Jared writes- <Aabdo simply does not understand mass work: the sectarian mentality. The point isn't to incesently label people so that you are "working with libertarians and rightists" the poiint is to work with people on issues of agreement and of course one has the right to try to change their minds.> No, Jared, it is you who doesn't understand 'mass work'. Antiwar.com and the forces it represents will NEVER do mass work. But they will talk up a storm. Mass work consists of building street opposition to capitalist rule. But antiwar.com supports capitalist rule, and hates people who demonstrate and who would like to do yet more than just that, to overthrow capitalism. Were you planning to trick people like Eric Garris?. Jared again- <2) It is amazing that with the mixture of threats and bribes the Yugoslavs have not handed over Milosevic's head on a plate.> Which raises the question of just why did Milosevic call for elections in the midst of a war with NATO? Strange behavior, indeed. Can you imagine Stalin holding an election in the middle of World War Two?! Or any intelligent leadership under the gun, with a power like the US mobilized against them, taking time out to go to the polls? There can only be a couple of possible explanations. 1) Milosevic was forced to do it anyway, because his support was so weak that he would have no choice to do otherwise. 2) He was delusional, and thought that his popularity was greater than it really is. And that he could out propaganidize the pro-imperialist press! 3) It was precisely to find a manuever that might possibly keep his head from being served on a platter with absolute certainty. I suggest to Jared, that answers one and three are the correct answers. An election in the middle of a war is only an intelligent thing to do, if you can overwhelmingly and without doubt anywhere, win it by a gigantic margin of victory. Of course in that case, a leader really does not even need to call for an election in a war setting. And it is stupid to do so. Despite all the supposed intransigence on all sides, it is most believable that Milosevic is merely negociating a surrender of an army well defeated. Or more to the point, he is negociating the surrender of a not so popular Commander-in-Chief, himself. Jared, it is impolite to mention Raimondo and Chomsky in the same breath. Though I share many of your feelings about the role of Chomsky in today's political struggle, it is as alienating to reality if I was to compare your anti-Clintonism in the same breath, as that anti-Clintonism of Rush. Tony _______________________________________________ Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
