Comments on: Eric Margolis

By: Wahhabism ?? What is true ? - Page 2

Wahhabism ?? What is true ? - Page 2 — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:43:54 +0000

[...] Wahhabism ?? What is true ? The first is from November 08, available here. EM: In fact, you know, when the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001, they claimed that there were over [...]

By: Libertes & Internets

Libertes & Internets — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:52:28 +0000

[...] Des propos qui rejoignent ceux du journaliste Eric Margolis au micro de Scott Horton, d’abord le 30 novembre 2008, puis le 28 avril 2009 (les Français ont pu apercevoir cet ancien correspondant de guerre, fin [...]

By: Kenny

Kenny — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:44:35 +0000

I have lived in India for a number of years, and on this issue the comments above reflect the usual breakdown of argument. although i agree that Erics statements are a little oversimplified, to say that the gohdra massacres were even is little more than ridiculous. Yes the situation was created by the burning of a train full of hindoo coming back from Ayodhya, the retailiation was not in anyway “rioting” between the groups, it was a pogrom intiiated at the instigation of the Gujrati BJP officvials and CM Modi in particular. in this violence the death tally was as follows 790 Muslims and 264 Hindoos, including thos killed on the initial train incident.

DR Roy, the singing of the canary has been a little out of tune, and the indian authorities are saying that he is giving them a lot of information, much of which has been noted to be false.

This attack appears to have been of external instigation, as is noted by mubaites themselves, and this is clear from the fact that it has been universally condemded in india b all sides. India however is not a simple black and white issue, but rather a complex hotbed of opinion and issues.

India is India, and is a complex and wonderful country, but it is a country that should be looked at alone, and not in the context of the wests so called war on terror. The indian government would like nothing more than to equate the two issues, as would the Russians with chechnya and the Chinese with the Weigers. This is dangerous as the Muslims living in india have some extremely valid concerns and have definately suffered more violence in india than they have inflicted.

By: Attack the System » Blog Archive » Updated News Digest December 7, 2008

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:01:42 +0000

[...] The Mumbai Attack Eric Marolis interviewed by Scott Horton [...]

By: guzzi72

guzzi72 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:38:15 +0000

P.P.S meant to say ‘indias 911′ were it says ‘mumbais 911′ ,how can this guy corroborate the headlines when the headlines came first,that says to me,the officials are hearing what they want to hear & that this guy is saying yes to everything put to him.

By: guzzi72

guzzi72 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:22:16 +0000

Dr ? do you honestly believe the statements officials are giving regarding the ‘terrorist singing like a canary’ how can you possibly know what is true or what is false,unless you have inside information,which is unlikely! that ‘terrorist’ is being battered to a pulp,he’s obviously singing & he must be saying what his tormentors want to hear.the headlines were ‘mumbais 911′ and then as soon as this guy is caught,he’s suppose to have said ‘we wanted indias 911′.i’m sorry,i don’t believe the media anymore when it comes to major bombings/attacks,abit of research and things don’t add up.

P.S why have you put ‘Dr’ for your title,but not at the end of your comments,you obviously went out of your way because nobody else leaves their name & website! you must be important !!

By: Dr Subroto Roy

Dr Subroto Roy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:34:13 +0000

Apropos the previous comment, “the situation on the ground” is that one terrorist was captured alive, is under arrest and has been singing like a canary. Anyone who wishes to comment on who perpetrated the Mumbai attacks and why needs to know that.

By: shimatoree

shimatoree — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:34:25 +0000

I am bit surprised to see sloganeering on this web site and on this issue. It seems that cold thoughtful analysis is in order and rather than passing judgements from one’s wheel chair- it might be best to look at the situation on the ground, the political repercussions in India and Pakistan and who benefits from this episode and in what way.
What Mr. Margolis says is really not the issue -he is only trying to put forth what he thinks.

By: Dr Subroto Roy

Dr Subroto Roy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:30:14 +0000

I should add that Mr Margolis’s gross oversimplifications are, in this interview, built on countless (I stopped counting) factual errors. Most egregiously, he has made himself believe and spread to Antiwar Radio’s audience that e.g. (a) the ISI chief has visited India after the Mumbai attacks to proclaim innocence; (b) that no persons named Maulana Abul Kalam Azad or Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah ever existed or had any impact on the subcontinent’s 20th Century political history; (c) that the Indo-US nuclear deal means India will build more nuclear weapons aimed at Chicago; (d) that Tamil Nadu has been seeing “significant uprisings”; (e) that the Kashmir problem is “entirely an emotive issue”; (f) that Kashmir has lakes and mountains in “a continent that is bone dry and searing hot”, etc. etc. His intellectual negligence extends to supposing that the Mumbai attacks may be attributed to “local angry people”, based on an email supposedly sent by the attackers! I am afraid Mr Margolis’s credibility is shot right through and permanently so until and unless he issues a retraction on Anti-War Radio — because one of the Mumbai attackers has been under police-arrest and singing like the proverbial canary. Mr Margolis should have known that simple uncomplicated fact about the Mumbai attacks before waffling away spreading his own blissful ignorance and lack of self-knowledge on the airwaves with the help of his young host (who often has been interesting, acute and amusingly indignant but in this interview reveals factual naivete bordering on inanity).

Subroto Roy, Kolkata, India
http://www.independentindian.com

By: Dr Subroto Roy

Dr Subroto Roy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:18:36 +0000

Mr Margolis tends to drastically oversimplify and jump to hasty conclusions without realising he is doing so. He may find enlightening the book Foundations of Pakistan’s Political Economy, created and edited by WE James and myself at the University of Hawaii in the late 1980s.

Subroto Roy
http://www.independentindian.com