Waiting for Der Mann - Imperialism & Fascism

[Dddddd0814 at aol.com]

DP:
"On this board, with a good number of listers, the answer seems to be "yes." 
"

Please give an example of where this is true (i.e., those who imply that "the 
enemy of enemy = friend"). Is substantive context your "friend"?

DP:
"I mean, how can you not love Carrol's line about how the US "criminalized" 
the poor, poor Taliban?""

Poor? The U.S. gave the Taliban $40 million just months before 9/11. That's 
about a quarter of the aid that it was giving to the entire continent of 
Africa!
As for criminalization, that's what countries do when they go to war with 
other countries. Criminalize the others' people on the basis of nationality, 
politics, religion. 
Duhh?

And how about those for whom a friend of a friend is the enemy?

-- David