The "traitor" fires back

[Jim Choate]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Steve Schear wrote:

> { Another example how dissent is being labeled as "unpatriotic". Its very 
> scary as it seems that most people, particularly in government and the 
> media have forgotten that freedom of speech, different views and opinions 
> are supposed to be the foundation of democracy }

...

> By David Talbot
> Oct. 16, 2001 | Writer Susan Sontag has produced many texts during her
> four-decade career, including historical novels and reflections on

...

> As woman, of course, I've always been appalled by the Taliban regime
> and would dearly like to see them toppled. I was a public critic of
> the regime long before the war started. But I've been told that the
> Northern Alliance is absolutely no better when it comes to the issue
> of women. The crimes against women in Afghanistan are just
> unthinkable; there's never been anything like it in the history of the
> world.

...


Don't know about unpatriotic but her sense of history and womens place in
it is clearly effected by her own political and philosophical agenda...

Never been anything like it indeed. More hand waving spin doctor bullshit.


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