> I don't know, Chris gets to have an opinion and his familiarity
> with Russian bashing does make him sensitive to the phenomenon.
> I'm willing to bet Roy gets to go on some nice junkets with her
> anguished shtick.
Opinions are like assholes: everybody has one. But not all assholes are attractive.
I'm sure Roy has been on some nice junkets, but the odds of a writer getting invited to a junket are higher if the intellectual agreed with the rulers of the world, instead of expressing anguish for the widows of farmers who committed suicide or Afghan civilians who perished in war. Remember, Washington -- even New Delhi -- got nicer junkets ready for their toadies than even the richest "Western leftists."
Yoshie Furuhashi <http://montages.blogspot.com> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org>