[lbo-talk] Iraq, the left and the 'resistance' (Geras blog)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Feb 12 09:47:32 PST 2004


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>I'm asking a question because if Iraqi democrats that Justin speaks
>of can't constitute the "forces" in the aforementioned sense
>quickly, they are goners, whatever we say or do here.

You're over three for the day, but I'll overlook that because I'm in a ruthlessly interrogatory mode. Say, not implausibly, that you're organizing an antiwar rally. Some random citizens ask you, "Well, what do you stand for? What should we do in Iraq?" If you answer, "Withdraw and let the Iraqis sort it out," it's likely they'd say, "That's a cop out. We wrecked their country, what should happen now?" How would you respond, with the credibility of the antiwar movement on the line?

Doug



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