there's no reason why the "West" should sympathize with him. What's worth sympathizing with is the _struggle_ against colonialism and imperialism, not the _individuals_ who may temporarily lead that struggle. I see no reason to lionize the "lion of the desert" or anyone else for that matter. People make errors, believe in conflicting ideals, etc.
God, I am glad that I filter out this crap. Maybe I should fine-tune my filter so that it catches any mention of Yoshie in the body as well as in the header. Here she is railing once again at the "Western" left that ostensibly includes me, Joanne Landy, Leo Casey, Doug Henwood, Bill Maher, Bill Haywood and everybody on pen-l, Marxmail and LBO-Talk except her. And I am the one who has rescued this movie from obscurity and have now reached tens of thousands of leftists with my strong recommendation. What sectarian crap. Fortunately, it is isolated to a sect of one.
