a break."
His appearance is being funded by "The Kirkland Project", a college-funded program that was harshly criticized last fall for its role in hiring 1960's radical Susan Rosenberg. Rosenbereg was linked to a deadly 1981 armored-car robbery and served 16 years in prison for possessing 600 pounds of explosives. She quit before she started teaching in December.
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