Damn it, David. Cut it out! On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 10:24:50PM -0700, sartesian wrote: > So then why, Mr. Henwood, have you given credence to the notion that the US > presence might lend stability to Iraq? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:05 AM > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Israel pushing for Kurdish state? - > > > > Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > > > > >Have you added up all the Iraqi civilians killed by various factions > > >of Iraqi and non-Iraqi terrorists and compared the number to that of > > >Iraqi civilians killed by US and other foreign troops who invaded and > > >have occupied Iraq and by economic sanctions before the invasion and > > >occupation? > > > > > >Americans who vote for John Kerry who will be the next POTUS, aka the > > >biggest terrorist and war criminal, have no moral standing to pretend > > >to be appalled by un-American terrorists. > > > > > >Only those who do not vote for Kerry or Bush have the moral standing > > >to criticize foreign terrorists. > > > > What a load of crap. Elections are about contesting for power, and > > often involve debased compromises; votes aren't symptoms of moral > > purity. > > > > And why is it impossible to hold two thoughts in mind at once? The > > sanctions were murderous and the war a horrible crime. There's no > > doubt that the U.S. and its very junior partners have killed far more > > Iraqi civilians than the "resistance." But there are some people on > > the western left - some of them members of PEN-L, even - who can't > > acknowledge that a lot of the Iraqi "resistance" consists of > > jihadists and unreconstructed Saddamites, i.e., absolutely awful > > forces. > > > > As Christian Parenti said when he returned from his first trip to > > Iraq - there's no way anything good can come of this. > > > > Doug
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