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::the deployment of 'anti-Americanism' as an insult which brands anyone who opposes Bush and his British sidekick as racist doesn't work. The same logic which Defense Planning Guidance uses to imagine a world where America can be the only grown-up also allows double standards which have destroyed the moral authority America held after 11 September. How can America (and Britain) declare war against Iraq for possessing weapons of mass destruction when the US won't accept any controls on its nuclear, chemical or biological weapons? How can the US call Saddam Hussein a war criminal, when it won't accept the jurisdiction of an international criminal court?<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/apr/07/foreignpolicy.politicalcolumnists With a friend like this...], by [[Nick Cohen]], [[The Observer]], 7 April 2002.</ref> | ::the deployment of 'anti-Americanism' as an insult which brands anyone who opposes Bush and his British sidekick as racist doesn't work. The same logic which Defense Planning Guidance uses to imagine a world where America can be the only grown-up also allows double standards which have destroyed the moral authority America held after 11 September. How can America (and Britain) declare war against Iraq for possessing weapons of mass destruction when the US won't accept any controls on its nuclear, chemical or biological weapons? How can the US call Saddam Hussein a war criminal, when it won't accept the jurisdiction of an international criminal court?<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/apr/07/foreignpolicy.politicalcolumnists With a friend like this...], by [[Nick Cohen]], [[The Observer]], 7 April 2002.</ref> | ||
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| − | Cohen expressed support for [[Ahmed Chalabi]]'s [[Iraqi National Congress]] in April 2002, after visiting it's London offices and interviewing [[Latif Rashid]] | + | Cohen expressed support for [[Ahmed Chalabi]]'s [[Iraqi National Congress]] in April 2002, after visiting it's London offices and interviewing [[Latif Rashid]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/apr/14/iraq.foreignpolicy Our enemy's enemies], by [[Nick Cohen]], [[The Observer]], 14 April 2002.</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:19, 18 April 2008
British journalist.
Contents
Critic of the Bush administration
In 2002, Cohen was a sharp critic of US foreign policy:
- the deployment of 'anti-Americanism' as an insult which brands anyone who opposes Bush and his British sidekick as racist doesn't work. The same logic which Defense Planning Guidance uses to imagine a world where America can be the only grown-up also allows double standards which have destroyed the moral authority America held after 11 September. How can America (and Britain) declare war against Iraq for possessing weapons of mass destruction when the US won't accept any controls on its nuclear, chemical or biological weapons? How can the US call Saddam Hussein a war criminal, when it won't accept the jurisdiction of an international criminal court?[1]
Support for the Iraqi National Congress
Cohen expressed support for Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress in April 2002, after visiting it's London offices and interviewing Latif Rashid.[2]
Affiliations
- Euston Manifesto - signatory
- Catalyst - National Council member
- The Observer - columnist
- New Statesman - columnist
- Democratiya - advisory board member
- Unite Against Terror - signatory
Website
Books
- Cruel Britannia, Verso, 1999.
- Pretty Straight Guys, Faber, 2003.
- What’s Left?, 4th Estate, 2007.
