The anti-imperialism of fools

[Bradford DeLong]

>On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Brad DeLong wrote:
>
>>  No. The one that Sharon had planned. The one in which the IDF provides
>>  heavy weapons, artillery, and air support while Gemayel's militia goes
>>  house-to-house through Beirut killing everyone who might belong to the
>>  PLO...
>
>First question: how did he stop that?  Israel provided the heavy weapons,
>artillery and air support -- i.e., everything Sharon promised. It was the
>Maronites who never went in.  The prevailing impression given at the time
>is that they never intended to -- they intended for the Israelis to do it,
>and the Israelis intended for them to do it.  (Which is a good description
>of most of their alliance.  And a good description of the prime warlord
>strategy since Sun Tzu.)  What does Habib say different that presents him
>as the stopper?  Does he say he was controlling Bashir in June??

Not controlling, but pointing out that a Maronite leader who 
committed such a massacre would never be able to hold on as Prime 
Minister of Lebanon...