[lbo-talk] Waterboarding etc.

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jan 26 12:58:23 PST 2009


On Jan 26, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Michael Smith wrote:


> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:45:55 -0500
> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> But there's something about the extremity of the way
>> CC put it that makes it sound like the U.S. is the driving force
>> behind everything bad in the world. There are plenty of other bad
>> guys
>> around.
>
> True. But wouldn't you agree that the US President is primus
> inter pares (like the Archbishop of Canterbury)?

Here's what I said in full, including the sentence you snipped:


> Hey, I said just the other day that BHO's office makes him the
> world's chief terrorist. But there's something about the extremity
> of the way CC put it that makes it sound like the U.S. is the
> driving force behind everything bad in the world. There are plenty
> of other bad guys around.

Doug



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