Tariq clarifies

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 27 10:40:44 PDT 2001


Ted Winslow wrote:


>I take it then that he isn't suggesting it's obvious that only their means
>were wrong when he claims that the "obvious" answer to the question, "What
>made them decide to sacrifice their own lives and thousands of others?", is
>belief that "the Gulf War was a crime against the people of Iraq",
>opposition to "the continued occupation of Palestine and Western complicity
>with the suffering of the Palestinians", and opposition to "the corrupt and
>hypocritical Arab regimes and venal political leaders who refuse to
>re-distribute wealth".

Well, he said in his interview with me that radical Islamists (and I know Chip said not to use that word, but Tariq used it frequently) had a lot in common with fascists, which I take to be extreme disapproval of ends as well as means.

Doug



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