[lbo-talk] Dial Tone Iraq

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue May 25 11:58:06 PDT 2004


Chuck Grimes wrote:


>I have to wonder if Zinni, Scowcroft, Schwarzkopf, Clark and Shinseki
>have no problem standing up to say the war in Iraq is bullshit, why is
>our hero and great conscience of Vietnam, John Kerry so shy? Does he
>really think a few votes from the perplexed bubbas will make a
>difference? Or is he afraid of being labeled an anti-Semite?

Generals can be against a war; Democrats can't so easily. Dems are always under suspicion that they're pansies and peaceniks, so they often go out of their way to prove the opposite.

Doug



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