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I assume you mean Glen Ford’s piece on Black Agenda Report, which I suggest people read for themselves: <http://www.blackagendareport.com/trump_anti-empire <http://www.blackagendareport.com/trump_anti-empire>>. An appropriate companion piece is <https://consortiumnews.com/2016/06/20/trump-as-the-relative-peace-candidate/ <https://consortiumnews.com/2016/06/20/trump-as-the-relative-peace-candidate/>>. —CGE > On Aug 31, 2016, at 9:11 PM, A.R. G <[email protected]> wrote: > > Carl, > > The piece you cited does not make a whole lot of sense. The first argument is > his position on military bases. Outside of this being an incomparably small > token of "isolationism" alongside threats to nuke people, send in ground > troops, drones, and his use of torture, all he said was that he would reverse > the arrangement such that those countries would be expected to pay the United > States, rather than vice versa. He has taken a similar line with NATO. The > second argument is that he does not accept the "rhetoric" of nation-building > and so on; but even president-elect George W. Bush rejected such rationales > during the 2000 election. This only means he is not as interested in > sugar-coating such policies with the rhetoric of democracy and universalism. > The last line was his "neutrality" rhetoric about Palestine. Even assuming we > give that any credibility (one might note that even at the time, Trump > combined his statements about "neutrality" with his affirmation that he was > pro-Israel, meaning that he simply re-defined "neutral" to mean support for > Israel), it has long since been surpassed by his adamant and aggressive > support for Israel. > > It is an incredibly weak piece. The only part of it that even remotely speaks > to what is "anti-empire" about Trump's policies is the isolationist rhetoric > about US bases in Asia. Given the totality of the policies Trump has > elaborated on, from nukes to torture to drones to ground troops, I'm not sure > how anyone can see this as proof of any sort of "anti-imperialist" leanings. > > The Davis piece that I sent out goes into much greater depth about the > policies that Trump has actually advocated for. He is as violent as they > come. > > - Amith > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
