Second, unable to plumb the full depths of Buchanan's iniquitous motives (or indeed those of others with whom I find myself in agreement), I'm reduced to agreeing or disagreeing with what he says. I find the position that he puts forward here more cogent than that of soi-disant progressives on this list who contend that "the war (or heavy duty police action) on al Qaeda is just." --CGE
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Chip Berlet wrote:
> Hey C. G.
>
> I don't want to marginalize Buchanan, I want to put him in context and
> argue that when Smith at the Progressive Review promotes Buchanan's
> anti-regime writings it is a big mistake. I don't like "comfortable
> orthodoxies" but I also don't like strategic (as opposed to short-term
> tactical) coalitions with fascist and right-wing populist critics of
> the regime. I see the same problem with Gore Vidal and Ralph Nader.
>
> Do you see any problems here? Or do you support the idea that "The
> enemy of my enemy is my friend?"
>
> -Chip
>