[Peace-discuss] John Pilger's article on Kerry

[Morton K.Brussel]

I suppose it's arguable, but somehow I don't think the invasion and 
bombing of Iraq, and the war on terror in general, a la Bush, is quite 
the equivalent of the sanctions (and bombing) of Clinton. But no doubt, 
the Clinton foreign policy was abominable and murderous.

Even Nader had, finally, to admit that a Kerry presidential victory 
would be far better than a Bush one.
Not very good, but far better. If you don't see the danger this country 
would be in with Bush et al as president for another four years, then I 
think that is very sad. Blind allegiance, even to the Greens, is never 
commendable.

MKB

On Mar 7, 2004, at 10:04 PM, Ken Urban wrote:

>> Another statement: "the Democratic party has left a larger trail of
>> blood* theft and subjugation than the Republicans". Pilger is not
>> serious, as the French say, in view now of events in Iraq, 
>> Afghanistan,
>> and what is to come. True, Vietnam can be ascribed to Kennedy, Johnson
>> et al, but carried on by Nixon and Kissinger, during whose reign, most
>> of the deaths occurred. Similarly, Pilger tends to identify the
>> Democrats as synonymous with former Senator Jackson (WA) and others on
>> the right wing of the party. Although the left-right political spectra
>> of  Dems and Repubs do overlap considerably, there is no doubt that 
>> the
>> centroids of the distributions are quite different. There were/are no
>> equivalent Morses, Fullbrights, McCarthys, McGoverns, even Durbins,
>> Wellstones, Kucinichs, Leahys, Black Caucus, in the Republican
>> spectrum. Someone who is blind to these distinctions cannot be taken
>> seriously.
>
> Gina and I have been discussing this since Friday's lunch and the  
> "ABB"  discussion we had.  We in AWARE have been saying that the 
> sanctions killed 1/2 million Iraqis.  Much of this blood lies on 
> Clinton's hands.
>
> As many of you know, we have a sign on our house that reads 'Peace On 
> Earth'.  This was put up in late 1998, when Clinton was bombing Iraq 
> for "lack of progress in inspections' or something.
>
> I think that Kerry will try to prove that he's as 'tough on terrorism' 
> as Bush and will continue to do so if elected, leaving many thousands 
> dead.  This campaign is turning into a race to global dictatorship by 
> US, maybe that's why Nader is polling at 6% despite the "ABB" 
> democratic stategy aimed at the progressive community, some people 
> reject where the centroids of either party are.
>
> Ken
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