[lbo-talk] Benny Morris responds

[Brad DeLong]

>At 10:34 AM -0800 24/1/04, Brad DeLong wrote:
>>I don't think I want to read beyond Morris's paragraph two. Is 
>>there any reason to do so?
>
>
>Yes -- to read a zionist-jewish academic pen the following lines:
>
>"A general comment on the matter of ethnic cleansing: I am aware 
>that "ethnic cleansing" is not politically correct and is morally 
>problematic. But, what can we do - the history of the 20th century 
>is replete with instances of ethnic cleansing that occurred under 
>catastrophic circumstances and were ultimately beneficial for 
>humanity, including for the expulsees themselves. Was not the 
>expulsion of the Sudeten Germans (after World War II) - who 
>contributed to the destruction of the Czechoslovak Republic - 
>justified? And didn't it contribute, in the end, to their happiness, 
>and certainly to the happiness of the Czech people? In the final 
>analysis, didn't the ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Turks 
>against their Greek minority and by the Greeks against their Turkish 
>minority after World War I contribute to the welfare and happiness 
>of the two peoples, and to the peace that has prevailed between the 
>two nations ever since?"
>

Excuse me. I have to go throw up...

Brad DeLong