Herman on Hitchens

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Dec 6 10:49:38 PST 2001


Bradford DeLong wrote:


>It does make one curious: if Ed Herman had spent more time
>denouncing (and learning about) the CPVN, the NLF, and the Khmer
>Rouge, would he have perhaps been less "enthusiastic" about their
>victory in 1975?
>
>If you are trying to do *real* politics--that is, make the world a
>better place--"balance" would seem to be an important requirement,
>not something to be scorned...

But whatever the virtues, or lack thereof, of the CPVN and the NLF, the U.S. had no damned business being in Indochina. It was a purely imperial mission and nothing else.

Doug



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