[lbo-talk] in Geras' black and white world, is this guy a terrorist?

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Wed Apr 28 11:32:50 PDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen E Philion" <philion at hawaii.edu>


> --odd, i run a search for 'wahabi' at that site...nothing. Rahul has
> consistently said that the estimate of 'foreign' fighters by the US
> is a huge exaggaration...exactly how that his web site demonstrate that
> i'm being either 'black and white' or 'knee jerk'? Geras uses one
> standard for the 'coalition' and a wholly different standard for
> the 'terrorists'...
> I prefer Rahul's approach which dispassionately first clarifies what
> the resistance is made up of, the less than desirable politics of
> certain factions (i.e. sadr...) and then describes how the occupation
> invariably makes necessary armed resistance.

How has the occupation made armed resistance "necessary"? Many, probably most, Iraqis don't think it's necessary.

-- Luke



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