> > In practical terms, what matters today whether or not you cheer
>> Osama's death or AQ's demise? It won't be you who will be
>> responsible for either when it comes.
>> --
> > Yoshie
>
>Why NOT point out where the left agrees with the majority, whenever possible
>- it makes our minority positions less alien and more persuasive.
I don't think we have to assume that those who turn to the left for analysis would believe that we consider AQ, bin Laden, etc. our "friends," without our repeat reminders that we hate them and cheer when they die.
>Sometimes
>leftists regard such statements as pandering, but in this case there's
>absolutely no principle lost. For example, the argument that war on Iraq - a
>country which is not a threat to the safety of US citizens - will distract
>from the international police work required to bring down AQ - which is a
>threat - is a sound one, and one that I hope the anti-war left will be
>willing to foreground.
Some of us said the same thing -- war will take away from international police work -- regarding the war on Afghanistan, and that's not unsound. If that's the main message from the left about the proposed war on Iraq, though, why shouldn't Americans ignore leftists and go straight to sensible Republicans, Arab officials, European politicians, etc. who have been saying the same thing? -- Yoshie
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