Tom, the neocons have still more reasons for detesting Twain, a member of the Anti-Imperialist League, whose writings against the U.S. government’s suppression of the Philippine insurrection can be found here. Incidentally, Juan Cole lets us in on Max Boot’s view of the Philippine insurrection and the U.S. government’s response:“Boot never saw a war he didn’t love, never saw a conquest he didn’t find exhilarating, never saw an occupied land he didn’t think could be handled. He wrote an op-ed for the New York Times in which he monstrously expressed approval of the way the US killed 200,000 Filipinos to … Continue reading Mark Twain, anti-neocon