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> I assume that Vladimiro is saying that the USA sponsored ISIS. In fact, > as the NYT reported today, the group is one part the reactivated > al-Qaeda in Iraq, the jihadist group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and > one part remnants of Saddam Hussein's officer corps. In other words, the > people who were either blowing up Shiite mosques or setting off IED's. > It is only in the weird world of the "anti-imperialist" left that such > people can be regarded as having been cooked up by the USA. I don't know what Vladimiro means by "sponsors," but how is that Saddam Hussein's officer corps became remnants of Saddam Hussein's officer corps? Was there an Al-Qaeda in Iraq prior to 20 March 2003? http://www.alternet.org/world/noam-chomsky-americas-sledgehammer-worldview-destroys-countless-lives-and-future-generations ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
