Chechnya - a far off country

jf noonan jfn1 at msc.com
Wed Nov 3 08:51:18 PST 1999


On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Chris Burford wrote:
>
> >Why the lack of interest in Chechnya among progressive lef-wingers by
> >comparison with East Timor?
>
> Russia's war, from this distance, looks barbarous &
> criminal. For my part, the lesser interest is the result of
> the fact that it's not my government that's prosecuting the
> war, or my media that's lying about it.

You gotta admit though, it's entertaining to watch McMuffin and Halfbright rag Boris over it.

"What's that I smell Brick? There's an awful stench in here."

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Joseph Noonan jfn1 at msc.com



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