"Had I been Yasser Arafat"

[Chris Kromm]

Well, there was a point in there about smug, self-regarding armchair
intellectuals who feel moved to dispense nuggets of wisdom on "strategy" to
dispossessed peoples abroad, whose reality they could probably never fathom
(especially when they don't want to) -- but I guess ya didn't get it.

Maybe next time, buddy. Keep trying.

Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 20:11:01 -0700
From: Brad DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: "Had I been Yasser Arafat"
>  > Had I been Yasser Arafat,
>>  Brad DeLong
>
>Well, you aren't, and you don't have to operate in his political context,
>and you don't have the firepower of the world's top superpower aimed at
your
>head, and where you live electricity and water haven't been cut off by
>Israeli thugs, and I imagine ambulances are still allowed to come to your
>house so your people aren't bleeding to death in the street, so ... sorry
to
>put this bluntly, but ... who cares?

You seem to care. In fact, your rudeness suggests you care a lot.

Any further questions?

Brad DeLong

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