Saddam, diabolical genius (was: Re: Jewish Collegians Prepare to Defend Israel on the Campuses)

[Brad DeLong]

>Rule One:  Never let your opponent rename the thread.  Glad to be 
>rid of the NYTs' header in any case.
>
>At 06:02 PM 9/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>>Rightist flags and faces got droopy real quick - the innocents were
>>>shit-faced, speechless that anyone on 'muricun soil could call for
>>>the victory of the enemy!   Now, that's how you shut up a
>>>rightwinger.  Leftist apologists are another matter ;-)
>>>
>>>The American-style leftists were conspicuous in their silence, alas.
>>>Still dazzled by those Stars 'n Stripes, I suppose.
>
>You give the generally provincial, confused lot of American leftists 
>too much credit.
>
>But I have snagged myself a flag waver - Haven't you forgotten one 
>small detail?  That in the first war, Iraq was backed to the hilt by 
>the very same Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Western Europe and United States?

Certainly all four did not want to see Iraq lose its war with 
Iran--or see Iran interrupt oil shipments out of the Persian Gulf. 
But all four would have been considerably happier had Saddam Hussein 
not started his war with Iran in the first place...

Brad DeLong