[Marxism] Americans regret invasion, but still endorse occupation
David Quarter
davidquarter at sympatico.ca
Wed Dec 22 19:00:30 MST 2004
From: "Eli Stephens" <elishastephens at hotmail.com>
> In a perfect example of what I was ranting about yesterday, here's a
> headline from today's New York Times:
>
> "Fighting On Is the Only Option, Americans Say"
>
> Bullshit, I say. Some Americans, yes. A majority, yes. The VAST majority?
> Definitely not.
>
> And in an interesting attempt to use this article to shut the rest of us up,
> or at least make sure our opinions aren't heard, the author quotes one of
> his "man on the street interviewees" saying:
>
> "Some people said that polls themselves were part of the problem.
>
> "Charlie Eubanks, a cotton farmer and lawyer from the Lower Rio Grande
> Valley of Texas, said he supported President Bush but had been lukewarm
> about going to war. Now, he said there was no choice but to fight on, and
> that reports on opinion polls were only "aiding and abetting" the enemy by
> making opponents think the American will is weak."
>
> URL:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/22/national/22react.html?hp&ex=1103778000&en=297b346cd31658fb&ei=5094&partner=homepage
>
Curious: how do you become a lawyer and at the same time be
so brainwashed? This way of thinking is like a f*cking North
American disease...
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