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

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Bacevich will make the rounds, much as Wendell Potter did, and I'm betting his new book will make the NYT's best seller list (tho' probably not Oprah's). --Jenifer

--- On Tue, 8/3/10, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Andrew Bacevich -- check this out!!
To: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 10:06 AM

Whose taking Bacevich seriously? It's only the "progressives."





From: John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
To: Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Cc: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>; David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>; Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Tue, August 3, 2010 1:47:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Andrew Bacevich -- check this out!!




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.
 
 
 






--- On Mon, 8/2/10, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:


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 





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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