[lbo-talk] Identity wars and other issues

[C. G. Estabrook]

That's very odd.  You set aside the tens of thousands of
deaths caused by a policy formed by a complex political
process as "an episode" that cannot be used to judge the US.
Yet you insist that the jihadist bombers -- responsible for
far fewer deaths -- must be judged solely "on the basis of ...
their terrorist acts, because there is not much into their
entire cause but mad bombing." But we know that the views of
the 9/11 terrorists (opposition to Iraq sanctions, Palestinian
oppression, and corrupt US-backed governments in the Gulf) --
and probably those of the London bombers -- are shared by many
people who condemn their crimes. --CGE

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:23:24 -0400
>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>  
>Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Identity wars and other issues  
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>
> ... 
>My point is that it would be a gross distortion of facts to
judge countries
>like the US solely on the basis of the war on Iraq - there is
much much more
>to this country than this war - which is an unfortunate
episode, but an
>episode nonetheless.
>
>It would also be a gross distortion of facts to judge the
jihadist bombers
>on the basis of anything else than their terrorist acts,
because there is
>not much into their entire cause but mad bombing.  The few
lines from Quaran
>are but an insignificant window dressing, a mere footnote to
their activity.
>