[lbo-talk] Juan Cole on US Troop withdrawl

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Jan 24 13:27:28 PST 2005


Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> How presumptuous of Prof Cole! Radical leftists in the U.S. midwest
> know best, not scholars of the Arab world or Iraqis.

Not presumptuous; not relevant to "left" vs "right"; well reasoned and interesting; just terribly terribly wrong as an empirical prediction. He remains a valuable resource on Iraq. Are you reduced to quoting dogma from scripture instead of trying to argue your own position? Is your thought on Iraq reduced to juvenile cracks about "leftists."

Carrol
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