[lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 4, Issue 40

[C. G. Estabrook]

It's a bit much, Doug, to call that "the Counterpunch line," if for no
other reason because of their willingness to post quite different
accounts: e.g. (to choose one at random), "Israel and the US War on Iraq"
<www.counterpunch.org/estabrook02262003.html>, which argues roughly that
the U.S. doesn't need lessons in imperial brutality from anyone... --CGE

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Your foregrounding of Israeli "influence" is, you know, icky. It's too
> close to the Counterpunch line - that Israel and a small group of rich
> American Jews have hijacked U.S. policy against our national interests
> - which is too close to classic anti-Semitic discourse for my taste.
> The U.S. doesn't need lessons in imperial brutality from anyone.
>