Berube weighs in

[Jeffrey Fisher]

an excellent piece, even though i continue to insist (per my argument with
dennis) that it is precisely left support for the war in afghanistan that has
put left hawks in an indefensible position when it comes to iraq. where berube
falls short, imo, is in failing to see the connection that even hitch seems to
have discerned, much to his apparent dismay. perhaps hitch and chomsky both
will need to admit that they were wrong . . .

i did like the rhetorical move of counterposing scowcroft to buchanan . . .

j

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 14:18:00 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> Boston Globe - September 15, 2002
> 
> POLITICS
> Peace puzzle
> Why the left can't get Iraq right
> 
> By Michael Berube, 9/15/2002
> 
> HALFWAY THROUGH George W. Bush's term of
> office, one year since 9/11, 
> and the ideal of moral clarity in US foreign
> policy couldn't be 
> murkier. According to Donald Rumsfeld, Paul
> Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney, 
> and Richard Perle, every moment we postpone war
> with Iraq damages our 
> credibility; according to Brent Scowcroft,
> General Anthony Zinni, 
> Lawrence Eagleburger, and James Baker III,
> nothing would damage our 
> credibility so much as a unilateral, preemptive
> war on Iraq.
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