Why the Left Supports Saddam

Submitted by Ethel C. Fenig (United States), Mar 19, 2003 at 14:47

Good analysis. However why does Pipes ignore the omnipresent anti Israel theme at these pro Saddam/anti American demonstrations?

There is a strong anti Jewish component to this--as there has always been in the left--beginning with Marx.

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