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To: PJ-Comix
The FUnniest thing about our conversation is how VEHEMENT that Pitt was in denying that he EVER even spoke to ANYONE from A.N.S.W.E.R. even though his PDA worked with them to organize the September rally. Actually he denied it twice. Yeah, I believe that Pitt remained hermetically sealed from A.N.S.W.E.R. and remained virgin pure. I BEEEEEELEEEEEVE!!!

This might be what you you are looking for.

"William Rivers Pitt Falls Into War Party's Trap One of the most vocal opponents of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, William Rivers Pitt of Truthout, has fallen into the trap set by the War Party.

Pitt declares: If we haul stakes and leave, we risk having the country collapse permanently into a Balkanized state of civil and religious war that will help to create a terrorist stronghold in the mold of Afghanistan post-1989. This is the trap the War Party sets every time they invade a country. They create a quagmire, then argue that it will be a disaster if we leave.

During the Vietnam War, many in the Antiwar Movement argued against immediate, unconditional US withdrawal for exactly the same reason, that it would create chaos. Cries of "Negotiations Now" competed with the principled "Out Now" stance of committed antiwar activists.

But Pitt forgets this important point: the US has no right to control the future of the Iraqi people, at any time. His argument that we can't let Iraq become a balkanized or unstable government is identical to the neocons' current argument for staying in Iraq.

Pitt asks to hear feedback from his supporters on what to do to resolve his dilemma: It truly is a perfect storm Bush and his friends have dropped us into, and there are no easy answers. "Leave now!" is the wrong answer, but so is "Stay!" Please tell him."

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172 posted on 12/30/2005 5:41:20 PM PST by JLO (www.operationminnesotanice.com)
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To: PJ-Comix

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179 posted on 12/30/2005 6:25:46 PM PST by JLO (www.operationminnesotanice.com)
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