[lbo-talk] MPug Rats Out Yoshie To Cooper

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Thu May 4 08:13:36 PDT 2006


Doug Henwood wrote:
> www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote:
>
>> I would have hoped that the experience of being lied to by the Clinton
>> administration and Nato would have led the substantial portion of the
>> American left which passively supported that imperial outing to be
>> more wary of heeding calls for humanitarian intervention.


> Au contraire! The laptop bombardier branch of the American liberal-left
> would love to find another war they could support. George Packer can't
> even admit he was wrong about Iraq.

No kidding. I protested the Balkans War, the NATO Summit in D.C., and Clinton's bombing of Sudan and Afghanistan. The American liberal-left was AWOL at those anti-war protests. Clinton, after all, was much better than Reagan-Bush I.

That's why the calls to "impeach Bush" are the most annoying form of liberal dissent. The problem isn't Bush, it's the entire political system. If you really want serious change, you should be working for the abolition of the state and the military. In other words, adopt a consistent anarchist position that eschews all electoral politics and prompts you to protest *every* military action, not just the ones that are cheerlead by Republicans.

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