In a thread about Syria on David Osler’s Facebook page (I know about as much about David Osler as I do about 700 other “friends”), economist Alan Freeman had this to say:
"David, I don’t really know how to begin. The US state is trying to start World War III by mobilising a Europe-US coalition to retake the ground lost to an opposition which, by the admission of its own most prominent defector, commands the support of at most 4 million out of 24 million of the people of Syria. "Which side are you on? From what I know of the secular opposition in Syria, it will stand with Assad against the proposed invasion. "If you want to supply them with weapons, start by defending the Russian position. What more can be said? "This is war. It is not some kind of game. Take sides." I only knew Freeman in the past as someone committed to the FROP thesis and a close collaborator with Andrew Kliman. I generally have shied away from the debates between these people and Michael Heinrich, but Freeman’s jaw-dropping display of stupidity has almost convinced me to support Heinrich simply on the prima facie evidence of being able to think. full: http://louisproyect.org/2013/08/26/world-war-three/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
