----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 5:57 PM Subject: Re: Hitchens: kill 'em before they start
> Sergio wrote:
>
> >> [clip] Just what the hell, beyond rhetorically excessive
> >> condemnation, are progressives supposed to do?
> >> Ian
>
> > Aren't some progressives arguing for invading Saudi
> > Arabia and Pakistan?
> > Sergio
>
> I would say that the word "Progressive" loses all useful meaning when it
> includes people who advocate the U.S. invading anyone.
>
> Carrol
>
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One wonders whether such said "progressives" have indeed advocated such actions and whether they realize that there are lots of reactionaries in India who are also calling for invading Pakistan. Saudi Arabia seems doomed on it's own.
Ian