[lbo-talk] re Hot Air Advisory! (Was: Tariq Ali)

Stephen Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Sat Dec 13 09:02:13 PST 2003


--- mike larkin <mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think I'm going to create a software program
> called> "Tariq Ali" that just cranks out this left> boilerplate. Make a
few extra bucks.

--well, the problem is what is better than Ali's analysis? One that says that the US is just making a bunch of bungling errors, has nothing to do with hegemonic interests, and we can replace Bush with a leader who will do enlightened things in Iraq? Ali's use of the (to us) all familiar General Butler is maybe a bit much, but the rest of his analysis at least reflects on the ground realities, which beats wishful thinking about what 'we would like the US to do in Iraq'...

steve



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