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

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Mon Apr 7 12:50:08 PDT 2003


Carrol Cox wrote:


>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."
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You have a point that I agree with, insofar as you say that Saddam is a bad guy, but it is not our role as Americans to overthrow his regime. But Nathan makes the more important point here, that the anti-war left can't even bring itself to be vocally opposed to Saddam Hussein, with the caveat that it is not our job to get rid of him.

The silence of the anti-war left on Saddam Hussein has been exploited by the Bush adminstration and the pro-war chickenhawks against our very existence as the anti-war movement.

Chuck0



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