[lbo-talk] Style and Politics, was RE: Libya

[Mike Beggs]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


> All our information, if you trace it back, has the hands of the U.S.
> government on it. We really don't know what the issues are in Libya.

I agree that we don't know what the issues are in Libya - but to me
this bolsters the case for not dismissing out of hand the judgment of
the rebels.

It's not true that all our information comes from the US government.
See, for example, this Al Jazeera footage of the reception of the UN
announcement the other day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jip9gXW4gDI

Mike