[Peace-discuss] Durbin's cowardice

[C. G. Estabrook]

This is what was called during Vietnam "the effectiveness
trap": if any Congressional liberals actually spoke out
against the the war, they said, they'd "lose their
effectiveness."  Right.


---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:22:56 -0500
>From: Alfred Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Durbin's cowardice  
>To: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
>Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>
>It seems to me that this message frames the issue in the
wrong way.  
>Durbin has been the most out in front on this of all the
Democrats in 
>the Senate.  Perhaps this is a new role for him.  He seems to
have been 
>naive about what the response would be.  He was hit on the
head and he 
>hurts. Instead of rebuking him for his apology, we ought to be 
>encouraging him to keep speaking up.  If the anti-war
movement dosen't 
>do that, he is sure to remain silent.
>
>
>On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:49 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
>> [Durbin's cowardly tergiversation looks like the closest the
>> Democrats will come for a while to mentioning the torture and
>> illegal imprisonment scandals. --CGE]
>>
>>
>>   Durbin’s Gitmo Faux Pas Only Scratched the Surface
>>   Thursday June 23rd 2005, 8:56 am
>> ...