Re: Shadid's Night Draws Near

[Marvin Gandall <marvgandall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The myth that the armed resistance does not originate in, or enjoy broad
support within, the Sunni community and even outside of it. The myth that
Sistani speaks for most Shias while Sadr is marginalized and a sectarian
religious fanatic. My impression is that there is a wing of the peace
movement, its right wing, which accepts that the Iraqi resistance is
primarily composed of unsavoury Baathist diehards and foreign jihadists, and
they favour US withdrawal solely on the basis that the occupation has
created an uncontrollable mess which is not worth any further investment of
American lives and resources. Certainly, the developing sentiment against
the war within the political and media establishment has this consideration
uppermost in mind, and as the antiwar movement extends further into the
mainstream, this view may well predominate among people who are less
attentive to Iraqi politics than the activist core of the movement.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Shadid's Night Draws Near


Marvin Gandall  wrote:>Shadid's book expodes all the myths about the
war which have been promoted by the Bush administration and dutifully
circulated by the American media, including some which have found
their way into parts of the antiwar movement.<

which myths are these which infiltrated into the movements?
--
Jim Devine
"If the misery of our poor is caused not by the laws of nature, but by
our great institutions, great is our sin." -- Charles Darwin