NP Another Left academic describes Chomsky's responses to11/9 as"misguided"

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barbara100 at jps.net wrote:

> So only *I* should take offense, is that what you're trying to say?

No, I meant "others" as in those others who also post using pseudonyms.

While I agree that the last few paragraphs of the McKnight article did seem
to have been edited down somewhat, I think the points he made were quite
clear nonetheless, and quite "Left". Your summation of the article

> 'Noam and Pilger, you sorry old
> complainers, you're so full of shit'--yada, yada, yada--doesn't say a damn
> thing to defend his own horrific position

didn't give much indication that you had read or understood it at all, or
that you wished to engage in reasonable discussion. The rest of your post
didn't really address any of his points either.

> This is simply not true. There were no attempts to negotiate.  Even when the
> Taliban cried Uncle after the first few days of bombing, Bush told them
> essentially 'fuck you.'

There were several rounds of negotiations with the Taliban, both in the
*weeks* prior to military intervention, and then an offer to negotiate was
made again about week or so into the campaign, as I recall it. I don't know
what you mean by claiming that the "Taliban 'cried Uncle'", but I suspect
that whatever you do mean it is that which is "simply not true".

As for "bringing people out" - to what ends?

> I know
> now when I post something controversial on the P-List, I get a whole host of
> mean or otherwise thoughtful responses.

I find much of what you post to be ignorant, ill-informed, irrational and/or
insensitive.

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