[lbo-talk] RE: A new turn in US military strategy in Iraq?

John Bizwas bizwas at lycos.com
Fri May 27 00:42:35 PDT 2005



>
> John Bizwas (Fugazy) wrote:
>
> > Who destroyed Fallujah, Ramadi, Najaf, Sadr City/Baghdad Slums?
> > Who is bombing Haditha right now? Who bombed Al Qa'im this month?
> > Who bombed the Turkmen city of Tal Afar last September? These
> > aren't country hamlets. These are cities of hundreds of thousands
> > of people. What does Parenti or anyone who would cite such
> > statements as above know about who is destroying Iraq? Your head
> > must be stuck somewhere, if not a cavity then perhaps 'sand'? You
> > ought invert your subjects: The US Occupation would rather

To which DH replies:


> > destroy and break up Iraq than let Iraqis run it.
>
> You win the Leftist Cliche of the Day award. This has it all - the
> indignation, the rehearsal of the obvious, the finding fault with
> someone who holds an unauthorized view. Congrats!
>
> Doug

While you are so officiously handing out awards, save a few for yourself. I don't really see any argument from you here making your case about how cliche'd my response actually is (apparently in your world, saying it is so makes it so, especially if a few Iraqis on the street back it up). I mean, how intelligent (though utterly predictable in its template rote-like nastiness) was your response to Carrol Cox? Is your idea of 'moderation' to disrupt with garbage like that? Getting back to the real point of contention (I surmise), how is saying the 'insurgency' in Iraq is nihilistic an 'unauthorised view'. It's a script written by CentCom.

Then in a thread I started on more or less the same topic, DH writes:


>
> What makes you think anything in this piece is incompatible with
> Christian's analysis? Have you read his book or any of his articles?
> Have you listened to my interviews with him? Or do you *just know*?
>
> Doug

Like you know CC is from Illinois? FYI, I've read plenty of CP on the internet. The 'good' stuff is so obvious; the subtlety and all-out stupidities (like the one you cite) are enough to make me 'JUST KNOW', you know? Which is why I avoid paying for content from people like him or Nation. I'll take up the gantlet and search out some text by CP. Perhaps we can make cracks about his home state too? F

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