Gordon Brown in America
Time magazine has an article. This seems a good time to reflect on what was behind
Nick Cohen's argument, "Why it is right to be
Anti-American".
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...Nope, I've read it again and I still don't agree with him that it is 'right' to be Anti-American.
Labels: Nasty anti-Americanism
More Nick Cohen
The antiques column is not as weird (or unpleasant) as this
one.
Apparently British people who support Barack Obama's candidacy for president do so out of anti-Americanism (the same reason Tories who support Clinton support her, apparently), and that Britain is not as anti-American as other European countries can be seen by the fact that more Britons than other Europeans say they support the Israeli's attack on Iraq's nuclear power plant (which the US Administration condemned at the time).
Neither of these arguments make sense. The Bush Administration is now America, as is Israel. One would expect more insight from an expert in this field, the author of the infamous,
"Why it is Right to be Anti-American". Labels: Nasty anti-Americanism, Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen was very Anti-American
I can't pretend to understand the nuances of this post by Oliver on 'the attitudes Nick Cohen finds outrageous', but I think he he must mean the most famous of all Nick Cohen essays:
"Why it is right to Be anti-American"Most of us would not share Nick Cohen's outrage in this matter, or for example his Cohen's conspiratorial ramblings about the Iraq war being due to our being in hock to the Americans from WWII. I think the best attitude when faced with this kind of nasty stuff is to ignore it most of the time, but loudly publicise it from time to time.
Labels: Nasty anti-Americanism
