[lbo-talk] Identity wars, was fartback

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jul 18 13:30:34 PDT 2005


Leigh Meyers wrote:


>Why was the Cuban revolution led by a Columbia educated
>lawyer, and a dentist(...in his homeland that's "doctor").

People who blow themselves up in the course of blowing up others aren't leaders, they're footsoldiers.

And it's pretty icky to compare the Cuban revolution to jihad. I think the Cuban revolution was a very good thing, and jihad a very bad thing. Drawing a comparison between the two is pretty icky.

Doug



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