[lbo-talk] Iraq war "clearer" to Americans than WW 2

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Apr 7 12:34:51 PDT 2003


Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:15:18 -0400
> "Nathan Newman" <nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:
>
> > When people who praise the Hussein regime are leading the
> > rallies, folks who
> > don't like Hussein rightly should think that such a
> > movement has no real
> > plan for an alternative challenge to his regime.
> >
> > -- Nathan Newman
>
> Yes Nathan, I can't make it though an anti-war demo without
> having to wade through a mass of people waving signs with
> Saddam's face.
> ---

I have no plan for alternative regimes in any nation except the nation of which I am a citizen. For U.S. citizens to go around prating about changing other countries requires the language of the '60s: pure piggery. Or perhaps a better term would be "awesome pomposity."

Carrol



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