[lbo-talk] Focus on Iran and Palestine, Not Iraq

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue May 16 14:53:05 PDT 2006


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>On 5/16/06, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>>>
>>> But Washington hasn't resolved to do so yet. So we
>>> got a window of opportunity to shift our focus onto Iran, which has
>>> yet to be destroyed.
>>
>>Our strength to make a difference here is almost totally centered in
>>whatever current anti-war organization exists
>
>I disagree. Not in the USA, nor probably in Japan (it would be
>different in Europe). Everyone needs to take an unsentimental look at
>his or her local anti-war "organizations" and then take a look at
>national anti-war "coalitions."

I don't get this - if "we" have proved powerless to stop the wreck of Iraq, why should "we" be any better positioned to stop an attack on Iran?

Doug



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