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

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 8 09:23:02 PDT 2003


Nathan Newman wrote:


>Yet this started when folks like Doug and Carroll said they should have no
>opinion on which regime was in power in Iraq or have an alternative plan on
>how to support those seeking to overthrow Hussein.

I never said I had no opinion on who's in power in Iraq. I've said it's not the business of the U.S. government.


>No I don't. I said specifically that the left should advocate a non-violent
>alternative to imperialist attack as the better way to support that
>resistance.

Such as...what? What is the instrument for expressing all your solidarity with the downtrodden of Iraq? Human shields? The USMC? Peter, Paul, & Mary?

Doug



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