> So what has changed? Why does the fact that it is
> the U.S. that is
> doing it rather than Iran lead to different
> conclusions?
Brad, your question is a good one. Of course, there are two things that I dislike about the situation. One is that innocent lives were lost. The other thing is that we are looking at the United States legitimate itself (and its allies) as a police force, a mobile police force according to a post-fordist model.
I do not, like some on the left, view the Taliban as an "objectively" anti-imperialist force. I think that may be the role that some on the Left think that the Taliban plays. And I think that position might be the one that confuses you.
How many people must suffer from the support that certain people on the Left have given to these purgatorial forces that are "objectively" progressive?
Thomas
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