[Peace-discuss] Know your enemy

[C. G. Estabrook]

The people Chomsky's talking about are the effective supporters of Obama's war
on AfPak - hardly a "fringe group." Obama and his principal advisers belong to 
it, as AWARE has pointed out for years.


On 7/10/10 3:13 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> Nit-picking among the fringe groups is a waste of time, and not all that easy
>  when it comes to actually accomplishing something. Starting w/ a large force
>  against an easy target -- Fox "News" or Walmart might actually get us- has
> actually gotten us somewhere. --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Fri, 7/9/10, Laurie Solomon /<ls1000 at live.com>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Laurie Solomon <ls1000 at live.com> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Know your
> enemy To: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>, "peace discuss"
> <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> Date: Friday, July 9, 2010, 1:03 PM
>
> Now we know that Chomsky is only speaking basic truths here in this quote;
> the problem is getting the liberal intellectuals to recognize themselves and
> admit to it. Unfortunately, that includes many so-called "progressives in
> this community.
>
> -------------------------------------------------- From: "C. G. Estabrook"
> <galliher at illinois.edu </mc/compose?to=galliher at illinois.edu>> Sent:
> Thursday, July 08, 2010 10:01 PM To: "peace discuss"
> <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> </mc/compose?to=Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> Subject: [Peace-discuss]
> Know your enemy
>
>> “I don’t bother writing about Fox News,” Chomsky said. “It is too easy.
> What I talk about are the liberal intellectuals, the ones who portray
> themselves and perceive themselves as challenging power, as courageous, as
> standing up for truth and justice. They are basically the guardians of the
> faith. They set the limits. They tell us how far we can go. They say, ‘Look
> how courageous I am.’ But do not go one millimeter beyond that. At least for
> the educated sectors, they are the most dangerous in supporting power.”