Hi , American presence in Afganisthan cannot be equated to that of Iraq . It is needed that America should get out of IraQ but American involvement is needed in Afganisthan to check Taliban propagated Fascism in that country . >From experience we can say that Imperialism is better than fascism in the then >Talibhan ruled Afganisthan . regards sreenivas bangalore
--- On Fri, 7/11/08, Anivar Aravind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Anivar Aravind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [GreenYouth] Congrats, Obama! Now out of Afghanistan and Iraq! To: "Greenyouth" <[email protected]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, 7 November, 2008, 2:40 PM http://www.forum-adb.org/Old-Monk/20081107.htm Congrats, Obama! Now out of Afghanistan and Iraq! Wilfred D'Costa 7 November 2008 The victory of young Barack Hussein Obama II has heralded a new era in US imperialist history. Most progressive activists in the US agree upon the wide rift between the hopes raised and actual possibilities that the "system" may permit. Most of them acknowledge the new opportunities opened. One activist rather effusively puts it: "I think most of us are walking around with a little bit of knot in our stomachs, almost afraid to really hope that this will come out a win. It's a scary time, but at the same time, assuming Obama wins this election, and they get a few more progressive members in the House, I think our work [has] just only begun." They do, however, seriously disagree on how to approach this upsurge of hopes. This keen pining for "change." For more detailed views, click here. Camilo Mejía, the first active-duty soldier to go public with his decision to refuse redeployment to Iraq and the chair of the board of Iraq Veterans Against the War writes: "But to seriously address the situation in Iraq and the eventual withdrawal from it would require Obama to address the 180,000 private contractors in Iraq, the permanent military bases, and the diplomatic and corporate complex from which the U.S. government intends to run the country. And of course, the "success" of the surge fails to recognize that more than half of the population of Iraq is either displaced, in need of emergency aid or dead. The "global war on terror," the name given by the past and now present administrations to justify profit-driven invasions and occupations, needs a new centerpiece. The Iraq war has become too unpopular to continue justifying the U.S. imperial agenda." Michel Husson's "Toxic capitalism" in International Viewpoint, while analysing the present crisis, says that we are witnessing today the shaking of the very foundations of neo-liberal capitalism. It is unfolding at an accelerating speed, and nobody is capable of saying where it will lead. He further writes, "If Obama is elected, as seems probable today, we cannot count on him to carry out a "Rooseveltian" programme: he lacks the political will, but also the means, since the rescue plan will durably weigh down the budget." The Solidarity USA statement on Obama victory is very succint: "But all that is precisely why Barack Obama's election and mandate didn't come only "from below," from Black and Latino and working class and young Americans. It also came "from above," from the elites of corporate America. As much as they enjoy the benefits of two major capitalist parties scrambling for power while they carry on the business-as-usual of globalization, lean production and squeezing maximum profits from our labor, they know that the Republican administration has become a disaster for their system and for U.S. imperial power... Highlighting the "reality gap" between the hopes for peace and justice and the reality of the Democratic Party agenda is an urgent, immediate task. Millions of people responded to calls for "change"; hundreds of thousands gained organizing skills in working for Obama. In the months and years ahead, the responsibility of the Left is working to re-ignite social movements independent of the Democratic Party's dictates." For full text, click here. Am still excited like all our CSO friends from the US, Kenya & everywhere else (Obama also worked in NGOs just like most of us!): this guy is so young just less than 10 months older than me and not a few decades older like other leaders!!! If the capitalist crisis continues, and more and more people are pauperized, we will also soon have a dalit woman heading the 1.2-billion inhabited India as Prime Minister next year to usher in a "social revolution" as timely as Obama and shield the ruling class from the rising discontentment due to the capitalist crisis and the ire of the exploited oppressed majority! -- Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds. 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