[lbo-talk] Two Takes

[Brad DeLong]

>It is unbelievable how far and how fast Hitch has fallen. One can 
>only imagine what the old Hitch would have made of this dreck. I can 
>dimly imagine a defense of the Iraq war along Luke's (or Brad's) 
>neo-imperialist lines: Yer, the US mission is cynical and 
>imperialist. But its target, however opportunistically chosen, is 
>far worse, and deserving of destruction. The Iraqis, being wogs and 
>all, are incapable of self-emancipation

Self-emancipation is really hard. To believe that the Iraqis could 
have done it by themselves in less than decades is, IMHO, an act of 
self-deception.

Brad DeLong