On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 06:29:24PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: > Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> > Incidentally, the profound racism of the opponents of the war - > > people who basically claim that Arabs don't want to be free, deserve > > to live under the rule of someone like Saddam, and that a single > > American/British life isn't worth freeing millions of Arabs - is > > something that > > I'm curious about the accusation of racism and bigotry. If 'not > fighting to free Iraqis' is racist, then what is ignoring the torture > and killings going on in Sudan and Zimbabwe? Is there justification > for calling intervention in the Balkans but not Rwanda a racist > policy? Okay, the phrasing was a little vague, but why do you interpret it in such an extreme way? He did not say "not fighting to free Iraqis is racist". I read it as, and I am nearly certain he meant, 'those who oppose war because they claim that Arabs don't want to be free are racist'. Doesn't that make more sense? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
