I too am safely tucked away here in the U.S. I made no claim to be anywhere else. But I think my point that brave intellectuals in the west who seem to support anything and everything that seems anti-imperalist because it is violent has been made.
Joel ______________________ Like the Holy Roman Empire, I am neither brave, nor an intellectual, nor in support of anything and everything that is violent. My recommendation is to avoid close quarters combat whenever possible. Sometimes, however, it is just not possible to avoid. And then? Make sure you got a back up, a way out, extra ammunition. And water. Dry mouth is a gross understatement. But in the interim-- the situation in Fallujah, Baghdad is not a clash of two equal evils, or one greater one lesser evil, and the violence there has not been caused by the undemocratic militias, religious fundamentalists, or Ba'athist remnants, no more than the invasion of Iraq was precipitated by Saddam Hussein, any weapons of mass destruction, supposed links to terrorism, or the oppressive nature of his regime. The violence is caused by the presence of the occupiers. It is truly that simple. dms
