[lbo-talk] Re: people in glass cages shouldn't...

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jan 6 11:57:46 PST 2004


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>The concept of "monsters" is a mental block that prevents us from
>analyzing the history of Iraq in particular and the nature of
>political power in a modern state in general.

From interviews broadcast on October 17, 2002 and archived at <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>:

"This is a monster who has been created and backed by the West. On the left, he's been hated for ages. He's a pitiless and ruthless dictator."

- Tariq Ali, starting at 12:56

"Saddam Hussein and bin Laden are both monsters, but they're very different kinds of monsters. Saddam Hussein is secular; Osama bin Laden is a religious fanatic.... No links have been found, but they're both monsters."

- Noam Chomsky, starting at 3:07



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