[lbo-talk] Basaev

[Jim Devine]

Wojtek Sokolowski  wrote:> It is quite obvious to me that various
shadowy figures, from murderous gangsters like Basaev to deposed
feudal theocrats like  Dalai Lama, are effectively playing the
knee-jerk anti-statism of the US left and other brands of populists as
well to their own political  advantage.<

Chris Doss wrote:> Don't forget to qualifying "knee-jerk" with "ignorant."<

Here in Greater Tinsel Town, there are a lot of folks who dig the
Dalai. But I don't know anyone -- and I've never heard of anyone
anywhere in the U.S. -- who supports Basaev. Maybe some
Chechnyan-Americans, but I would guess that 100% of the rest of the
country either doesn't know of Basaev or doesn't support his cause.

-- 
Jim Devine
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