On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 12:55 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Yeah, really, Dennis, you're acting as reflexively sectarian as any of
> the sects. Besides, if you believe that SH rules Iraq by pure
> repression with no popular support, what's the rationale for punishing
> the people of Iraq for the crimes of their despot? Our government is
> more-or-less democratic, so the American people can, on some level, be
> held responsible for their government. I wouldn't want to argue that
> justifies attacking civilians - quite the contrary, I'd argue against
> it. But it's a lot more plausible a position than terror bombing
> Baghdad.
>
quite.
and speaking of terror bombing, did you notice wolfowitz's use last week of the phrase "weapons of mass terror"? so presumably we won't have long to wait for weapons of mass destruction, called weapons of mass terror in saddam's hands, to be called weapons of mass liberation when we use them on baghdad. shoot, maybe hitch will be the first orwell fan to deploy that sleight of pen.
j