I thought that Jim, Thiago, and Max answered Steve quite well. Chomsky was not concerned about defending Cambodia, only trying to show the hypocracy of the US. Once in France, I saw a very interesting Yugoslavian documentary on Cambodia. It made the case that Pol Pot had to move the people out of the cities in order to avoid starvation. It did not defend the massacres, nor would anyone on this list.
To say that Iraq before the Gulf War had some success in developing health and education does not make someone a supporter of SH. All too often in political discourse to say a positive word about any of today's demons, makes one an agent of the devil. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
