DORIS LESSING FAZ CRÍTICAS CONTUNDENTES A BUSH E A BLAIR
A escritora inglesa Doris Lessing a quem foi atribuído o prémio Nobel da literatura de 2007 fez violentas críticas a George W Bush e a Anthony Blair.
A dupla Bush-Blair, a que se associaram Durão Barroso e Aznar deu origem ao abismo ético em que os Estados Unidos e a União Europeia, com a Rede de Rapto, Tortura e Assassinato Guantánamo e Sucursais, incluindo Guantánamoschwitz e Abu Ghraib.
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« September 11 wasn't that bad, says Nobel winner Lessing
Doris Lessing outside her London home after winning the Nobel prize for literature. Photo: Martin Argles/Guardian
Haroon Siddique and agencies
Tuesday October 23, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
The Nobel prize-winning author Doris Lessing has described the September 11 attacks as "neither as extraordinary nor as terrible" as people thought.
The 88-year-old, who won the Nobel for literature this month, said some in the US would think she was "crazy", but that the attacks needed to be looked at in the context of the IRA's campaign of terror in the UK.
"September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible," Lessing told the Spanish newspaper El Pais.
"Some Americans will think I'm crazy. Many people died, two prominent buildings fell, but it was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as they think.
"They're a very naive people, or they pretend to be. Do you know what people forget? That the IRA attacked with bombs against our government.
"It killed several people while a Conservative congress was being held and in which the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was [attending]. People forget."
Almost 3,000 people were killed in the September 11 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
More than 3,700 died and tens of thousands were injured in more than 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.
Lessing, the author of the Golden Notebook, also revealed her contempt for the former prime minister Tony Blair and the US president, George Bush.
"I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning," she said. "Many of us hated Tony Blair - I think he has been a disaster for Britain and we have suffered him for many years.
"I said it when he was elected: 'This man is a little showman who is going to cause us problems,' and he did.
"As for Bush, he's a world calamity. Everyone is tired of this man. Either he is stupid or he is very clever, although you have to remember he is a member of a social class which has profited from wars."
The writer, who was born to British parents in what is now Iran, was also quoted as saying: "I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.
"Look what happened to its president in New York, they called him evil and cruel in Columbia University. Marvellous! They should have said more to him. Nobody criticises him, because of oil."
When she was handed her Nobel prize, Lessing was praised by the judges for her "scepticism, fire and visionary power". »
(In «The Guardian»)
A dupla Bush-Blair, a que se associaram Durão Barroso e Aznar deu origem ao abismo ético em que os Estados Unidos e a União Europeia, com a Rede de Rapto, Tortura e Assassinato Guantánamo e Sucursais, incluindo Guantánamoschwitz e Abu Ghraib.
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« September 11 wasn't that bad, says Nobel winner Lessing
Doris Lessing outside her London home after winning the Nobel prize for literature. Photo: Martin Argles/Guardian
Haroon Siddique and agencies
Tuesday October 23, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
The Nobel prize-winning author Doris Lessing has described the September 11 attacks as "neither as extraordinary nor as terrible" as people thought.
The 88-year-old, who won the Nobel for literature this month, said some in the US would think she was "crazy", but that the attacks needed to be looked at in the context of the IRA's campaign of terror in the UK.
"September 11 was terrible, but if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible," Lessing told the Spanish newspaper El Pais.
"Some Americans will think I'm crazy. Many people died, two prominent buildings fell, but it was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as they think.
"They're a very naive people, or they pretend to be. Do you know what people forget? That the IRA attacked with bombs against our government.
"It killed several people while a Conservative congress was being held and in which the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was [attending]. People forget."
Almost 3,000 people were killed in the September 11 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
More than 3,700 died and tens of thousands were injured in more than 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.
Lessing, the author of the Golden Notebook, also revealed her contempt for the former prime minister Tony Blair and the US president, George Bush.
"I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning," she said. "Many of us hated Tony Blair - I think he has been a disaster for Britain and we have suffered him for many years.
"I said it when he was elected: 'This man is a little showman who is going to cause us problems,' and he did.
"As for Bush, he's a world calamity. Everyone is tired of this man. Either he is stupid or he is very clever, although you have to remember he is a member of a social class which has profited from wars."
The writer, who was born to British parents in what is now Iran, was also quoted as saying: "I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.
"Look what happened to its president in New York, they called him evil and cruel in Columbia University. Marvellous! They should have said more to him. Nobody criticises him, because of oil."
When she was handed her Nobel prize, Lessing was praised by the judges for her "scepticism, fire and visionary power". »
(In «The Guardian»)
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