[lbo-talk] Cold War Liberalism and Vietnam

[Joel Schlosberg]

Someone like Thomas L. Friedman is either a brilliant stealth parodist of
liberal imperialism who has flawlessly pretended to believe its
self-justification mythology for decades without slipping up his act, or
just a not-very-bright believer in that shit.  Occam's razor strongly
suggests that it's the latter.

Joel

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Albert Sonntag <styx55 at gmail.com> wrote:


> I think the contemporary 'liberals' still think that American power serves
> liberty.
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> On 1/24/2016 6:02 PM, Nick Manley wrote:
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>> I've been reading a collection of speeches and whatnot on the Vietnam War
>> as it relates to American foreign policy. I was especially struck by the
>> speeches of Kennedy esque Cold War liberals. They give the impression of
>> really believing American power was successfully remaking South Vietnam
>> into some liberal democratic paradise. They even cite figures which if
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>> show greater economic progress and whatnot in the South than the North. I
>> am not saying I think they are true. I've no idea due to no sources
>> provided.
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>> So my question is: do people think these "best and brightest" types really
>> thought American power was salvaging liberty in Vietnam and elsewhere?
>> This
>> book has me wonder about that.
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