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

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Apr 29 08:26:07 PDT 2004


Stephen E Philion wrote:
>
> jon asked:
> Why not resist the occupation forces by non-cooperation? There seems to
> be quite a bit of that going on as it is, but if, say 90%, of Iraqis

This is simply bizarre. Nothing _ever_ has 90% support. There would be unimaginable difficulties in achieving anything like coordinated action by even 25% of the population. Major change comes from the action of minorities, with the bulk of the population (quite sensibly) remaining passive.

Carrol



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