[lbo-talk] pilger's actual words on the resistance

Seth Ackerman sethia at speakeasy.net
Tue Feb 10 18:58:50 PST 2004


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


> seth, you notice what norm geras leaves out about pilger's position on
> the resistance?
>
> Pilger: I think the resistance in Iraq is incredibly important for all
> of us. I think that we depend on the resistance to win so that other
> countries might not be attacked, so that our world in a sense becomes
> more
> secure. Now, I don't like resistances that produce the kind of terrible
> civilian atrocities that this one has, but that is true of all of the
> resistances.

Yup. Saw that. I still don't think this makes much sense, but maybe he was speaking off the cuff. The point is, a lot of people who opposed the war are tempted to, or have actually declared their support for the resistance. And as long as the latter is the way it is, I don't think this is good for the Iraqis or the antiwar movement.

Seth



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