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There is in fact another one that's overlookied. The were CIA and American assets until they revolted/ were no longer of use and Frankenstein's Monster turned on Dr. Frankenstein. They were used as recently as in Macedonia. They were also used in Kosovo and Bosnia-Hercegovina. But also the US. NSE. wishes to complete its take over of the world's oil supplies and the Europe Central Asia n Corridor - See Brisinski's book "The Grand Chess Board" But the "left" were aweful, they always are. --- mart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Well said Barry! Thanks for that post. > mart > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: Did the left lose the war? > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Andy Beckett, Guardian: > > Did the left lose the war? > > Kabul fell in five weeks. The Islamic world has not > erupted. So did > the left get it all wrong - and does it matter? > > Immediately before September 11, the outlook had > seemed reasonably > favourable for the left... the swelling profile of > anti-corporate > protests since Seattle, the polemics against > international trade and > sweatshops selling well in high street book shops, > the apparent revival > of militancy in some unions... > > Noam Chomsky, the dissident American academic who > is probably the > biggest influence on modern anti-capitalists, writes > gloomily: "It is > certainly a setback... Terrorist atrocities are a > gift to the harshest > and most repressive elements on all sides... > > Tariq Ali... is writing a book exploring the > similarities between Bush > and Bin Laden, and their ambitions to impose their > aggressive, > religiously-based ideas on the rest of the world... > > The anti-globalisation movement, you could say, has > spent the past > decade or so developing a sophisticated critique of > modern business - an > economic policy, if you like - but it has neglected > to draw up a foreign > policy, a coherent set of proposals for how > countries should operate and > behave towards each other. > > The anti-globalisation movement has been forced to > grow up in another > way, too. "Some people," says Wainwright, "used to > think that if > religious fundamentalists are anti-capitalist, then > we don't need to > challenge them." > > All of the above reveals the bankruptcy of > liberalism and anarchism, > especially if they're mixed together. > > It wasn't the 'left's' war. Who said bin Laden is > the 'left' anyway? > > Of course, if he was, we can be sure good old > Chomsky would be there to > demoralize everyone by pointing out the 'moral' > divergence between > praxis and his utopian conceptions. > > Tariq Ali? When he compares bin Laden to Bush, we > can be sure he'd say > the same of Lenin. And plenty of 'left' > publications would -- they > certainly did -- give lots of air time to that sort > of stuff. > > Does the 'anti-globalization' movement have a > 'foreign policy'? Yes. > > Mostly it's a repudiation of everything global in > favor of regionalism > and localism, i.e. small time, early capitalism. > > Which brings me to the false claim that 'religious > fundamentalists are > anti-capitalist.' They're not. Usually they are also > in favor of > regionalism and localism, i.e. small time, early > capitalism. > > The Soviets took on all of that crap, in > Afghanistan to name but one > battleground. Where was Chomsky then? Where was the > 'left' then? Where > were the anarchists then? Ah, hell, we know the > answer, it's all > sickening. > > Lastly. Although it wasn't the 'left's' war, it > wasn't 'lost.' Bin Laden > won. He masterminded a great hit on the great > symbols of US power and > got clean away with it. > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Barry Stoller > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
