[lbo-talk] Why do they hate Moore?

[C. G. Estabrook]

An attack, contrary to international law, on a sovereign country that had
been destroyed by the most expensive CIA operation in history -- hiring
and supporting the most murderous and fanatical thugs the US secret police
could find (with significant blowback results) -- after a US refusal of
that country's offer to negotiate the extradition of those responsible for
the 9/11 attacks, along with US willingness to see millions starve in its
attack -- yeah, "The Afghan war maybe was wrong." It had no legitimate
propose.  --CGE

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Jacob Segal wrote:


> ...Why can't Moore try to show the interrelation of American
> foreign/military with oil interests without the implications that the
> Afghan war was primarily about oil?  The Afghan war maybe was wrong
> but it surely had a legitimate purpose, along with being part of the
> expansion of business interests.  Can't Moore hold two ideas in his
> head at the same time?