Telling the Left From the Right By Frank Smyth

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 3 13:45:46 PST 2003


Dennis Perrin wrote:


> > Today, Iraqi Communists, and most Iraqi leftists, firmly oppose the Bush
>> administration's war plans - but not necessarily war itself. Unlike many
>of
>> their American counterparts, Iraqi leftists offer a policy alternative
>> other than a vague call for "peace." Instead of a unilateral U.S.
>invasion,
>> Iraqi leftists want the international community to back an Iraqi-led
>> military uprising against Saddam. Short of that, Iraqi leftists would most
>> likely support a multilateral military intervention that would not only
>> overthrow Saddam but also hand him over to an international tribunal that
>> would try him on charges of crimes against humanity.
>
>Do any of the non-Iraqi leftists here disagree with any or all of the above?

Why stop at Saddam? What about the folks in DC/Langley who helped put him in power and keep him there (e.g. <http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/US/09/30/sproject.irq.regime.change/rumsfeld.80s.jpg>)?

Doug



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