[Peace-discuss] Andrew Bacevich -- check this out!!

[John W.]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>wrote:



>   One of MY main goals is to get US decision makers to rethink the policy
> of endless war, much as the European powers have done. Andrew Bacevich --
> middle of the road ex army guy -- is getting far more media attention, and
> he's being taken more seriously than somebody from the radical left, and his
> message just may make a difference. I'm hoping it's a NYT Bestseller.
>  --Jenifer
>


Amen.




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> --- On *Mon, 8/2/10, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>* wrote:
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> From: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Andrew Bacevich -- check this out!!
> To: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>, "Jenifer Cartwright" <
> jencart13 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 7:52 PM
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>  The "progressive" left loves to be all over any apparent crack in the
> establishment facade. Sometimes, it's worthwhile in terms of an insider
> perspective, cf., during the Bush Admin. But I think there's more than that
> going on--the residual need for many on the left to show that they're not
> really radical--that "respectable" people agree with them. And Bacevich has
> found his niche there. He doesn't get any tough questions from Goodman,
> except somewhat belatedly and pointlessly at the end. I'm not sure what
> they're thinking interviewing this man in a softball match, or maybe I am
> sure and want to cut Goodman some slack.
>
> DG
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