Local Tyrants and the American Empire Re: Arguments for ground war - forget it

[Brad DeLong]

>>>I don't care what Osama & the
>>>Taliban have done, killing innocent Afghans (which this war is doing) is
>>>wrong.
>>
>>But this principle gets you nowhere: Allowing the Taliban with 
>>their guns to rule over and terrorize people is also wrong. Which 
>>wrong do you try hardest to avoid, and why?
>>
>>Brad DeLong
>
>Local tyrants who fell out of favor with the American Empire, with 
>all their brutality and cruelty, are better antagonists of the 
>masses than the American Empire and its new lackeys, for the simple 
>reason that the latter have bigger guns & more ammunitions and are 
>thus harder for the masses to overthrow and expel.

As applied to the Taliban and the Northern Alliance, that's the most 
sadistic thing I've heard this month.

Brad DeLong