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

[mike larkin]

--- Stephen Philion <philion at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
> --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
> 
> The trouble with Ali is that his Iraq stuff is a
tired rehash of left arguments you can get from other
left writers who challenge their readers'
preconceptions instead of just pandering to them.
People like Christian Parenti, for example.