On Oct 16, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
> Yoshie writes:
>
>> On 10/16/07, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
>>> Americans won't oppose a war as a result of greater public
>>> understanding of the Islamic regime.
>>
>> It's not a major war against Iran that is on the US agenda today, for
>> which the US power elite lack the means and the US public have little
>> appetite. It is economic sanctions, covert actions, and "democracy
>> assistance." Opposing mainly what's not on the agenda and doing
>> nothing to oppose what's actually being done is a response that makes
>> no political sense. Why do leftists insist on that?
> ===================================
> Who is "insisting" that sanctions, covert actions, and US-sponsored
> subversion shouldn't be opposed? What measures are you taking to
> end this
> aggression?
By the way, it's not just the U.S. The EU, with France in the lead, is quite high on sanctions.
Marvin, you're missing the point of Yoshie's performance - she has to show everyone she's smarter and tougher than us pussies and dolts. She's becoming a kind of Samantha Power of the sectarian left - she *cares* so much more than you do!
Doug