Dag,
These are my sentiments. Yes, the US is a terrorist state. But at the same
time, why not use the US state to whack Pinochet?
Andy
On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Dag P Macleod wrote:
>Yves Bajard's query on why the US, or any country for that matter, should
>be allowed to bring Pinochet to justice, strikes me as a choice example of
>the problem with much of the contemporary left. Sure, the hands of the US
>are as and more bloody than those of any other state in the contemporary
>world. That fact, then, becomes the excuse for doing nothing with regard
>to Pinochet? While the right goes out and *does* things -- everything
>from organizing school boards at the grass roots to engineering coups
>at the tree tops -- the left finds itself paralyzed by a no-brainer
>like whether or not to support holding Pinochet accountable for his
>crimes. I say hang him high!
>
>Dag MacLeod
>Ph.D. Candidate
>Department of Sociology
>The Johns Hopkins University
>dagmac@jhu.edu
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