It seems to me that an intelligent left would learn to support Palestinian rights without coddling goons like Arafat, to support Irish Catholic rights without enabling IRA bombers, and to support Indian treaty rights without lining up behind the aging gangsters and posers that run AIM.
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Yes, and you'd also think they would know how to fight Bush without voting for Kerry, oppose the Tories without plumping for Blair, and combat Le Pen without rushing into the arms of Chirac.