I don't disagree with you, but I cannot see why we should take this group more seriously than Chalabi or other collaborators.
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:10:00PM +0800, Grant Lee wrote: > Michael said: > > > I cannot understand what kind of communist party would join with the US, > or why we > > should take such a party seriously. > > I don't think that's the real issue. No-one knows whether the insurgents are > more popular than the US-backed council; it will take an election to > establish that. And what is "imperialism", if not the presumption that one > knows better than people on the ground? Why should we take _our_ views --- > few of us being experts on Iraqi history or politics --- more seriously than > the views of Iraqis who live in Iraq at the moment, and have also lived > there throughout Saddam's regime? > > regards, > > Grant. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
