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On 3/8/16 9:12 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote:
In any case, comrades have to understand that this analysis is shared by
a huge majority of the left with few people having a clue who Sam Marcy
was. When he backed the Russian tanks against Hungarians fighting
Stalinist oppression in 1956, he anticipated much of what can be read on
CounterPunch on a daily basis. Not just there, but all over the
place--like Stephen Cohen in the Nation, Patrick L. Smith in Salon, the
LRB ad nauseam. As has always been the case, Stalinism,
crypto-Stalinism, and liberal realpolitik are joined at the hip.
In terms of crypto-Stalinism (ie. Marcyites) and liberal realpolitik
being joined at the hip, Annis has just posted a Nation magazine article
by James Carden on his website.
It might have been written by Stephen Cohen, so closely it maps to the
RT.com/Assadist agenda:
"The new cold warriors who are the dominant voices within America’s
military-media-think tank nexus seem to fear nothing more than the
prospect of peace breaking out in Syria. Part of the reason for this is,
of course, ideological, but it is hard not to draw the conclusion that
they surmise, perhaps correctly, that if the next round of peace talks
in Geneva, set for March 9, are met with success, then the prospects for
the new cold war that they are so desperate to wage will be dealt a
serious setback."
https://newcoldwar.org/new-cold-warriors-bare-fangs-ahead-next-round-syria-peace-talks/
Annis identifies Carden as "a contributing writer at The Nation and the
executive editor for the American Committee for East-West Accord." Now
who can be against East-West accord? That's just the sort of thing that
people like Cohen, Carden and Annis are for as long as means that Russia
will have the freedom to bomb apartment buildings just as it did in
Grozny. Any attempts by those being bombed to get their hands on
anti-aircraft missiles would be a terrible escalation that brings us
closer to WWIII, doncha know. In the interests of world peace, it is
much better for cluster bombs, missiles and other forms of high
explosives to keep the jihadist rabble at bay.
Too bad that Annis neglects to mention that Carden is also a regular
contributor to the American Conservative magazine where you can see his
article praising "The ‘Good Society’ Realism of Zbigniew Brzezinski"
(http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-good-society-realism-of-zbigniew-brzezinski/).
The article is an encomium to Zbigniew Brzezinski and the man who had
the greatest influence on him--George Kennan. Surely you've heard of
George Kennan? He was mentioned by Noam Chomsky as the author of State
Department Policy Study 23, issued in 1948 that stated:
"The U.S. has about 50 percent of the world’s wealth but only 6.3
percent of its population. In this situation we cannot fail to be the
object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to
devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this
position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security."
Just the sort of guy we need to clasp hands with in the interests of peace.
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