The Brilliant Empire Re: Hitch playing a lefty on TV....

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Hitch obviously had Yoshie in mind when writing that. She has 
>nothing really positive to say about OBL, North Korea, etc, (after 
>all, it would be difficult to find anything positive) so resorts to 
>a counter-attack. She belongs to the "a good defense is a good 
>offense" school of rhetoric.
>
>Of course, Hitchen is playing the same game, only the other side of 
>the coin.  Instead of criticizing both sides, he decides that we 
>must choose between the two and sides with the Empire.
>
>Thomas

Has the US government _already_ decided to attack North Korea?  You 
are getting ahead of imperialists.  :->

As I said, what I'm interested in first and foremost is "regime 
change" in US (where I am at now) and Japan (where I am from and may 
go back).  I have my priorities.  I guess you don't.

As for choosing sides, I don't think of the two sides as "USA" vs. 
"OBL," "USA" vs. "North Korea," etc.  The sides that I have in mind 
are the working class in the USA (and nations on which the US 
government has or is ready to make war on) vs. the power elite in the 
USA; and the working class in Japan vs. the power elite of the USA 
and Japan.
-- 
Yoshie

* Calendar of Events in Columbus: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>