Help! Who is William Blum?
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/WhyTerroristsHateAmer.html
Ah, a nut that asserts that the US deserved various terrorist bombings because we didn't permit the Palistinians to take over Lebanon, Saddam to take over Kuwaitt.
It is all clear to me. The reasons why the terrorists attack is Blum doesn't take his Thorazine.
“Between 1945 and 2005 the United States has attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements struggling against intolerable regimes... In the process, the U.S. caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.” (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower).
"No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine" (Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower).
He is as lovable as his friend Noam Chomsky without the partial redemption of substantial scholorship in an unrelated discipline to political thought.
From Wikipedia FWIW:
In early 2006, Blum briefly became the subject of widespread media attention when Osama bin Laden issued a public statement in which he quoted Blum and recommended that all Americans read Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower.[1] In a May 22, 2006 article entitlted, Come Out of the White House With Your Hands Up, Blum wrote, "Since the bin Laden recommendation, January 19, I have not been offered a single speaking engagement on any campus . . .This despite January-May normally being the most active period for me and other campus speakers."