Re: Analysis of the U.S. Greens

[Dennis R Redmond <dredmond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Macdonald Stainsby wrote:

> That is totally irrelevant. The Green Party had a leader, Fischer, who
> banned discussion about the war, declaring it a "moral imperative" or
> something almost exactly the same.

The Greens were split. Nasty things had transpired in Bosnia and Europe
had done nothing to stop the slaughter; more gruesomeness was in
the offing in Kosovo, and Fischer thought he was doing the right thing.
That's very different from a cynical, pro-US Realpolitik which glorifies
bloodshed.

-- Dennis