WSWS on Pearl

Daniel Davies dsquared at al-islam.com
Wed Feb 27 15:20:26 PST 2002



>Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:08:37 -0800
>From: Brad DeLong
>Subject: Re:WSWS on Pearl


>>This is clearly a personal tragedy and a unique act of >savage, racist
>>murder. But (and an economist of all people ought to be >able to
recognise
>>this dual character) it is at the same time, an event >which is part of a
>>wider pattern, and a predictable outcome of a previous >policy choice on
the
>>part of the CIA (to recruit journalists).
>
>
>>dd


>The antecedent of "this" is unclear. [snip]

It certainly is unclear, which is why I don't understand why you are acting as if you know it with such certainty.

On the other hand, I honestly don't want to lose any friends over this, so I don't propose to say any more on the subject.

dd

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