"everyday prattle"

[Otto]

Hell, no!

Otto

John Carvill wrote:

>>>Otto:
>>>I wouldn't call him an idiot but defending the Serbian ex-dictator is
>>>indeed strange.
>>>      
>>>
>
>'Strange' isn't the word. What I would call it is an object lesson in
>not looking to artists for political wisdom.
>
>A common mistake made by a lot of people on 'the left', particularly
>celebrities, is to assume that just because a lot of the foreign policy
>pursued by US/UK/'The West' is wrong (and it is), that means that 100%
>is wrong. 
>
>You could argue that action was only taken over Kosovo for the wrong
>reasons (chief among them being embarrassment at not taking enough
>action early enough in Bosnia), but to go from that to defending
>Milosevic is a leap that only a fool could make.
>
>Would those of us who opposed the invasion of Iraq sign up to a
>committee to free Saddam Hussein?
>  
>

	

	
		
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