Lula goes to Davos

[Dennis Perrin]

> 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.
>
> Doug

Where do you get the idea that I favor "terror bombing Baghdad"? Where the
fuck have I said that? My statement had to do with the mention of uplift
upon seeing the Iraqi flag, a flag that a good number of Shi'as and Kurds
feel no allegiance to, I'm sure. As it stands, that flag, like all flags,
represents its state, and the Iraqi state, regardless of its present
weakness, is still a vile one, and I cannot believe that a "socialist" of
any type would feel any kind of warmth watching it flap alongside the flags
of less vile states, much less feel warmth watching a flag flap at all.

DP