I still think it is a bad idea to not explicitly point out that some of the opponenets of the US are in fact theocratic fascists.
That does not mean that we support US imperialism, but that we see that others who are anti-imperialist are just as bad, or worse. This is a nuanced analysis, not Klein's in her original column--as Frank Smyh point out.
--I think that's what made me most irritated by Smyth (and Cooper and Hitchens), namely that they ignored the very critique of Al Sadr in her initial article. I think it's patently clear that she has no fondness for Al Sadr in her original and subsequent article. Cooper, Hitch, and even Smyth chose to ignore that in their rush to attack her. Admittedly Smyth was more evenhanded than Cooper or Hitchens (though that's not a terribly difficult accomplishment). But he similarly misrepresents the substance of her articles.
Steve