The anti-imperialism of fools

[Brad DeLong]

>On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Brad DeLong wrote:
>
>>  My friend John Boykin has just finished a book [John Boykin (2002),
>>  Cursed Is the Peacemaker (Belmont, CA: Applegate Press: 0971943206)]
>>  about American diplomat Philip Habib, and his attempt to stop the 1982
>>  Beirut Massacre (which in the end did not happen).
>
>Could you elaborate?  The only Beirut massacre I see mentioned in the rest
>of your review is the Sabra and Shatilla one, which is the one that did
>happen.  There was also the large scale killing of civilians by bombing
>and heavy shelling of Beirut during the 70 day seige.  That also happened.
>So which one didn't happen?  Do you mean the one that might have happened
>had the Israelis gone right in when they arrived?

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...

Brad DeLong