> It is indeed worth thinking about. There are a lot of different forms of
> "resistance" there, many not about blowing anybody up. On Doug's radio
show,
> Naomi Klein said that rather than worry about all the different resistance
> groups that might be distasteful - my paraphrase, I can't remember her
exact
> words - and which ones we should lend our "armchair" support, the anti-war
> movement should organize in international solidarity with the hundreds of
> thousands of Iraqis protesting in the street who are calling for the U.S.
to
> leave, and for real democracy and real elections. "Election not Selection"
> has been one rallying cry. As Klein argued, there's no doubt we should
> support THAT resistance in whatever meaningful way we can. Calling for
what
> these Iraqis want - real democracy - also has the advantage of turning
> Bush's own rhetoric on its hypocritical head. It's also politically, a
> language that most everyone in the US speaks, an advantage to those
> writing/organizing/conversing in the US context.
Great--so long as we're not calling for "one man, one vote, one time."
-- Luke