> Didn't Alterman leave out the quotes from Brezinski in L'Observateur
in
> which he claimed the purpose of US policy in Afghanistan in the late
> 1970's was to make the Soviets more likely to invade Afghanistan?
> That quote alone seems to make Alterman's thesis a pretty weak one i would
> think.
Perhaps I misread, but I thought Alterman tried to make it clear in the rest of the article that many people (including Brezinski) did want to lure the Soviets into Afghanistan.
> In any event, what is Alterman trying to get at, that there is no relation
> between our 1980's Afghanistan policy and the falling of the WTC bldgs?
No, just that the relationship of blowback isn't one that should be used as grounds for condemnation.
> Or that people in the anti-"war on terrorism" camp are claiming that there
> is a direct causal relationship, as in , "A-->B ? Gimme a break, that's as
> true as his claim that there's a significant "hate America" left opinion
> that actually shares the Taliban's disdain
I don't think Alterman ever implied that leftists share the Taliban's disdain for things like civil liberties, social justice struggles, etc. etc. That some leftists may hate America as surely as some right wingers do hardly seems controversial.
-- Luke