> I might disagree - in practical terms, "war crime" seems to translate most
> directly into "suitable pretext for intervention" - but either way, what
> does it have to do with Gaddafi's support for the Argentines, the IRA, the
> PFLP, etc. (over all of which I've seen leftists spouting great quantities
> of silliness in recent days)?
On Feb 26, 2011, at 6:15 AM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> So countries ruled by right-wing dictatorships shouldn't be defended against
> imperialist aggression?
>
> One needn't be a supporter of the Gaddafi regime to realize that a lot of
> the current moralistic hysteria against it is really quite silly.
So by that token, maybe it's time to reassess Vietnam's invasion of the DPRK in 1979? Seems like "the left" was pretty solidly behind the aggression instead of an "ultra-left dictatorship."