On Oct 14, 2007, at 5:19 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote:
> And, of course, remember
> that formally, all bombing campaigns are directed against *regimes*
> and not
> *peoples*. The right has proven very adept at manipulating the
> language of
> human rights and internationalism to delegitimise regimes which do not
> accept US tutelage, and so when leftists defend aspects of the Islamic
> Republic from what they think is unfair obloquy, it should be seen
> as a
> natural and realistic response to demonisation, not as gratuitous
> apologia.
Why not argue that it's just not the business of the US Air Force to bomb Iranians regardless of what we think of their government? You're accepting at least part the premise of the neocons that the bombing would be justified if the regime were as bad as they say, if you feel like you have to refute the claims of badness. Besides, the Saudi regime is considerably worse than the Iranian, and no one is talking about bombing them. So why argue on their territory?
Doug