[lit-ideas] The Leftist Claim

Of course Leftists, including Lit-Ideas Leftists, wouldn't portray themselves 
as Podhoretz and Cohen have done.  Podhoretz address this on page 100:

"Of course, the claim was that most such people were neither pro-Saddam nor 
anti-American: all they wanted was to 'give peace a chance.'  But this claim 
was belied by the slogans, the body language, the speeches, and the manifestos 
of the 'peace' party.  Though hatred of America may not have been universal 
among opponents of American military action, it was obviously very widespread 
and very deep.  And though other considerations (pacifist sentiment, concern 
about civilian casualties, contempt for George W. Bush, faith in the UN, etc.) 
were at work, these factors had no trouble coexisting harmoniously with extreme 
hostility to the United States."

Lawrence

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